ETC Request ID: STIS.sp.825090

Exposure time (seconds) = 2,500.0000 at wavelength 1235.00 Å

gives: SNR = 1.8528 (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 0.001 6.30 2.51
    Background 0.001 5.25 2.29
        Sky 1.390e-12 6.95e-09 8.34e-05
        Dark Current 0.001 5.25 2.29
Total in selected region 0.002 11.55 3.40
Brightest Pixel (single exposure) (at 1220.60 Å) 0.026 64.95
Count rate entire detector 249.445

Buffer Time (sec) 8,017.81
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 14.976 37,438.867
    Background (sky+dark) 234.469 586,172.65

Encircled energy fraction 0.77


Instrument name: STIS
Mode: spectroscopic
Detector: FUVMAMA
Central Wavelength: 1222
Grating: [G140M] R ~ 10000
Aperture: 52X0.2
Glow region: low


Target: [point source]
Spectrum: User uploaded spectrum: m87_spec.dat
Extinction E(B-V): None
Normalization: None
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 24.2