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"Observing optical polarimetric variability from BLAZARS to CVs"
Prof. Stephen Potter
South African Astronomical Observatory, SAAO

When:  Wednesday, 9 November 2016 at 1:00pm
Where: 2nd Floor Seminar Room

One of the South African Astronomical Observatory's (SAAO) niche areas is in observational optical polarimetry. A particularly specialised instrument is the HIPPO (HIgh-speed Photo-POlarimeter), which was designed and built to observe variable and polarised astronomical sources. I will describe HIPPO's capabilities and present two new results: The discovery of polarised QPOs from a BLAZAR and the discovery of highly modulated polarisation from the first white dwarf "pulsar".

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