Total Solar Eclipse 2017 - Eclipse Glasses Instructions

Eclipse Viewing Instructions

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The following pages (as well as the instructions printed on the glasses) make up the complete set of instructions you need to follow, in order to use Eclipse2017.org's eclipse glasses:

Eye safety

Terms and Conditions for use of the eclipse glasses

English Solar Viewer Instructions - main page

English eclipse glasses instructions (PDF)

General Instructions Page (the page you're on now!)
(which also contains links to the English eclipse glasses instructions PDF as well as translations provided for your convenience)

Instruction Sheet PDF (to be handed out with any glasses provided to others)

Direct link to the English eclipse
glasses instruction booklet (PDF)

Direct link to the
Instruction sheet PDF
(Include this sheet, or a link to it, with
any glasses you provide to others)

Thanks for your commitment to view the eclipse safely!

UPDATE: Reports have surfaced about FAKE eclipse glasses!

Here are links from the American Astronomical Society.
You won't find any better instruction on how to correctly use an approved method for observing the eclipse!

Links from the AAS!
How to View a Solar Eclipse Safely!
Projection: Pinhole & Optical
General Eye Safety
Solar Eclipse safety flyer and tons of great resources
(Direct links to one-page PDF instruction sheets:) Eclipse viewing instruction sheet provided by the AAS Eclipse viewing instruction sheet provided by NASA
The safety information in the links above has been endorsed by the American Astronomical Society, the American Academy of Ophthalmology, NASA, the American Academy of Optometry, and the National Science Foundation.

We also refer you to the instructions contained on the glasses themselves, (which you must read and follow),
to this great set of eclipse viewing instructions published by the National Science Teachers Association, and to other sites where you can find complete viewing instructions!

Meanwhile, we have also prepared a set of instructions
in many languages, which you can find using the links below.

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English Eclipse Viewing Instructions are available as well, of course!

(Are there any errors with the translation into your language?)
(Can you provide an accurate translation into a language we don't have?)

Afrikaans	ગુજરાતી \| Gujarati	ଓଡ଼ିଆ \| Odia
Shqip \| Albanian	Hausa	پښتو \| Pashto
አማርኛ \| Amharic	עברית \| Hebrew	Język Polski \| Polish
العربية \| Arabic	हिन्दी \| Hindi	Português \| Portuguese
հայերեն \| Armenian	Magyar \| Hungarian	ਪੰਜਾਬੀ \| Punjabi
Azərbaycan dili \| Azerbaijani	Íslenska \| Icelandic	Limba Română \| Romanian
Euskara \| Basque	Igbo	Русский Язык \| Russian
বাংলা \| Bengali	Bahasa Indonesia \| Indonesian	Cрпски \| Serbian
भोजपुरी \| Bhojpuri	Italiano \| Italian	سنڌي \| Sindhi
Bългарски Eзик \| Bulgarian	日本語 \| Japanese	සිංහල \| Sinhalese
မြန်မာစာ \| Burmese	Basa Jawa \| Javanese	Slovenčina \| Slovak
Català \| Catalan	ಕನ್ನಡ \| Kannada	Español \| Spanish
简体中文 \| Chinese (simplified)	қазақ тілі \| Kazakh	Basa Sunda \| Sundanese
繁體中文 \| Chinese (traditional)	한국어 \| Korean	Kiswahili \| Swahili
Hrvatski \| Croatian	кыргыз тили \| Kyrgyz	Svenska \| Swedish
Český Jazyk \| Czech	Latviešu Valoda \| Latvian	தமிழ் \| Tamil
Dansk \| Danish	Lietuvių Kalba	తెలుగు \| Telugu
Nederlands \| Dutch	मैथिल \| Maithili	ภาษา ไทย \| Thai
Filipino	Malagasy	Türkçe \| Turkish
Suomi \| Finnish	മലയാളം \| Malayalam	Українська Mова \| Ukrainian
Français \| French	मराठी \| Marathi	اُردُو \| Urdu
ქართული \| Georgian	Монгол хэл \| Mongolian	oʻzbek tili \| ўзбек тили \| Uzbek
Deutsch \| German	नेपाली भाषा \| Nepali	Tiếng Việt \| Vietnamese
Ελληνικά \| Greek	Norsk \| Norwegian	Èdè Yorùbá \| Yoruba

Afrikaans	ગુજરાતી \| Gujarati	ଓଡ଼ିଆ \| Odia
Shqip \| Albanian	Hausa	پښتو \| Pashto
አማርኛ \| Amharic	עברית \| Hebrew	Język Polski \| Polish
العربية \| Arabic	हिन्दी \| Hindi	Português \| Portuguese
հայերեն \| Armenian	Magyar \| Hungarian	ਪੰਜਾਬੀ \| Punjabi
Azərbaycan dili \| Azerbaijani	Íslenska \| Icelandic	Limba Română \| Romanian
Euskara \| Basque	Igbo	Русский Язык \| Russian
বাংলা \| Bengali	Bahasa Indonesia \| Indonesian	Cрпски \| Serbian
भोजपुरी \| Bhojpuri	Italiano \| Italian	سنڌي \| Sindhi
Bългарски Eзик \| Bulgarian	日本語 \| Japanese	සිංහල \| Sinhalese
မြန်မာစာ \| Burmese	Basa Jawa \| Javanese	Slovenčina \| Slovak
Català \| Catalan	ಕನ್ನಡ \| Kannada	Español \| Spanish
简体中文 \| Chinese (simplified)	қазақ тілі \| Kazakh	Basa Sunda \| Sundanese
繁體中文 \| Chinese (traditional)	한국어 \| Korean	Kiswahili \| Swahili
Hrvatski \| Croatian	кыргыз тили \| Kyrgyz	Svenska \| Swedish
Český Jazyk \| Czech	Latviešu Valoda \| Latvian	தமிழ் \| Tamil
Dansk \| Danish	Lietuvių Kalba	తెలుగు \| Telugu
Nederlands \| Dutch	मैथिल \| Maithili	ภาษา ไทย \| Thai
Filipino	Malagasy	Türkçe \| Turkish
Suomi \| Finnish	മലയാളം \| Malayalam	Українська Mова \| Ukrainian
Français \| French	मराठी \| Marathi	اُردُو \| Urdu
ქართული \| Georgian	Монгол хэл \| Mongolian	oʻzbek tili \| ўзбек тили \| Uzbek
Deutsch \| German	नेपाली भाषा \| Nepali	Tiếng Việt \| Vietnamese
Ελληνικά \| Greek	Norsk \| Norwegian	Èdè Yorùbá \| Yoruba

Did you order glasses from us? Are you worried about the big recall?
How do you know the glasses you got from us were safe to use?

Eclipse2017.org is on the American Astronomical Society's approved vendor list for eclipse glasses!

Also, please read the blog post we wrote about the safety of glasses ordered from Eclipse2017.org!

Eclipse Viewing Instructions

LOOKING FOR THE INSTRUCTIONS?

UPDATE: Reports have surfaced about FAKE eclipse glasses!