WUPPE Polarimetry Objects page
Name1 - Common name of target.
Name2 - Alternate name of target.
Type - Type of object.
Sp - Spectral Type of object.
RA - Right ascension (in degrees) 1950 epoch.
Dec - Declination (in degrees) 1950 epoch.
Astro - Astro mission - 1 (December 1990) or 2 (March 1995).
ID - Target ID
Q - Quality of polarimetry (SC=affected by scattered light; DP=affected by Droop; LO= Low Signal/Noise data)
%Pol - Percent polarization-average over WUPPE wavelength region
%Err - Percent error for data-average over WUPPE wavelength region
PA - Position Angle of polarization-average over WUPPE wavelength region
Opt - Optical polarimetry available (H=HPOL,A=AAT,M=Magalhaes,L=Mt.Lemmon)
GMT - Date of observation (GMT) in the form YY/DDD/HR:MN (YY=Year, DDD=Day number, HR=Hour, MN=Minute).
JD - Julian Date - 2440000.
ExpT - Exposure time in seconds
D/N - Obsevation taken in Day or Night or combination
Ap - Aperture Used (8=6"x12";1=40";2=4.2";6=3"x50";7=6"x50")
Comments - Comments about observation or reduction
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