a day in the life

[gsh]

What 24 hours in the life of an astronomer on an observing run consists of:

12:30pm wake up, shower, make it to cafeteria which is open 1-2
1-2 eat lunch
2-5 "free time". check work email, check personal email, read book
5:30 dinner
6:00 get to telescope, start taking calibration data
7:45 start taking data
midnightish eat sandwish
3am eat other sandwich
6am close up telescope due to dawn
6:30 arrive back in dorm room. faceplant into pillow

lather, rinse, repeat for 5 days.

Comments

[harley03.livejournal.com]

so what are you reading?? And what kind of sandwich are you eating twice in the weeeeeeee hours of the night

[gsh]

I'm reading a Harry Turtledove book where the plot is the confederates won the "War of Sucession" and then in 1881 a 2nd war happens when the confederates buy part of Mexico.

Last night I had one chicken sandwich, and one ham sandwich. Tonight I had one chicken sandwich, and still have a tuna sandwich for a late snack.

[mrzodiac.livejournal.com]

So what are you taking data on?

[gsh]

Monitoring quasars for a NASA mission that was supposed to launch in 2010, now scheduled to launch 2015.