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WUPPE

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WUPPEWisconsin Ultraviolet Photopolarimeter Experiment (space)


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Code and his co-workers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison used WUPPE to examine ultraviolet light emitted by the core of NGC 1068, the brightest known type-II Seyfert.
Using ultraviolet radiation from the supergiant star Alpha Camelopardalis like a flashlight from afar, WUPPE researchers found that certain wavelengths of ultraviolet light that pass through interstellar dust have little or no polarization -- a strong indication that the dust absorbs light rather than scatters the radiation, says Arthur D.
 
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