[Astronomy] Thesis complete!

In this whole mess that is me moving to a new job, moving house, putting stuff into storage, and trying to finish up my PhD all at the same time, there is a ray of hope. That's right, my thesis is complete!

Celebration time! It's finished!

I actually finished it last Monday, but I left the complete version with my supervisor for him to take a look at before Friday. Needless to say he'd forgotten to do so, so we spent half an hour going over a couple of sections on Friday afternoon, then I printed it out. Which took 3 hours! Yes, I was printing three copies, but I'd forgotten just how badly my high-resolution png images affected the printer. Every time it got to a page with one of more of my plots the printer sat there thinking for a minute or two, and there are a lot of plots in my thesis!

Sadly this meant that I couldn't get it handed in before I left, so I tasked a couple of my friends with securing my supervisor's signature, getting it bound, and submitting it. Earlier today I got a submission receipt from the St Andrews registry, so it's officially in. 252 pages, of which 166 are science, 41 are appendices of data and results, and 16 are bibliography and references.

Three copies of my thesis, all ready for binding. It doesn't look as big as I thought it would, or as I feel it should for four years worth of work!

After printing it and taking these pictures someone pointed out the incorrect date, which I've now fixed. (Credit: David Brown)

Now I need to prepare for my viva, which is just under a month away. If I said I wasn't worried about it  I'd be lying.