ETC Request ID: STIS.sp.1184211

Exposure time (seconds) = 500.0000 at wavelength 2800.00 Å

gives: SNR = 41.8089 (per resolution element)

Exposure time calculation HAD WARNINGS.

WARNING MESSAGE: Buffer time 27.5459 is less than minimum 99 seconds.


Table of Source and Noise Counts per Pixel

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Detailed Information Count rate Total counts Associated noise
(counts/s) (counts) (counts)
Counts (box 7 pixels high) (1 pix x 7 pix) (2 pix resel x 7 pix)
    Source 1.805 1,804.95 42.48
    Background 0.011 10.50 3.24
        Sky 9.816e-10 9.82e-07 9.91e-04
        Dark Current 0.011 10.50 3.24
Total in selected region 1.815 1,815.45 43.17
Brightest Pixel (single exposure) (at 2654.65 Å) 2.187 1,093.54
Count rate entire detector 72,606.051
Buffer Time (sec) 27.55
For APT purposes, the recommended buffer time should be 4/5 of the buffer time calculated above. Please refer to the STIS Instrument Handbook for more details.
Global Count Rates
    Source only 60,764.051 30,382,025.729
    Background (sky+dark) 1,572.864 786,432.03
Encircled energy fraction 0.93

Instrument name: STIS
Mode: spectroscopic
Detector: NUVMAMA
Central Wavelength: 2713
Grating: [E230H] R ~ 114000
Aperture: 0.2X0.09


Target: [point source]
Spectrum: Castelli-Kurucz Models K2V 4750 4.5
Extinction E(B-V): None
Normalization: Renormalized to vegamag = 1.33 in filter Johnson/V
Redshift: None
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 26.1