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IFU: Saturation and Sky Counts

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Again, these will be essentially the same as with the long-slit spectroscopy mode, except that

  • the background limited exposure times on the long-slit spectroscopy page are for the 4 pixel slit; the slits in the mask used with the IFU are 2 pixels wide (and generally give twice the spectral resolution), and
  • there are additional losses associated with the IFU optics discussed earlier

Consequently, at least twice as long will be needed for background-limited performance with the IFU!



Contact: Chris Davis. Updated: Tue May 1 09:59:19 HST 2007

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