Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment
Illustration — WUPPE (red) as part of the Astro-1 payload • Illustration — Astro-1 in the cargo bay of Space Shuttle The Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment (WUPPE) was a space telescope with a 50cm diameter mirror for spectroscopy and polarimetry in the ultraviolet spectral range. It was used in conjunction with other telescopes on the shuttle missions STS-35 (ASTRO-1 in December 1990) and STS-67 (ASTRO-2 in March 1995). WUPPE was developed at the University of Wisconsin and designed to record spectra in the wavelength range of 140 to 330 nm with a resolution of 0.6 nm while simultaneously measuring polarization degree and direction as a function of wavelength.
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Illustration — WUPPE (red) as part of the Astro-1 payload • Illustration — Astro-1 in the cargo bay of Space Shuttle The Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment (WUPPE) was a space telescope with a 50cm diameter mirror for spectroscopy and polarimetry in the ultraviolet spectral range. It was used in conjunction with other telescopes on the shuttle missions STS-35 (ASTRO-1 in December 1990) and STS-67 (ASTRO-2 in March 1995). WUPPE was developed at the University of Wisconsin and designed to record spectra in the wavelength range of 140 to 330 nm with a resolution of 0.6 nm while simultaneously measuring polarization degree and direction as a function of wavelength.
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During the two shuttle missions, a total of 260 measurements of 186 heavenly objects (mainly stars) were captured. The measurements of WUPPE have, among other things, provided new insights into the properties of interstellar dust and the structure of active galactic nuclei.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1236429427, The general galactic ultraviolet interstellar polarization program of the Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo Polarimeter Experiment.
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Exploring ultraviolet astronomical polarimetry: results from the Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment (WUPPE), SPIE Proceedings, 1994
Cross-calibration between the Wisconsin ultraviolet photo-polarimeter experiment and the faint object spectrograph
First ultraviolet spectropolarimetry of Be stars from the Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment, The Astrophysical Journal, 1991
Ultraviolet spectropolarimetry of the Be star PP Carinae with the Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment, The Astrophysical Journal, 1993
Ultraviolet Interstellar Polarization of Galactic Starlight.I.Observations by the Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo Polarimeter Experiment, The Astronomical Journal, 1996
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