ETC Request ID: STIS.sp.1464632

Requested Signal/Noise Ratio = 10.000 at wavelength 1400.00 Å (per resolution element)

gives: Time = 423.6280 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 11 pixels high) (1 pix x 11 pix) (2 pix resel x 11 pix)
    Source 0.120 101.38 10.07
    Background 0.002 1.40 1.18
        Sky 3.719e-12 3.15e-09 5.61e-05
        Dark Current 0.002 1.40 1.18
Total in selected region 0.121 102.78 10.14
Brightest Pixel (single exposure) (at 1253.10 Å) 0.125 53.01
Count rate entire detector 415.141

Buffer Time (sec) 4,817.64
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 145.053 61,448.547
    Background (sky+dark) 270.088 114,416.73

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: Non-stellar Objects QSO (SDSS based) [800, 8554.5 Å z=0]
Extinction E(B-V): Milky Way Diffuse (Rv=3.1) = 0.014 applied before normalization
Normalization: Flux 1e-15 flam at 4900.0 Å
Redshift: z=0.03045
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