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What to do tonight: View Venus--it's the chance of a lifetime!
1. Grab some duct tape, and attach a pair of binoculars to a tripod.
2. Get a piece of cardboard. Trace the front circles (meaning the large end) of the binoculars on it, and cut them out.
3. Stick the binoculars through the holes you cut out, and tape the cardboard in place.
4. Put the lens cap on one of the binocular lenses, or just tape over it. (You’re only gonna need one to view the Sun.)
5. Plug any holes in the cardboard or around the lenses with more duct tape.
6. Get a white piece of cardboard, and hold it about a foot away from the back end (the small part) of the binoculars.
7. Scooch the tripod around ‘til ya see a pic of the Sun on your cardboard, and then you can focus the binoculars to make it clearer.
8. Watch history unfold as Venus makes its move!
Just a note – be careful not to put your hands or anything that might catch fire near the back lens of your binoculars. That’s some strong Sun you’re catchin’ there, and ya don’t want it to burn anything. In fact, you might wanna move your binoculars out of the sun for a little bit, just to give them a break from the heat every once in a while. They could get messed up if ya keep ‘em trained on that burnin’ ball all night.
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