ETC Request ID: STIS.sp.1443469

Exposure time (seconds) = 1,000.0000 at wavelength 1400.00 Å

gives: SNR = 2.1591 (per resolution element)


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 11 pixels high) (1 pix x 11 pix) (2 pix resel x 11 pix)
    Source 0.003 6.89 2.63
    Background 0.002 3.30 1.82
        Sky 3.719e-12 7.44e-09 8.62e-05
        Dark Current 0.002 3.30 1.82
Total in selected region 0.005 10.19 3.19
Brightest Pixel (single exposure) (at 1217.70 Å) 0.011 10.92
Count rate entire detector 274.375

Buffer Time (sec) 7,289.30
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 4.287 4,287.006
    Background (sky+dark) 270.088 270,087.75

Encircled energy fraction 0.72


Instrument name: STIS
Mode: spectroscopic
Detector: FUVMAMA
Central Wavelength:
Grating: [G140L] R ~ 1000
Aperture: 52X0.2
Glow region: low


Target: [point source]
Spectrum: Power Law with index -2.3
Extinction E(B-V): Milky Way Diffuse (Rv=3.1) = 2.4 applied before normalization
Normalization: Flux 1e-05 jy at 2000.0 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 28.2