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Recommended NIR Standard Star Magnitudes

Instrument	Configuration	Faint Limit¹	Bright Limit²
GNIRS	XD32	8.0	3.5
	XD111	8.0	3.5
	LS32	8.0	3.5
	LS111 (short)	8.0	3.5
	LS111 (long)	7.0	2.5
	IFU32	7.5	3.0
	IFU111	7.0	2.5
NIRI	f/6 J 6-pixel slit	11.3	6.3
	f/6 J 4-pixel slit	10.9	5.9
	f/6 J 2-pixel slit	10.2	5.2
	f/6 H 6-pixel slit	11.0	5.9
	f/6 H 4-pixel slit	10.0	5.5
	f/6 H 2-pixel slit	9.9	4.8
	f/6 K 6-pixel slit	10.7	5.6
	f/6 K 4-pixel slit	10.4	5.3
	f/6 K 2-pixel slit	9.7	4.6
	f/6 L 6-pixel slit	8.1	4.7
	f/6 L 4-pixel slit	8.0	4.4
	f/6 L 4-pixel slit	7.6	3.7
	f/6 M 6-pixel slit	5.4	3.5
	f/6 M 4-pixel slit	5.4	3.3
	f/6 M 2-pixel slit	5.1	2.6

1. Magnitude at which the average S/N~100 in 10 x 10s exposures.
2. Magnitude which reaches the non-linearity limit in a 1s integration.

Last update 2006 June 10 by Andrew Stephens & Bernadette Rodgers