Some Polarization Databases
Ground-Based Polarimeters
University of Wisconsin Polarimeters
PBO/WIYN Halfwave Spectropolarimeter (HPOL)
(1989 -present)
2564 observations
of 445 objects during 1202 nights
PBO Lyot Spectropolarimeter
(1985-1987)
257 observations
of 84 objects during 126 nights
Other Polarimeters
Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT)
Spectropolarimeter (1991-1995)
55 observations
of 34 objects during 13 nights
Multicolor polarimetry of 8 Be stars
(McDavid 1994)
Compilations from Many Polarization Catalogs/Papers
Stellar Polarization catalogs agglomeration
(Heiles 2000, Astron. J. 119, 923) 9286 stars
WUPPOL
- A Compilation of Polarization & Ultraviolet Data for 7033 objects
History of the Assembly of WUPPOL
WUPPOL includes the
Mathewson et al Catalog
The Catalog of 7503 sources
WUPPOL also includes the
Axon & Ellis Catalog
The Catalog of 5064 sources
Stellar Polarization Bibliography
(Belous 1996)
Optical Polarization of 1000 stars within 50 pc of the Sun
(Leroy 1993)
Red & IR Polarimetry in the galactic plane
(Creese et al 1995)
Polarization of Extragalactic Sources
(Eichendorf 1980)
Space-Based Polarimeters
WUPPE
-UV Spectropolarimetry (Astro-1) December 2 -11, 1990, (Astro-2) March 2 -18, 1995
183 observations
of 121 targets
HST/FOS
UV Spectropolarimetry 1991 -1997
386 observations
of 72 targets
(last updated 03/12/2001)