Seventh 14-hour night in a row tonight.
Mercury is at a balmy 29 degrees and falling.
It’s windy.
I have to go into the freezing cold dome every ten minutes to adjust the telescope.
Why am I doing this to myself?
Here is my life for the last week:
Between 3pm and 4:30 pm: wake up. Check internets. If enough time, go to dome, refill liquid nitrogen tank, set up flat field calibrations. Take show, if possible.
5:30 pm – dinner in cafeteria
6:30 pm – Open dome. Start observing. Make occasional trips to lodge for bathroom or food through freezing winds.
7:30 am – close dome. Return to lodge to relax for a short time.
8:30 or 9 am – fall asleep
That’s a little bit exhausting. Fortunately, I’m taking lots and lots of long exposures so I have plenty of time to do other stuff while observing.
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You never answered your own question. Why _do_ you do it?
I dunno. Guess I like it. It can be fun sometimes at 4 am when it’s just you and the stars.
Interesting. You sound as though you don’t think the question is terribly important.