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			<div class="article-sectionhead">Obtain a solar filter</div>
			<div class="article-sectiontext">You can double your potential observing time if you purchase a quality solar filter and observe the Sun. You must be very careful when observing the Sun. Never look directly at the Sun with the naked eye or with any unfiltered optical instrument, and always cover your finder when observing the Sun. That being said, there are a number of saf