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Through the pinhole, you should see an inverted image of the eclipse appear on the paper. 4. As the total solar eclipse reaches 100% coverage, you'll notice the light on the paper fading away ...
A handful of household items is all you need to make your own pinhole eclipse viewer: tape, aluminum foil, paper, scissors and (maybe) a cereal box.
Don't have solar eclipse glasses? No problem. You can make your own solar eclipse viewer box at home, whether with a pinhole projector or a colander.
Here is a finished pinhole projector made from a cereal box, a low-budget way to view the April 8 solar eclipse. To make a box pinhole project, gather up the following items:
The geometry of a pinhole camera. Note: the x 1 x 2 x 3 coordinate system in the figure is left-handed, that is the direction of the OZ axis is in reverse to the system the reader may be used to. The geometry related to the mapping of a pinhole camera is illustrated in the figure. The figure contains the following basic objects:
If the template has a separate documentation page (usually called "Template:template name/doc"), add [[Category:Solar eclipse templates]] to the <includeonly> section at the bottom of that page.
This template uses information from the NASA Solar Eclipse Database when invoked using the following syntax {{ Infobox solar eclipse | YYYYMonDD }} Here, YYYY is the year, Mon is the three letter abbreviation for the month, and DD is the two digit abbreviation for the day.
Turn a shoebox into a partial solar eclipse viewer. The cereal box method works with shoeboxes, too.. Cut a small hole on one end of the shoebox and tape foil over it. Poke a small hole in the foil.