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CaliforniaPeggy

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1. If you're using the phone as a camera, then you must take the same precautions as that.

Reply to aikoaiko (Original post)

Tue Aug 15, 2017, 06:07 PM

Aug 2017

In other words, solar filter over the camera's eyepiece (equivalent to the end of the lens on a camera) during the partial phases of the eclipse.

You take the filter off during (and only during) totality.

Yes, the direct, unprotected sun WILL injure your phone, just as it would your eyes.

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Watching the eclipse with your smart phone. [View all] aikoaiko Aug 2017 OP

If you're using the phone as a camera, then you must take the same precautions as that. CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2017 #1

Thank you. aikoaiko Aug 2017 #3

The only safe way to watch the eclipse with your smart phone is to stream it. Thor_MN Aug 2017 #2

Thank you. aikoaiko Aug 2017 #4