Basic polarimeters are comprised of a light source, two polarizing filters, an eyepiece for direct observation of optical rotation and a sample tube containing a solvent of interest. This phenomenon ...
NASA has selected Southwest Research Institute to lead the "Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere" (PUNCH) mission, a landmark Small Explorers Program mission that will image beyond the ...
New Visible Tunable Filter is fitted on the NSF Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, in Hawaii. The NSF Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, in Hawaii. The U.S. National Science Foundation Daniel K. Inouye ...
From NRAO eNews: The NRAO Central Development Laboratory (CDL) is assisting with the development of the Dark Ages Polarimeter Pathfinder (DAPPER), a lunar-orbiting spacecraft concept designed to ...
India is gearing up to launch its first space observatory that uses X-ray polarimetry, a high-energy astrophysics frontier that will help scientists scout for X-ray emissions from cosmic sources such ...