Hello XWCL! This is my inaugural blog post so buckle up because it is going to be a sleep-deprived ride. Laird and Alex spent the day prepping the instrument for transport to the telescopes while Jared, Joseph, Kyle, and I were putting the “finishing touches” on various pieces of code. Kyle, Joseph and I were able to get the auto_focus code running fairly smoothly. The question of the day seems to be on the focus curve plots, to show or not to show?
![Joseph made me do it.](https://xwcl.science/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IMG_2011-1024x768.jpg)
Some burros decided to hold us up from going to lunch, but luckily they were very cute. There were a couple exciting animal sightings today!
Green Burro Real Burro
![Majestic](https://xwcl.science/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/wanaco-768x1024.jpg)
Pre-installation Safety Meeting
Jared led the pre-install safety meeting to go over logistics of packing up the instrument, driving it up to the telescope, and installation.
![Not pictured: the LCO workers laughing at the height of the electronics tower](https://xwcl.science/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IMG_2013-1024x768.jpg)
After dinner we began the decabling and packing up process. It was hard disconnecting such cooperative DMs but it had to be done.
![Putting off the DMs till last](https://xwcl.science/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IMG_2020-768x1024.jpg)
And That’s a Wrap!
Once the cables and eyepiece were removed, and the instrument was closed up, we shrink wrapped the entire instrument.
![Almost there!](https://xwcl.science/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IMG_2026.jpg)
![Heartwarming](https://xwcl.science/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IMG_2028-1024x768.jpg)
MagAO-X is packed up and ready to go! Since MagAO-X is going to be installed on the telescope tomorrow I think it is safe to say that we will be running with the