{"id":1733,"date":"2024-03-25T10:19:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T14:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/?p=1733"},"modified":"2024-04-09T15:18:54","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T19:18:54","slug":"buying-eclipse-day-eyewear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/buying-eclipse-day-eyewear\/","title":{"rendered":"Buying Eclipse Day Eyewear"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As we get ready for Eclipse Day, before you gaze at the sun, take a moment to double-check that you have the proper eyewear. Not all &#8220;eclipse glasses&#8221; claiming to meet specific safety standards and ISO compliance requirements will be safe for viewing the sun. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/files\/2024\/04\/Before-you-look-up-look-at-your-eyewear-2.png\" alt=\"Before you look at the sun, look at your eyewear. Not all &quot;eclipse glasses&quot; will be safe. Check the AAS's supplier list: blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/buying-eclipse-day-eyewear\" class=\"wp-image-1738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/files\/2024\/04\/Before-you-look-up-look-at-your-eyewear-2.png 940w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/files\/2024\/04\/Before-you-look-up-look-at-your-eyewear-2-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/files\/2024\/04\/Before-you-look-up-look-at-your-eyewear-2-768x644.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/files\/2024\/04\/Before-you-look-up-look-at-your-eyewear-2-358x300.png 358w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Counterfeits will be sold, particularly on well-known online sale platforms. For this reason, the American Astronomical Society (linked from <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/eclipses\/future-eclipses\/eclipse-2024\/safety\/\">NASA<\/a>) has compiled a list of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/eclipse.aas.org\/eye-safety\/viewers-filters\">suppliers of safe solar filters &amp; viewers<\/a>.\u201d On their website, they relayed that in 2017, they had advised for people to simply look for compliance markers, like that ISO 12312-2 international safety standard was met, however found \u201c\u2026the marketplace was flooded by counterfeit eclipse glasses that were labeled as ISO-compliant when in fact they had not been properly tested and shown to be safe\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/eclipse.aas.org\/eye-safety\/iso-certification\">AAS.org<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before buying online, checkout the supplier information against the AAS&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/eclipse.aas.org\/eye-safety\/viewers-filters\">approved list<\/a>. If you opted to purchase your glasses from a local vendor or obtained a coveted free pair from a library, school or employer who may have placed an online bulk order, verify the supplier information printed on the product or ask the organization about the company that produced the glasses.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May you have clear skies and safe viewing on Eclipse Day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we get ready for Eclipse Day, before you gaze at the sun, take a moment to double-check that you have the proper eyewear. Not all &#8220;eclipse glasses&#8221; claiming to meet specific safety standards and ISO compliance requirements will be safe for viewing the sun. Counterfeits will be sold, particularly on well-known online sale platforms.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/buying-eclipse-day-eyewear\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Buying Eclipse Day Eyewear<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4483,"featured_media":1735,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[704993,481474,704990,704995,704991,704992,704994],"class_list":["post-1733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-american-astronomical-society","tag-consumer","tag-eclipse","tag-eclipse-eyewear","tag-eclipse-glasses","tag-iso-safety","tag-nasa","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4483"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1733"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1737,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1733\/revisions\/1737"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}