7 x 50 or 10 x 42 Best Binoculars To View Solar Eclipse?

[spiderman302]

just let the sun shine through it....

 

[dduelin]

It's real windy here today and I couldn't hold everything steady without the cardboard blowing away or the shadow shade vibrating and changing the aim but as proof of concept the image is about 6" in diameter at approximately 4 feet away. The wind is supposed to lie down tomorrow. More concerned about cloud cover tomorrow.

 

[ST Gui]

I'm just going to shoot a frame with the lens cap on and tell everyone it's a 100% total eclipse.

 

[dduelin]

Just might get lucky at 1:47 PM Central time.

NOAA Graphical Forecast for Contiguous United States

 

[SMSW]

Looks like the eclipse is a go in Cleveland. When I got up this morning I thought it had been called off - full cloud cover, but now at 10:45 we have a few puffy clouds and full sun.

 

[dduelin]

Set up at the watch party in Corning, AR with fingers crossed.

My dad was born here in 1915. One of the reasons I picked this location. Population 3,227 under a sunny sky.

 

[dduelin]

 

[spiderman302]

at 48% max

 

[Mellow]

Not very impressive for a picture, nowhere near the actual view, but was very cool to experience.

 

[the Ferret]

Yes a very cool experience. My pics didn't turn out at all.

 

[SMSW]

Not very impressive for a picture, nowhere near the actual view, but was very cool to experience.

Yes. Birds and squirrels quieted down, temperature dropped, and street lights came on to ruin our view of the night sky....

 

[Nashcat]

I put on my welding helmet to take a look. Pfffttt Looked like the one in 2017.

John

 

[Willsmotorcycle]

 

[W0QNX]

Small world Dave. I camped within 5 miles of Poplar Bluff last night and decided it would be clear down towards Little Rock. I passed thru Corning around 8 and got a great 4 minutes of totality in Conway.

No good pics of the eclipse but it was a fantastic thing to see.

 

[DannoXYZ]

Very disappointed here. Only got 50% or less coverage.