Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment
The Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment was a space telescope with a 50cm diameter mirror for spectroscopy and polarimetry in the ultraviolet spectral range. It was used in conjunction with other telescopes on the shuttle missions STS-35 and STS-67.
WUPPE was developed at the University of Wisconsin and designed to record spectra in the wavelength range of 140 to 330 nm with a resolution of 0.6 nm while simultaneously measuring polarization degree and direction as a function of wavelength.
During the two shuttle missions, a total of 260 measurements of 186 heavenly objects were captured. The measurements of WUPPE have, among other things, provided new insights into the properties of interstellar dust and the structure of active galactic nuclei.
