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SED Machine A Transient Classifier. Electromagnetic counterparts to physics experiments. Palomar Transient Factory. Spectral Classification. Follow up. WHT 4.2 m. Lick 3 m. Discovery. Keck. Gemini. Mayall 4 m. P48. HST. + four band imaging. P60. Gemini. P60. P200. P200.
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Palomar Transient Factory Spectral Classification Follow up WHT 4.2 m Lick 3 m Discovery Keck Gemini Mayall 4 m P48 HST + four band imaging P60 Gemini P60 P200 P200
The SED Machine’s conceptual design is a pathfinder, designed to maximize classification throughput on 1.5- to 4-m telescopes. Requirements Flowdown & Design
Hardware Testing Ongong Sagi Ben Ami (Weizmann) Kathleen Knobbe (CIT)
To classify with a single observation, R=100 is sufficient: data
Prisms offer several advantages over gratings, but require multiple elements to achieve constant dispersion. From Jeff Crane (OCIW) via email