Bahrain to witness partial solar eclipse on Tuesday

Bahrain to witness partial solar eclipse on Tuesday

As Bahrain is all set to witness a partial solar eclipse, Astronomer Ali Al-Hajari has warned eclipse watchers here to take extreme caution while observing the celestial phenomenon.

“Watching the eclipse with naked eyes or through sunglasses can cause severe harm to the retina,” says Al-Hajari.

A safe technique to observe the solar eclipse is either by using a proper filter like aluminized Mylar, black polymer, welding glass of shade number 14 or by making a projection of the Sun’s image on a white board by telescope.

He added: “Welding glasses with shade levels between 11 and 14 are capable of protecting the eyes of eclipse watchers.”

Anything lower than this rating is unsuitable for looking at the Sun.

Reports worldwide also point out that it is not advisable to watch the eclipsed Sun with the naked eye, even for a short time.

It will cause permanent damage to the eyes leading to blindness even when the Moon covers most of the Sun.

Remember that viewing an eclipse is not worth damaging your eyesight.

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A solar eclipse occurs on a new moon day.

It happens when the Moon comes between the Earth and the Sun and when all of them are aligned.

A partial solar eclipse will occur when the