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KOMPAS.com – An ophthalmologist at the Jakarta Eye Center (JEC) Eye Hospital Gitalisa Andayani revealed the dangers of seeing a solar eclipse directly.
The danger of seeing a solar eclipse with the naked eye can damage the eye organs.
“In principle, the danger is when the eclipse starts to shift and the sunlight starts to reappear, that’s the danger. It can cause solar retinopathy,” he told Kompas.com, Thursday (20/4/2023).
Gita explained, solar retinopathy is an eye injury in the retina.
“This intense sunlight is absorbed by the retina, and causes a variety of disturbances, ranging from mild or barely visible changes to a yellow spot in the center of the retina (macula),” he explained.
In fact, the dangers of sunlight can also cause holes in the retina.
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Symptoms caused
Generally, patients who have an injury to the retina will complain of a blind spot, blurry vision or vision distortion.
“But fortunately, visual disturbances are generally not severe and can be reversible (return) gradually, usually within 3-6 months,” explained Gita.
However, in some cases, the disorder is permanent and cannot be cured.
Therefore, Gita suggested that people watch the solar eclipse using special glasses.
“If you want to see the eclipse, wear anti-UV eye protection,” he said.
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How to watch the solar eclipse safely
It is known that a number of regions in Indonesia had the opportunity to witness the rare phenomenon of a solar eclipse on Thursday (20/4/2023). The solar eclipse that occurs is an annular solar eclipse to a total.
Researcher at the Space Research Center of the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) Andi Prince said that a safe way to see a solar eclipse is to use the help of a solar filter.
“The safest way is to use a sun filter of at least Neutral Density 5 (ND5),” said Andi to Kompas.com, Monday (18/4/2023).
The sun filter will protect your eyes for up to 2 minutes.
How to use it is quite easy, namely by placing a sun filter in front of the cellphone lens used to take pictures.
Or, used to coat eclipse glasses.
“For telescopes, when we observe the sun, don’t point it at the sun first before installing the filter on the front of the objective lens,” said Andi.
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