[fitswcs] Polarization codes

William Thompson William.T.Thompson at nasa.gov
Wed Mar 19 14:18:53 EDT 2008


William Thompson wrote:
> ...  I will point out, however, that the definition of the
> angle of polarization as we use it differs by a factor of two from that 
> described in Paddy Leahy's original post.

I double-checked this, and realized that this is incorrect.  We define 
polarization angle the same way.

Bill Thompson

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