This plot shows the median counts collected with the IFU halogen lamp within DIT=1.6507260 sec with IFS unit and no neutral density filter in the optical path. This plot monitors the lamp power. (The pipeline does not provide the counts or the S/N ratio of individual slices of the master flat). The raw frames are generated by the TPL NAME = 'Short calibration procedure for IFS' template.

For setup YJ values of about 2500 ADU are generated by the template with TPL NAME = 'Static Weekly Flats for IFS', using DIT=2sec.

The counts in the indiviual slices is ~4 (3) times larger than the frame plane average counts for the YH (YJ) prism. Using NDIT=10 the total counts in the slice in the raw frame cube is a factor 30 (40) larger. Therefore 1000 (1300) ADU must be achieved as average counts number in one plane of a raw frame cube to gain sqrt ( 1000 * 10 * 4 (3) ) = 200 S/N for the YJH (YJ) prism.