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ISAAC Exposure Time Calculator

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Infrared Short Wavelength Spectroscopy Mode Version 3.2.1
Description.
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Performance

    Input Flux Distribution


 Uniform (constant with wavelength)
 Blackbody: Temperature:  Kelvin

Object Magnitude: 

 Single line
	Wavelength:  nm
	Flux:        10-16 ergs/s/cm2 (per arcsec2 for extended sources)
	FWHM:        nm 

Magnitudes are given per square arcsec for extended sources.

Spatial Distribution: Point Source Extended Source

    Sky Conditions

Airmass 
Seeing   arcsec

    Instrument Setup

Slit: Width arcsecs
Grating: Resolution Low Medium
Central wavelength nm
Objective:


    Detector

DIT:  sec 
For service mode, the min DIT is 3.55s. For visitor mode the current min DIT is either 1.77s or 3.55s, see webpage.


    Results

The total exposure time is the product of DIT (Detector Integration Time), NDIT (number of DITs), and NINT (number of integrations). This exposure time does not take into account instrument and telecope overheads.

 Exposure Time settings:
                  NDIT:  
                  NINT: 

On submission the model can generate the following graphs:
(input parameters are replicated in the output page)


 Resultant spectrum including sky
 Object spectrum only
 Sky spectrum only
 S/N as a function of wavelength
 Total efficiency and wavelength Range
 Input spectrum in physical units

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