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Telescope calibration using polarization calibration data
Author(s) -
Elmore D.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
astronomische nachrichten
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-3994
pISSN - 0004-6337
DOI - 10.1002/asna.201011395
Subject(s) - telescope , physics , observatory , polarization (electrochemistry) , solar telescope , calibration , stokes parameters , remote sensing , optics , astronomy , geology , chemistry , quantum mechanics , scattering
This article describes the use of the telescope output Stokes vector measured during a polarization calibration to infer the properties of mirrors in the telescope itself. Polarization calibrations performed at the National Solar Observatory Dunn Solar Telescope are used to demonstrate this technique (© 2010 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)
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