ETC Request ID: STIS.sp.1370728

Requested Signal/Noise Ratio = 10.000 at wavelength 4451.00 Å (per resolution element)

gives: Time = 18.8584 seconds

gives: Time to Saturation (for a single exposure) = 5,841.17 seconds

Exposure time calculation HAD WARNINGS.

WARNING MESSAGE: "Electrons per pixel due to background (0.25) is less than the recommended threshold of 20 electrons to avoid poor charge transfer efficiency (CTE). We suggest you consider CTE mitigation strategies described in the STIS Instrument Handbook."


Table of Source and Noise Counts per Pixel


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Detailed Information Count rate Total counts Associated noise
(e-/s) (e-) (e-)
Counts (box 7 pixels high) (1 pix x 7 pix) (2 pix resel x 7 pix)
    Source 10.014 377.68 19.43
    Background 0.182 6.86 2.62
        Sky 1.453e-05 5.48e-04 0.02
        Dark Current 0.182 6.86 2.62
    Read Out 32.28
Total in selected region 10.196 384.55 37.77
Brightest Pixel (single exposure) (at 4509.88 Å) 5.650 53.27

Global Count Rates
    Source only 11,598.044 218,720.098
    Background (sky+dark) 27,265.134 514,175.72

Encircled energy fraction 0.93


Instrument name: STIS
Mode: spectroscopic
Detector: CCD
Central Wavelength: 4451
Grating: [G430M] R ~ 6000
Aperture: 52X0.05
Gain: 1.0
# Frames: 2
Binning: dispersion: 1, spatial: 1
Dark: medium


Target: [point source]
Spectrum: Castelli-Kurucz Models K5V 4250 4.5
Extinction E(B-V): None
Normalization: Renormalized to vegamag = 11.2 in filter Johnson/V
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 27.2