Dr. Gregory Wolfe from Southern College of Optometry shares tips you cannot miss for safe sky-watching during Monday’s solar eclipse. As referenced in the interview, the following companies manufacture or import American Astronomical Society-approved eclipse glasses:
- American Paper Optics
- Flip’n Shades (clip-ons for baseball caps)
- Halo Eclipse Spectacles*
- Celestial Optical (EclipseGuard glasses^ | SolarShield sheets)
- Grafix Plastics (sheets & rolls, wholesale only)
- DayStar Filters
- American PaperWear (Solar Rollens viewers)
- Seymour Solar (Hyperion sheets)
- Rainbow Symphony
- Thousand Oaks Optical
*This U.S. company produces innovative 3-in-1 interchangeable blue-light-blockers + sunglasses + eclipse glasses that remain wearable post-eclipse. They feature detachable, safe solar filters responsibly sourced from China that comply with the transmittance requirements of the ISO 12312-2 standard.
^This U.S. company’s eclipse glasses incorporate ISO-compliant filter material that is made in the U.S. but finished, cut, and mounted in frames by a Chinese manufacturing partner.