ETC Request ID: STIS.sp.1045281

Requested Signal/Noise Ratio = 25.000 at wavelength 2310.00 Å (per resolution element)

gives: Time = 2,000.1615 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 7 pixels high) (1 pix x 7 pix) (2 pix resel x 7 pix)
    Source 0.166 664.51 25.78
    Background 0.011 42.01 6.48
        Sky 1.557e-06 6.23e-03 0.08
        Dark Current 0.011 42.00 6.48
Total in selected region 0.177 706.52 26.58
Brightest Pixel (single exposure) (at 2849.60 Å) 0.116 232.96
Count rate entire detector 1,740.070

Buffer Time (sec) 1,149.38
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 162.850 325,726.683
    Background (sky+dark) 1,577.220 3,154,694.47

Encircled energy fraction 0.85


Instrument name: STIS
Mode: spectroscopic
Detector: NUVMAMA
Central Wavelength:
Grating: [G230L] R ~ 500
Aperture: 52X0.5


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) = 0.1 applied before normalization
Normalization: Flux 1.47e-15 flam at 2310.0 Å
Redshift: z=0.018
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 25.2