Achieved MURI, 'Buto Ijo' Ready for Eclipse

Selasa, 08 Maret 2016 - 23:30 WIB
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Achieved MURI, 'Buto Ijo' Ready for Eclipse
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BANGKA-BELITUNG - The natural phenomenon of solar eclipse, Wednesday (9/3) will passing through Indonesia. Some areas will be exposed to a total solar eclipse.

There is something interesting and relevant record of achievement arrival of this natural phenomenon. An artificial eclipse glasses which produce by Imah Noong
Astronomy Community in Lembang, West Java and named Buto Ijo won the Indonesian Record Museum (MURI) as the eclipse glasses with the largest size ever made. This jumbo sized glasses will be used to observe the phenomenon of solar eclipse in Bangka Belitung.

"These glasses are not normal glasses, but the glasses are made with anti-UV filter measuring 960 centimeters long and
wide 60 centimeters," said Head of Tourism Bangka Belitung, Tajuddin said in a statement.

These glasses are named 'Buto Ijo' as a philosophy which means the sun-eating giants in Javanese mythology. Indonesian Record Museum (MURI) will record these creative ideas in the new record.

"This crazy idea came from the Community Astronomy Imah Noong which incidentally is a group of villagers Wangunsari village, Lembang district, West Java," he said again.

The glasses use a frame and is designed to have nine holes.

"S
afe guaranteed, because in each hole fitted with a filter made of black polymer neutral density (ND) -5," said Tajuddin.

When Total Solar Eclipse (GMT) 2016 across 12 mainland provinces in Indonesia, the Government through the Ministry of Tourism (Kemenpar) is encouraging all regions to make the creation event, to be promoted throughout the world.

Buto Ijo rated eclipse glasses is one of the unique form of creativity that will be recorded the MURI
record.

"His glasses really jumbo. If expanded, this giant glasses can be shared by 45 people at once. Now the glasses are already stretched at Bangka
Beach. Stayed waiting mounted filter," he said.

The unusual g
lasses it also turned out to be a success luring foreign tourism interest to visit the beach stretched. Travelers Japan, Malaysia, China, France, and the European countries are willing to queue up to get closer to the jumbo sunglasses.

"From the description of Imah Noong
Astronomy Community, the manufacture of these glasses cost around Rp60 million. Its expensive frame glasses using acrylic material. The filter also not cheap because the material reaches Rp15 million," said Tajuddin.

(rnz)
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