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Re: Basics of computing sunrise/sunset
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2009 Jun 19, 20:27 -0700

Douglas, you wrote:
"I do not agree with your complacency in this matter."

Then I should say plainly, LOOKING THROUGH A TELESCOPE AT THE FULL SUN WILL DAMAGE YOUR EYE PERMANENTLY!

There. Better?

But what about the optical cause of this... That's still an open issue. And 
how much sun is actually guaranteed to be dangerous? If you glimpse Bailly's 
beads through binoculars while the total phase of an eclipse is coming to an 
end, are you doomed? Probably not.

-FER



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