ETC Request ID: STIS.sp.1036575

Requested Signal/Noise Ratio = 50.000 at wavelength 5100.00 Å (per resolution element)

gives: Time = 147.0087 seconds

gives: Time to Saturation (for a single exposure) = 12,256.29 seconds

Exposure time calculation HAD WARNINGS.

WARNING MESSAGE: "Electrons per pixel due to background (1.3) is less than the recommended threshold of 20 electrons to avoid poor charge transfer efficiency (CTE). We suggest you consider CTE mitigation strategies described in the STIS Instrument Handbook."


Table of Source and Noise Counts per Pixel


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Detailed Information Count rate Total counts Associated noise
(e-/s) (e-) (e-)
Counts (box 7 pixels high) (1 pix x 7 pix) (2 pix resel x 7 pix)
    Source 12.831 3,772.42 61.42
    Background 0.127 37.31 6.11
        Sky 9.053e-04 0.27 0.52
        Dark Current 0.126 37.05 6.09
    Read Out 43.39
Total in selected region 12.957 3,809.73 75.45
Brightest Pixel (single exposure) (at 5184.20 Å) 9.791 719.67

Global Count Rates
    Source only 10,969.700 1,612,641.192
    Background (sky+dark) 18,955.825 2,786,670.95

Encircled energy fraction 0.93


Instrument name: STIS
Mode: spectroscopic
Detector: CCD
Central Wavelength:
Grating: [G430L] R ~ 500
Aperture: 52X0.2
Gain: 4.0
# Frames: 2
Binning: dispersion: 1, spatial: 1
Dark: medium


Target: [point source]
Spectrum: Non-stellar Objects QSO (LBQS based) [800, 6000 Å z=0]
Extinction E(B-V): Milky Way Diffuse (Rv=3.1) = 0.015 applied before normalization
Normalization: Flux 6e-15 flam at 4392.0 Å
Redshift: z=0.0353
Emission Lines: None


Selected background:
  Sky Background:
    Level:

Table of Source and Noise Counts per Pixel


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These results were computed using: ETC version 25.2