ETC Request ID: STIS.ta.1371376

Exposure time (seconds) = 0.5000

gives: SNR = 118.2307

gives: Time to Saturation (for a single exposure) = 10.18 seconds


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Detailed Information Count rate Total counts Associated noise
(e-/s) (e-) (e-)
Counts (box of 3 x 3 pixels)
    Source 29,174.714 14,587.36 120.78
    Background 0.666 0.33 0.58
        Sky 0.432 0.22 0.47
        Dark Current 0.234 0.12 0.34
    Read Out 25.20
Total in selected region 29,175.380 14,587.69 123.38
Brightest Pixel (single exposure) 11,789.772 5,894.89
Global Count Rates
    Source only 58,349.427 29,174.714
    Background (sky+dark) 54,817.750 27,408.87
Background per unit area
    Sky Background (arcsec-2) 19.221 9.610
    Dark Current (arcsec-2) 10.400 5.200
Extraction region
box of 3 x 3 pixels
    Effective Sky Area (pixels) 9.00
    Fraction of flux 0.50
    Fraction of flux in brightest pixel 0.20
Effective Wavelength 6831.85 Å

Instrument name: STIS
Mode: Target Acquisition
Detector: CCD
Acquisition Mode: ACQ
Aperture: F28X50LP
Gain: 4.0
# Frames: 1
Binning: 1
Dark: medium


Target: [point source]
Spectrum: Castelli-Kurucz Models O3V 45000 4.5
Extinction E(B-V): Milky Way Diffuse (Rv=3.1) = 0.1 applied before normalization
Normalization: Renormalized to vegamag = 12.9 in filter Johnson/V
Redshift: None
Emission Lines: None


Selected background:
  Sky Background:
    Level:

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These results were computed using: ETC version 27.2