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    • Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment

    Metadata Updated: September 19, 2025

    The Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment (WUPPE) was the spectropolarimetry component of the three ASTRO instruments that flew on Space Shuttle missions in December 1990 and March 1995. A halfwave spectropolarimeter provided medium resolution spectropolarimetry for research into the interstellar medium, hot stars, stars with circumstellar material, interacting binary stars, novae, solar system objects, and active galaxies. A Lyot analyzer obtained low resolution observations of faint targets, but due to calibration problems did not produce scientifically useful data. The WUPPE instrument provides a unique data set, one of the few providing polarimetric data in the ultraviolet portion of the spectrum.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 19, 2025

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    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 19, 2025
    Publisher MAST: Mikulski Archive at Space Telescope
    Maintainer
    Identifier ivo://archive.stsci.edu/wuppe
    Data Last Modified 2025-09-10
    Category Astrophysics
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Homepage URL http://archive.stsci.edu/wuppe/
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