Reference

• Spectral Distributions
  • Castelli & Kurucz Models
    • The Atlas9 Stellar Atmosphere Models by Castelli and Kurucz 2004
  • Pickles Models
    • A Stellar Spectral Flux Library By A.J. Pickles (1998) (PASP 110, 863)
  • Kurucz Models
  • Bruzual Spectra
  • HST Standard Star spectra
  • PHOENIX M dwarf Models
  • Non-Stellar Spectra
    • Brown Dwarf Stars / Substellar Objects
    • Nebulae representative models:
    • Elliptical / Spiral / Starburst Galaxies:
    • Starburst galaxies (Kinney models):
    • BC03 models:
    • Quasars:
    • Infrared Galaxies:
  • Black-body
  • Power-law
  • Flat continuum
• Castelli & Kurucz Models
  • The Atlas9 Stellar Atmosphere Models by Castelli and Kurucz 2004
• Pickles Models
  • A Stellar Spectral Flux Library By A.J. Pickles (1998) (PASP 110, 863)
• Other Spectra
• Available Spectra Which Cannot be Used Directly by the ETC
  • The Complete Set of HST Standard Spectra (CALSPEC and CALOBS)
    • How to provide “Other HST Spectrum” to the ETC
• User-Supplied Spectra
  • Prepare your file
  • Spectrum File Format
    • ASCII
    • FITS
    • SDAS
  • Specify your spectrum
• E(B-V) and the Interstellar Extinction Curves
• Redshift
• Normalizing the Source Flux
• Adding Emission Lines
  • Using pysynphot to modify emission lines
• SNR/Time Calculations at emission lines
• Specifying the Appropriate Background
  • External Background
    • Earthshine
    • Zodiacal Light
    • Geo-Coronal Emission Lines
    • Atmospheric Helium
  • Thermal Background and Noise
• CCD parameters
  • Postflash
  • Gain
  • ACS CCD Parameters
  • Quantum Yield correction for CCD detection of UV photons
  • STIS CCD Parameters
  • WFC3 CCD Parameters
• Extraction Regions
• The ETC Request ID
  • Retrieving Previous Calculations