Sponsors and Attribution

GPIPS Sponsors

The Galactic Plane Infrared Polarization Survey has been partially funded by grants AST 06-07500, AST 09-07790, AST 14-12269, and AST-18-14531 from the National Science Foundation to Boston University.

The Boston University – Lowell Observatory Perkins Telescope Partnership was supported by both Boston University and Lowell Observatory from 1999 until 2019. Since June 2019, Boston University has been the sole owner and operator of the Perkins Telescope Observatory (PTO).

Mimir was designed, fabricated, and commissioned based on funding from NASA, NSF, and the W.M. Keck Foundation.

Attribution

Required Acknowledgement Text – each publication utilizing data from GPIPS must include at least a reference to Clemens et al. (2012a) or Clemens et al. (2020) and the following acknowledging text:

“This research used data from the Boston University (BU) Galactic Plane Infrared Polarization Survey (GPIPS), funded in part by NSF grants AST 06-07500, 09-07790, 14-12269, and 18-14531. GPIPS used the Mimir instrument, jointly developed at BU and Lowell Observatory and supported by NASA, NSF, and the W.M. Keck Foundation.”