Debris finder, PolCor-2
An instrument to detect debris around young stars

Content:

1. Introduction
2. Exoplanets
3. Stars dust disc
4. Albanova, research center in Stockholm
5. The instrument, PolCor-2
6. The mechanical box's surfaces
7. Coronagraph
8. Mirror set one
9. Filters
10. Lyot Stop
11. Servo motors
12. Polarizer
13. Parabolic and flat mirror set two
14. Lucky Imaging
15. The camera
16. The computer
17. Test of the instrument that has been done
18. Conclusion
19. End of demonstration
20. Follow up with links of information about coronagraphs

19: End of demonstration

After this tumultuous day in the technology front area concludes Göran to reassemble the lid.

Göran mounts back the protective lid again.

Many thanks to Professor Göran Olofsson of all the material and the time he dedicated to making this article possible.

Lars Karlsson

Useful links here:

• http://www.not.iac.es/ instruments/polcor/ PolCor-2.pdf (PolCor-2 short, NOT)
• pdf/mrk900-red-halo.pdf (PolCor-2 long, PDF)

When I google at PolCor-2 today (2017) I can't find any recent observation with it, maybe it has been replaced with a new version.