Sheridan Williams

Retired rocket scientist and volunteer at the National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park. ex-Director Computing - British Astronomical Association,

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@anntreneman I live 1 mile from a
tip but have to travel 25 miles to the tip that's in my county. I'm 200 metres from the county boundary!

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@Eclipsedbyevil @NationalEclipse Rare for it to end exactly at sunrise and sunset but I've seen 20 total eclipses and many end near sunset. I was in Madagascar in 2001. Do you want me to name them all?

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@prodrive Isobel Bragg is in denial about our visit last Wednesday, despite emails days before we were turned away from our car club visit having travelled from London. Very unprofessional. Beware organising visits to them, they are not to be trusted!

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@scot333 @NationalEclipse High probability of cloud though

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@NationalEclipse Please use the international standard date format dd/mm/yyyy not the silly illogical US format. Think of confusion on eclipses that occur in June or July

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@NationalEclipse @timesofindia It's actually a wide path compared to most eclipses

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@NationalEclipse @Eclipsedbyevil All eclipses end at sunset!!!

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@NationalEclipse To get more details buy Bradt Eclipses 2024-2027 guide

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@prodrive A visit by my local car club was turned away as unbooked last Wednesday, can I have an explanation please?

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@JAMA_current It is safe to watch totality just read NASA report for an accurate answer: When the bright photosphere of the Sun is completely covered, only the faint light from the corona is visible, and this radiation is too weak to have any harmful effects on the human retina.

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@jamieacarter @Astro_Jonny They got it wrong Jamie, the next is March 30, 2033.

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Colossus designer, Tommy Flowers recognised with English Heritage Blue Plaque https://t.co/fZWLJoYtbz Colossus can be seen at https://t.co/rglFzewiwh

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@TicketSource Don't waste your money on their refund option as they haven't paid me for a Covid cancellation. They required a doctor's certificate, which was impossible to get. I set a copy of the test kit.

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@13Troll13 Your picture is of an annular eclipse. For total eclipses you can watch without glasses during totality. Can even use binoculars. Be ready for the end of totality though, listen to the experts.

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@SungazeGlasses No, Mexico is longer duration then Texas.

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@TobyCottrell @SungazeGlasses @DrLucyRogers You must remove them during totality otherwise you won't see anything!

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@rogerwaters Do you remember this? I ran the company BEEBUG that's writen on the wall.

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@WeAreScramblers Trying to renew my membership but it won't recognise my phone number so can't proceed: help

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@SolEclipseInfo my new Bradt travel guide 'Solar Eclipses 2024-2027' will help you decide where to see the next solar eclipse. The 2023 eclipse in Exmouth WA was my 19th total solar eclipse.

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@timesfeedback Why can't people use 'decimated' correctly? In a recent issue of the Times one of the columnists used 'decimated by half'! Decimated means reduced by one tenth.