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I've worked at the University of Wisconsin Space Astronomy Laboratory since 1971.

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in my office at Monument Valley 1997 at Lake Superior New Years Day 2000 standing next to the Maule 2001

Some of the projects I've been involved with during the last 36 years:

Currently
GLIMPSE, GLIMPSEII, GLIMPSE3D, GLIMPSEIV -Galactic Legacy Infrared Mid-Plane Survey Extraordinaire legacy programs of the Spitzer Space Telescope, one of NASA's Great Observatories, launched August 25, 2003.
Also, SAGE-LMC The Spitzer Survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud and SAGE-SMC The Spitzer Survey of the Small Magellanic Cloud.
FUSE The Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer, a satellite exploring the universe in high resolution spectroscopy in the far ultraviolet spectral region.
HPOL Spectropolarimeter Ground-based halfwave plate spectropolarimeter covering 3200A-10400A with a spectral resolution of 10A.

Most of my time over the past years was spent working on WUPPE, PBO, IUE & OAO.

Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment (WUPPE) a Space Shuttle based experiment that has flown on two NASA missions, ASTRO-1 in 1990, and ASTRO-2 in 1995.
Pine Bluff Observatory (PBO) a teaching and research observatory located near Madison, WI.
International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) Launched in January 1978, IUE has taken ultraviolet spectra of thousands of objects.
Orbiting Astronomical Observatory (OAO-2) The first astronomical observatory in space (1968 -1973), OAO-2 obtained ultraviolet spectra & photometry of planets, comets, stars, globular clusters & galaxies for the first time.

Other projects I've worked on:

High Speed Photometer (HSP) one of the original five instruments on the Hubble Space Telescope.
Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph (GHRS) Hubble Space Telescope.
Wide-field Imaging Survey Polarimeter (WISP) a sounding rocket experiment.

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Marilyn R. Meade
UW Space Astronomy Laboratory
6283B Chamberlin Hall
1150 University Ave.
Madison, WI 53706 USA
Phone: (608)263-4678
FAX: (608)263-0361
meade at astro dot wisc dot edu