HARPS Exposure Time Calculator


NOTE! This ETC was deprecated in September 2022

HARPS is now supported in the official HARPS/NIRPS ETC


Optical Echelle Spectroscopy Mode Version Until September 2022
Description
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Target Input Flux Distribution

Template Spectrum Redshift
z =
Target Magnitude and Mag.System:   
= Vega
AB
Magnitudes are given per arcsec2 for extended sources
MARCS Stellar Model
Upload Spectrum
Blackbody Temperature: K
Power Law Index:           F(λ) ∝ λindex
Emission Line
Lambda: nm
Flux: 10-16 ergs/s/cm2 (per arcsec2 for extended sources)
FWHM: nm


Spatial Distribution: Point Source

Sky Conditions

Moon FLI: Airmass:
Almanac
Time
Time step forward/back



Target
Target coordinates Name or ID:  
α      δ     
UT rise
culm.
set
Hour Angle azimuth altitude zenith distance airmass FLI moon/sun
phase angle
moon/target
separation
Target
Moon
Sun
An advanced almanac is available in the ESO SkyCalc sky model calculator
PWV:     mm     Probability % of realising the PWV ≤ 10.00 mm
Seeing/Image Quality:
Turbulence Category:   (FWHM of the atmospheric PSF outside the telescope at zenith at 500 nm)
IQ: arcsec FWHM at the airmass and reference wavelength
              The corresponding seeing and turbulence category will be indicated in the output page
Image Quality is not a parameter in AO modes


Instrument Setup

Polarimetry:
The S/N and flux estimates in polarimetric mode are computed for fiber A only taking into account the transmission of the polarimetric optics. Fiber B suffers an efficiency loss of ~30% with respect to fiber A solely due to the fiber transmission.
CCD mode:

Exposure Time:


Results

Include exposure times for S/N:
Tables:  Toggle All / No Tables
Spectral Format
Expected Counts
       
Graphs:  Toggle All / No Graphs
Input Spectrum
Efficiency
Obj
Sky
Maximum Intensity
S/N