HOW TO WATCH THE SOLAR ECLIPSE:
Experts have warned skygazers not to look directly at the eclipse.
Dr Drabek-Maunder told Sky News: “Never look at the sun directly or use standard sunglasses, it can cause serious harm to your eyes.”
She suggested using a pinhole projector, special solar eclipse viewing glasses – which can be bought online – or using solar filters on a telescope to best view the eclipse.
Dr Drabek-Maunder said: “You can make a projector by poking a small hole into a piece of card.
“Hold the card up to the sun so that light shines through the hole and on to a piece of paper behind the card.
“You will be able to see the shape of the sun projected on to the piece of paper and watch its shape change as the moon passes in front of the sun.”
