Eclipse ‘Solar’ Glasses

ECLIPSE MAGAZINE:  Sign up for Astronomy Ireland magazine to get our guide to the August 2026 ‘almost-total’ eclipse of the Sun, with up to 98% of the Sun covered from the Southwest of Ireland!

This is the deepest Partial Solar Eclipse from Ireland until the full TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN visible from the southwest of Ireland in 2090!

There’ll be almost 30 other partial solar eclipses from Ireland between 2026 and 2090 (and lots of Lunar Eclipses) and we’ll cover them all in Astronomy Ireland magazine of course.

ECLIPSE WATCH: We are planning to set up special telescopes for safe close up viewing of the eclipse in August – you’ll even see all the sunspots peppering the Sun right now. For tickets for a great day out keep checking www.astronomy.ie/events

To see the latest SDO spacecraft image of the Sun (updated hourly) click HERE

SAFE VIEWING – ECLIPSE GLASSES

Of course it can be highly dangerous to view the Sun and a partially eclipsed Sun is just as dangerous – perhaps more so as people will be drawn to looking at it. NEVER look at the Sun with ANY optical aid (binoculars or telescopes) as permanent eye damage can happen instantly. It is not even safe to look at the Sun with just the naked eye and even several pairs of sunglasses should not be used.

High Quality EU-certified safe Solar Viewing Glasses are available from Astronomy Ireland. We have a limited quantity.

You should keep these glasses after the eclipse for viewing giant ‘naked eye’ sunspots that appear from time to time. DO NOT look through binoculars or telescopes while wearing eclipse glasses as they give way too bright an image and may even damage the glasses and your eyesight too.

These are also useful for seeing giant sunspots that occasionally appear on the Sun that we will alert you to on our social media pages.

You can also sign up for a year’s subscription and you will then get future magazines showing all the photos sent in from around Ireland and loads of other things to see in the sky: HERE