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VI/105     Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment (WUPPE, 1990-1995)
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
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:

       FileName      Lrecl  Records   Explanations

ReadMe            80        .   This file
wuppe.dat        216      238   WUPPE Observation Log


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

   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations

   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

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.


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 
(End)                                           Mark Allen [CDS]    04-Feb-2002