Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Feb 1994
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994spie.2010....2n&link_type=abstract
Proc. SPIE Vol. 2010, p. 2-11, X-Ray and Ultraviolet Polarimetry, Silvano Fineschi; Ed.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
13
Scientific paper
In December 1990, the Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment (WUPPE) on the Astro-1 shuttle Spacelab mission obtained approximately eight hours of pioneering ultraviolet spectropolarimetric observations on more than 20 galactic and extragalactic objects. WUPPE is a 0.5 m Cassegrain telescope coupled to a Monk-Gilleson spectrometer with a magnesium fluoride polarizing beamsplitter preceded by magnesium fluoride halfwave retarders. Two spectra from 135 to 330 nm with orthogonal polarization are detected simultaneously by a pair of intensified photodiode arrays. The first flight measured for the first time the ultraviolet polarization induced by interstellar dust, the UV intrinsic polarization of the rapidly rotating `Be' stars, and the large polarization in a `hidden' active galactic nucleus. A second flight of Astro is currently scheduled for 1994.
Anderson Martha C.
Babler Brian
Code Arthur D.
Jones Travis E.
Meade Marilyn R.
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