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Old 26-February-2009, 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by parejkoj View Post
Are you re-spectraing SDSS sources, or shooting for dimmer ones? How many of the 300 fibers are you using?
Yes, I am reobserving SDSS spectra - purely for homogeneity in my sample. I'm also going about 3 mag deeper than the SDSS spectra although I chop out objects redder than the cluster red sequence. Generally ~260 fibres are allocated to science objects and ~30-40 to blank skies for sky subtraction.

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Originally Posted by parejkoj
Also, I'm still amused that it is called the MMT, even though the name is now rather misleading.
I refer to it as the "mono-mirror telescope"!
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