AUSTIN, Texas — The annular solar eclipse is on Saturday at 11:50 a.m. in Central Texas. Here's how you can make your own solar eclipse viewer using things from around your home.
Here's what you need:
- Toilet paper or paper towel roll
- Pencil
- Scissors
- Safety pin
- Rubber band
- Paper
- Tape
- Aluminum foil
First, take the toilet paper roll and cut out a small kind of 'U' shape. Next, you want to take your toilet paper or paper towel roll on the other side and make a tracing of it on your paper. Draw a few tabs that will help you tape the paper onto the end of your roll.
Next, you're going to cut out the tracing and secure the paper to the roll using tape. Take your foil and secure it to the other side of the roll. You can use a rubber band or hair tie to hold it in place, as long as no light is getting through.
Once it's all assembled, you can take a paper clip or a safety pin and make a tiny hole in the aluminum side. The sun will shine through the pinhole and onto the paper so you can see the inverted reflection as the eclipse happens.