A “ring of fire” annular solar eclipse is seen in Kanarraville, Utah May 20 2012. (ROBYN BECK/AFP/GettyImages)
Eclipse glasses are required to view this eclipse. The ones you used during the April 8 total eclipse should be useable as long as they are official ISO 12312-2 glasses and are undamaged, according to the American Astronomical Society.
Long eclipses and the next eclipse
One final note about the October 2 eclipse: it’s actually a long annular eclipse. The eclipse will last 7 minutes and 25 seconds along the center of its path.
The total eclipse that passed over the United States, including most of Texas, lasted 4 minutes and 52 seconds along the center of its path.
We have to wait awhile for the next annular eclipse after such an eclipse-filled year. The next one is Feb. 17, 2026 over Antarctica. The next total solar eclipse is Aug. 12, 2026. That eclipse will pass over Greenland, Iceland, Spain and Russia.
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