ETC Request ID: STIS.sp.733959

Exposure time (seconds) = 3,000.0000 at wavelength 2000.00 Å

gives: SNR = 43.5415 (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 7 pixels high) (1 pix x pix) (2.0 pix resel x pix)
    Source 0.326 1,956.90 44.24
    Background 0.011 63.00 7.94
        Sky 6.281e-08 3.77e-04 0.02
        Dark Current 0.011 63.00 7.94
Total in selected region 0.337 2,019.90 44.94
Brightest Pixel (single exposure) (at 2856.00 Å) 0.320 961.43
Count rate entire detector 2,049.825

Buffer Time (sec)
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 475.166 1,425,497.446
    Background (sky+dark) 1,574.659 4,723,978.15

Encircled energy fraction 0.84


Instrument name: STIS
Mode: spectroscopic
Detector: NUVMAMA
Central Wavelength:
Grating: [G230L] R ~ 500
Aperture: 52X0.2


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) = 0.06 applied before normalization
Normalization: Flux 1e-14 flam at 1400.0 Å
Redshift: z=0.0206
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 23.2