ETC Request ID: STIS.sp.1341238

Exposure time (seconds) = 500.0000 at wavelength 1550.00 Å

gives: SNR = 20.5298 (per resolution element)

Exposure time calculation HAD WARNINGS.

WARNING MESSAGE: Buffer time 93.6039 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 0.457 456.61 21.37
    Background 0.001 1.05 1.02
        Sky 1.629e-13 1.63e-10 1.28e-05
        Dark Current 0.001 1.05 1.02
Total in selected region 0.458 457.66 22.24
Brightest Pixel (single exposure) (at 1498.70 Å) 0.211 105.60
Count rate entire detector 21,366.642

Buffer Time (sec) 93.60
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 11,221.830 5,610,914.975
    Background (sky+dark) 157.286 78,643.20

Encircled energy fraction 0.94


Instrument name: STIS
Mode: spectroscopic
Detector: FUVMAMA
Central Wavelength: 1598
Grating: [E140H] R ~ 114000
Aperture: 0.2X0.2
Glow region: low


Target: [point source]
Spectrum: Flat in units of Fλ
Extinction E(B-V): None
Normalization: Flux 1.5e-11 flam at 5500.0 Å
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 27.1