UIST IFU
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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!
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