Commissioning results of MMT-POL: the 1-5um imaging polarimeter leveraged from the AO secondary of the 6.5m MMT

C. Packham; T. J. Jones; C. Warner; M. Krejny; D. Shenoy; T. Vonderharr; E. Lopez-Rodriguez; K. DeWahl

doi:10.1117/12.924991

24 September 2012 Commissioning results of MMT-POL: the 1-5um imaging polarimeter leveraged from the AO secondary of the 6.5m MMT

C. Packham, T. J. Jones, C. Warner, M. Krejny, D. Shenoy, T. Vonderharr, E. Lopez-Rodriguez, K. DeWahl

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Proceedings Volume 8446, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV; 84463R (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.924991
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

MMT-POL is an adaptive optics optimized imaging polarimeter designed for use at the 6.5m MMT. By taking full advantage of the adaptive optics secondary mirror of the MMT, this polarimeter offers diffraction-limited polarimetry with very low instrumental polarization and minimal thermal background. MMT-POL permits observations as diverse as protoplanetary discs, comets, red giant winds, (super)novae and ejecta, galaxies, and AGN. We report on the initial on-sky commissioning results of the instrument including a description of the instrument.

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C. Packham, T. J. Jones, C. Warner, M. Krejny, D. Shenoy, T. Vonderharr, E. Lopez-Rodriguez, and K. DeWahl "Commissioning results of MMT-POL: the 1-5um imaging polarimeter leveraged from the AO secondary of the 6.5m MMT", Proc. SPIE 8446, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV, 84463R (24 September 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.924991

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