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Paper: The Faint Object Spectrograph Post-COSTAR Spectropolarimetry Correction
Volume: 172, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems VIII
Page: 474
Authors: de La Peña, M.; Bushouse, H.; Storrs, A.; Koratkar, A.; Keyes, C.; Allen, R.
Abstract: While the COSTAR mirror assembly installed on the Hubble Space Telescope (HS T) during the second servicing mission effectively restored HST optical capabilities, off-axis reflections from the COSTAR mirrors also introduced a measurable amount of instrument polarization. We developed a methodology to quantify and remove the induced polarization as detected by the FOS spectropolarimeter (Allen 1995), and modified the FOS calibration pipeline to accommodate post-COSTAR FOS Blue spectropolarimetry observations.
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