GREENSBORO, N.C. — The Great American Solar Eclipse is on Monday, April 8. It will be quite a sight to see, but it's important to keep your eyes protected with approved solar eclipse glasses.
NASA does not approve any particular brand of solar eclipse glasses, according to its site; however, NASA's site says 'Safe Solar Viewers' must comply with the ISO 12312-2 standard. So here's how to find the ISO Standard on a pair of eclipse glasses:
Where can I buy solar eclipse glasses?
NASA's site also leads folks to the American Astronomical Society's site. AAS has a full list of companies it recommends buying solar eclipse glasses from.
The following companies are authorized dealers of products made in North America or Germany:
- OZScopes (Australia)
- Agena Astro
- Solar Eyewear (Canada)
- Ontario Telescopes & Accessories (Canada)
- Spectrum Telescope
- Astronomy for Equity
- VisiSolar
- AmericanEclipseGlasses.com
- Texas Total Eclipse
- GreatAmericanEclipse.com
- 3DStereo.com
- WebEyeCare.com
- Eclipse Glasses USA
- Celestial Buddies
- Healthoholic
- EclipseSpecs
- Being in the Shadow (Australia)
- Mile High Astronomy
- Solar-Eclipse.net
- 2024 Eclipse Optical / eclipseoptical.com
- Canada Eclipse Glasses / CanadaEclipseGlasses (Canada)
- Soluna / GSM Sales
- Eclipse Optical
- Astronomy Plus (Canada)
- EclipseVision (Mexico)
- Eclipse2024.org
- APM Telescopes (Europe)
- ExtraVision (Australia)
- B&H Photo & Video
- Land Sea & Sky
- Experience the Eclipse (Canada)
- American Solar Eclipse Company
- ICSTARS Astronomy
- Solnomo / Prevent Blindness
- NationalEclipse.com
- Woodland Hills Camera & Telescope
- Rob Walrecht Productions (Netherlands & Belgium)
- Eclipse-Glass / ca-susm (Canada)
- Eclipse Texas
- MyEclipseGlasses.com
- Arbor Scientific
- Avenues of the Sky
- School Health / Prevent Blindness
- TSE17 child-size glasses available too)
- The Planetary Society
- All-Star Telescope (Canada)
- Eclipse Over Cleveland
- Astrozap
- Eclipse Over America
- My Science Shop
- Scientifics Direct
- OZHut (Australia)
- SolarEclipse.us
- Khan Scope (Canada)
- Astronomical Society of the Pacific
- TCB Specialties
- EarthSky
- AAA Eclipse
- Total Solar Protection
- Big Kid Science
- Telescopes Canada (Canada)
- SolarEclipseCanada (Canada)
- Mt. Lemmon Science Center
- Cajun Eclipse Glasses
The following companies are mostly North American importers and dealers of products made in China:
- 123 Solarwear
- Eclipse Glasses Now
- SA Flavor / VIVA San Antonio
- HologramZ (Canada; child-size glasses available too)
- Promoful (bulk orders only)
- Cartolano LLC / NiceSolarEclipse.com
- Education Harbour Ltd. (U.K. & Europe; child-size glasses available too)
- Svbony Optics
- Mama's Minerals
- Edutopia Labs
- Solares LLC
- Art of Physics Education
- AmericanEclipseGlasses.net
- iloveeclipse.com
- Eclipse Glasses Canada (Canada)
- Icarus Shades
- MedOptics
- Yiwu Diyuan Import & Export Co., Ltd. (bulk/wholesale only)
- PNJ Solar
- AstroSpecs
- Texas Eclipses
- Hangzhou Gasan Import & Export Co., Ltd.
- Solar Eclipse International, Canada (SEIC)
- Sky & Telescope / Shop at Sky
- EclipSee
- Celestial Optical / EclipseGuard
- Apostrophe Games
- Eclipse Total (Mexico)
- Solarc (Mexico)
- PowX
- Astronomical League
- The Eclipse Store
- Solar Eyeglasses
- Total Eclipse DFW
- Halo Eclipse Spectacles
- Absolute Eclipse / Gravitis
- Andbasis Eclipse Glasses
- Eclipses.mx (Mexico)
- Medical King / Solar King
- Totality Over TX
- Your Fun Warehouse (wholesale only)
- HelioGuardX
- Moon Viewers Eclipse Glasses (U.S. & Canada only)
- Solar Eclipse Glasses / Rezos LLC
- 1 NovaLens
- Kesseph
- Eclipse for a Cause
- Tember
- Okie Dokie Trading Co.
- Ward's Science
- Galaxium
- NYC Eclipse
- ilovesolareclipse.com
- GottaHaveIt
- Helioclipse
- American PaperWear
- Bookishbunny (child-size glasses available too)
- Tesyker
- Log Your Own Solar Eclipse