User's Guide to the Adaptive Optics System


Table of Contents


Introduction
Observing Information
Preparing for an AO Run
Graphical User Interface
Other Software
Procedures
Gallery of Aberrations
Optics
Other Hardware
Trouble-Shooting
Logsheet
AO Song

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AO Song

The following is a spoof, written by Elinor Gates, of the Banana Boat song (July 2003).

Adaptive Optics Song
to the tune of Banana Boat
Lyrics for the Banana Boat version
by Harry Belafonte
A-O, A-A-A-O
Daylight come and me wanna go home.
A-O, A-A-A-O
Daylight come and me wanna go home.

Work all night on closing the loop
Daylight come and me wanna go home.
Track the Strehl till de morning come.
Daylight come and me wanna go home.
A-O, A-A-A-O
Daylight come and me wanna go home.
A-O, A-A-A-O
Daylight come and me wanna go home.

Come, Mister 'stronomer, tally me R-nought
Daylight come and me wanna go home.
Come, Mister 'stronomer, tally me R-nought
Daylight come and me wanna go home.
A-O, A-A-A-O
Daylight come and me wanna go home.
A-O, A-A-A-O
Daylight come and me wanna go home.

Shoot Eight Watt, Nine Watt, Ten Watt Laser
Daylight come and me wanna go home
Shoot Eight Watt, Nine Watt, Ten Watt Laser
Daylight come and me wanna go home

Beautiful laser target star
Daylight come and me wanna go home

Laser spotters watching for airplanes
Daylight come and me wanna go home
Shoot Eight Watt, Nine Watt, Ten Watt Laser
Daylight come and me wanna go home
Eight Watt, Nine Watt, Ten Watt Laser
Daylight come and me wanna go home
A, me say A-A-A-0
Daylight come and me wanna go home
A, me say A, me say A, me say A-O

Day-o, day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Day-o, day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home

Work all night on a drink of rum
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Stack banana till de morning come
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Day-o, day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Day-o, day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home

Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Day-o, day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Day-o, day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home

Lift six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Lift six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch
Daylight come and me wan' go home

Beautiful bunch of ripe banana
Daylight come and me wan' go home

Hide the deadly black tarantula
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Lift six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Day, me say day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day,


Elinor Gates
Last modified: Thu Feb 15 16:52:15 PST 2007