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What is the relationship between the 2.6 km/s bin mentioned in the Exposure Time Calculator and a CCD pixel?

April 26, 2017Bin calculator CCD exposure mentioned relationship s time

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What is the relationship between the 2.6 km/s bin mentioned in the Exposure Time Calculator and a CCD pixel?

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The 2.6 km/s bin corresponds to one CCD pixel. The spectra are actually recovered with spectral bins of 1.8 km/s (in other words, the spectral sampling is 1.8 km/s, or 0.6923 CCD pixel).