Still no answer and I am very concerned about Kim's comment. Please respond. -- Thanks, Jor ________________________________ From: Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 3:46 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] safe observing Um, what was defective about the NASA glasses? ________________________________ From: Kim <kimharch@cut.net> To: 'Utah Astronomy' <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 10:39 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] safe observing We had many people ask about using their solar viewing glasses (which we gave away for free on Sunday - several thousand) with binoculars. Of course we told them not to use them behind the eyepiece, but to prove the point we experimented prior to the eclipse with my 11x80 binos and a pair of solar glasses. It took less than one second to burn about a 10mm hole through the plastic filters. We had about 30 of the defective NASA solar viewing glasses, so we burned them all and used them to warn people with binoculars. Still, at least one visitor wondered what would happen so he put on the glasses and put his small binoculars up to his face. We have his burned-through glasses to prove that you can warn people all you want but you sure can't stop them if they are determined to act stupidly. Kim _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options". _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".