But at the time I was very hesitant to start solar viewing. The Sun is can be a very dangerous object to view and can not be played with. Never View the Sun Directly without the help of a safe solar filter.
Permanent blindness can result.
The lack of pain receptors in the eyes means that permanent damage can happen without knowledge that it is happening. Yet hours later the damage will become evident. When I was a child a scary experience happened when I viewed the sun directly with my Edmund Astroscan. This was not done intentionally. I was using my scope to look through a big window from inside our house.