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Presentation
Photopolarimetric Observations of CI(1657 Angstroms) and Dust Continuum Emissions From Comet Hale-Bopp with the WISP Sounding Rocket
29th American Astronomical Society Division of Planetary Sciences Meeting (1997)
  • W. M. Harris, University of Wisconsin - Madison
  • K. H. Nordsieck, University of Wisconsin - Madison
  • F. Scherb, University of Wisconsin - Madison
  • E. J. Mierkiewicz, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Abstract
We report on photopolarimetric observations of resonant emission from Carbon [CI(1657 Angstroms)] and scattered solar continuum from dust at 2800 Angstroms using the Wisconsin Imaging Survey Polarimeter (WISP). The WISP is a wide field (1.5deg x 4.8deg ) sounding rocket telescope originally designed for polarimetric observations of diffuse galactic light at a 1% photometric level. We will describe the initial results of our launch on 8 April, 1997 from the White Sands Missile range, including a discussion of the images obtained, and the results from supporting visible/near-infrared measurements of gas and dust from the Burrell Schmidt telescope, and spectroscopic observations of the CI(9850 Angstroms) metastable line from the McMath Pierce Solar Telescope.
Keywords
  • Comet Hale-Bopp,
  • cometary comae
Publication Date
July, 1997
Location
Cambridge, MA
Comments
Abstract #32.08. Also publishing in the Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, vol. 29, page 1034.
Citation Information
W. M. Harris, K. H. Nordsieck, F. Scherb and E. J. Mierkiewicz. "Photopolarimetric Observations of CI(1657 Angstroms) and Dust Continuum Emissions From Comet Hale-Bopp with the WISP Sounding Rocket" 29th American Astronomical Society Division of Planetary Sciences Meeting (1997)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/edwin_mierkiewicz/62/