Yesterday there was a rather spectacular total eclipse of the sun. At least, in a remote corner of Western Australia there was. Here it was a smallish partial eclipse, but still worth observing and celebrating.
A thing with eclipses is that you're tempted tolook directly at the sun, and this can be very bad for you. If a telescope's involved, it can be worse.
I was reminded of this when one of my smaller toy telescopes nearly caught fire while I was practicing image projection techniques with it. That's when I came up with the idea of the telescope-free Abbascope.
By drilling holes through cardboard Agnetha's eyes, I was able to turn her into a rather classy pinhole camera, and safely view the projected solar images on a screen behind her.
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