I did my first night duty on Wednesday night. It wasn't as bad for me as the guys who did it the night before. The full 9 hour shift was shared amongst the 5 of us -- mine was scheduled to start just before midnight and end at 0140h. I'd gone through half of Murakami's "Dance Dance Dance" when I ended my duty. No better time than night duty to read a novel! So there's something good to be said about night duty! I didn't get a chance to talk to the rest since most of them were asleep when I was awake, so it was quite uneventful. My ex-boss happened to enter the building at about 10pm, and we caught up on each other's lifes (well, mostly mine). I've known him as a night worker from the days I worked for him, so it didn't surprise me to see him around at that time.
Although I didn't sleep for very long after my duty ended, I slept well, unlike my peers who complained of the cold air from the A/C. Thanks to the days spent in the frigid wasteland and the reluctant heater in my room over there, I've put my skill of minimising heat loss to good use in situations like this.
I was well aware of the lunar eclipse last night, but I have seen too many lunar eclipses to be motivated to stay up for the event. The umbral magnitude of a little less than 20% didn't convince me to leave my bed, and so... no obs report here. Some local folks took pretty decent photos. The next lunar eclipse observable from my location will happen on the UT night of March 3rd next year (the umbral phase begins at about 5:30 am local time on March 4th). I wonder if I'll stay up for that.
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