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VI/105 Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment (WUPPE, 1990-1995)
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Exploring ultraviolet astronomical polarimetry: results from the
Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment (WUPPE)
Nordsieck K.H., Code A.D., Anderson C.M., Meade M.R., Babler B.,
Michalski D.E., Pfeifer R.H., Jones T.E.
<Proc. SPIE Vol. 2010, X-Ray and Ultraviolet Polarimetry,
Silvano Fineschi Ed., p. 2-11>
=1994SPIE.2010....2N
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ADC_Keywords: Observatory log ; Ultraviolet ; Polarization
Mission_Name: WUPPE
Description:
The Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment WUPPE was one
of three ultraviolet telescopes on the ASTRO-1 mission flown on the
space shuttle Columbia during 2-10 December, 1990. 98 observations of
75 targets were obtained. The same three instruments were later flown
on the space shuttle Endeavour from 3-17 March, 1995, as part of the
ASTRO-2 mission. During the longer ASTRO-2 mission, 369 observations
of 254 targets were obtained.
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
wuppe.dat 216 238 WUPPE Observation Log
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See also:
http://www.sal.wisc.edu/WUPPE : WUPPE home page
http://archive.stsci.edu/astro/index.html : ASTRO MISSION
http://archive.stsci.edu/wuppe : WUPPE in MAST at STScI
VI/104 : The Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UIT)
VI/103 : The Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope (HUT)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: wuppe.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 8 A8 --- Target Target name specified by WUPPE mission
10- 19 F10.6 deg RAdeg RA in J2000 decimal degrees
21- 30 F10.6 deg DEdeg DEC in J2000 decimal degrees
32- 38 A7 --- PointID ASTRO Pointid (1)
40- 43 A4 --- Jotfid The first 4 digits of the PointID
45- 53 A9 --- SpType Spectral Type as provided by WUPPE
55- 59 F5.2 mag Vmag ? Visual magnitude as provided by WUPPE
61- 94 A34 --- Category Translation of the the jotfid
95- 98 I4 yr Start.Y [1990-1995] Start time (year)
99 A1 --- --- [-]
100- 101 I2 "month" Start.M [1-12] Start time (month)
102 A1 --- --- [-]
103- 104 I2 d Start.D [1-31] Start time (day)
105 A1 --- --- [T]
106- 107 I2 h Start.h [0-24] Start time (hour)
108 A1 --- --- [:]
109- 110 I2 min Start.m [0-60] Start time (minute)
111 A1 --- --- [:]
112- 113 I2 s Start.s [0-60] Start time (second)
115- 118 I4 s ExpTime Exposure time (seconds)
120- 121 A2 --- Filter Filter ID. (2)
123 -124 A2 --- q_Pol Polarization Quality. (3)
126- 133 F8.4 deg PolPA ? Position Angle. (4)
135- 141 F7.4 % Pol ? Mean Polarization (HW only) (5)
145- 150 F6.4 % e_Pol ? Mean Polarization Error. (6)
152 A1 --- Aperture Aperture Wheel Position. (7)
154- 158 A5 --- DN_flag Day/Night Flag. (8)
160 A1 --- PrimeIns Prime instrument. (9)
162 I1 --- ASTRO [1,2] Astro mission number
164- 180 A17 --- DataID Dataset identification
182- 216 A35 --- Notes Comments on obs or data reduction
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Note (1): All three ASTRO missions assigned a unique pointing ID
for each target.
Digit one - see the "Science Class" section below
Digit two - Science Subclass
Digits 3/4 - Target Numbers within Subclass
Digit 5 - N => Nth pointing at target with different roll or offset
Digit 6 - 0 => only one pointing for target
N => Nth pointing
Digits 5 and 6 often not available
Note (2): The Filter ID refers to the type of polarization filter used.
Valid entries include (currently only halfwave data is available):
HW=halfwave filter,
L2=Lyot filter, medium resolution,
L4=Lyot filter, low resolution.
Note (3): Polarization Quality is a measure of the polarization data
quality for halfwave data based on signal/noise estimates.
The valid entries include: G=good, F=fair, P=poor, N=none
Note (4): The mean polarization position angle in degrees averaged over
approximately 1450-3200 Angstroms. This describes how the polarization
is oriented in the sky as measured from the direction of the North
Celestial pole and increasing to the East.
Note (5): Mean Polarization is the mean percent polarization averaged
over approximately 1450-3200 Angstroms
(calculated for halfwave data only).
Note (6): Mean error in percent polarization averaged over approximately
1450-3200 Angstroms.
Note (7): Aperture Wheel Position.
see http://archive.stsci.edu/wuppe/columns.html
Note (8): Day/night Flag.
Describes whether the observation occurred during the day or night.
Vaild entries include: D=Day, N=Night,
DN=target observed during day and night, and
ND=target observed night and day.
(But some entries are listed as mostN etc.)
Note (9): Prime Instrument.
The prime ASTRO instrument used during a given observation.
The valid entries include: H=HUT, U=UIT, W=WUPPE.
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Science Classes: the hierarchy of the classification is the following:
0 Calibration
0.0 HUT Camera Sensitivity Targets
0.1 HUT Spectrometer Focus Targets
0.2 HUT
0.3 UIT Flat Field Sources
0.4 UIT
0.5 WUPPE Aperture Position Calibrators
0.6 WUPPE Unpolarized & Polarized Standards
0.7 BBXRT Calibration Sources
0.8 BBXRT
0.9 Joint Focus and Alignment Targets
1 Solar System Objects
1.1 Comets
1.2 Planets
1.3 Asteroids, etc.
2 Individual Stars
2.1 Supergiants
2.2 Oe/Be Stars
2.3 Wolf-Rayet Stars
2.4 Rapid Rotators
2.5 Normal White Dwarfs
2.6 Magnetic/Pulsating W.D.'s
2.7 Planetary Nebula Nuclei
2.8 Normal Stars A0 & Later
3 Variable and Binary Stars
3.1 Pre-Main Sequence Stars
3.2 Cataclysmic Variables
3.3 Interacting Binaries
3.4 Symbiotic Stars
3.5 Active Chromospheres
3.6 Pulsating Variables
3.7 Low Mass X-Ray Binaries
3.8 High Mass X-Ray Binaries
3.9 X-Ray Transients
4 ISM & Nebulae
4.1 Planetary Nebulae
4.2 Reflection Nebulae
4.3 H II Regions
4.4 Super Nova Remnants
4.5 I.S. Polarization Probes
4.6 I.S. Absorption Probes (Nearby & Hot)
4.7 Herbig-Haro Objects
4.8 Dark Clouds
4.9 Diffuse Galactic X-Ray Emission Regions
5 Star Clusters
5.1 Metal Poor Globulars
5.2 Metal Rich Globulars
5.3 Open (Galactic) Clusters
5.4 O/B Associations
6 Normal Galaxies
6.1 Nearby Galaxies
6.2 Spirals
6.3 Ellipticals
6.4 Irregulars
6.5 Dwarfs
6.6 Edge On Systems
7 Abnormal Galaxies
7.1 Interacting Galaxies
7.2 Amorphous Galaxies
7.3 Rapid Star Formation
7.4 W/Circumgalactic Matter
7.5 E/S0 with I.S. Matter
7 X-Ray Miscellany
7.6 X-Ray Background
7.7 Unidentified X-Ray Sources
8 Active Extragalactic
8.1 Seyfert I Galaxies
8.2 Seyfert II Galaxies
8.3 Radio Galaxies
8.4 Radio Loud Quasistellar Objects
8.5 Radio Quiet Quasistellar Objects
8.6 BL Lacertae Objects
8.7 LINERs
8.8 Optically Violent Variable (OVV) Quasars
9 Clusters of Galaxies
9.1 Spiral Poor Clusters
9.2 Spiral Rich Clusters
9.3 X-Ray Selected Clusters
9.4 Deep Survey Fields
9.5 Cooling Flow Clusters
9 Spacecraft Specific
9.7 TAPS Tests
9.8 Gyros/IMC/IPS
9.9 Waterdumps/Handovers
Acknowledgements:
Karen Levay <klevay@stsci.edu>
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(End) Mark Allen [CDS] 04-Feb-2002