Photopolarimetric observations of Jupiter’s polar region

Peculiarities in the use of CCD matrices for photopolarimetric observations are considered. Algorithms for processing the CCD photopolarimetric and polarimetric observations of Jupiter and other bright extended objects are described with an emphasis on the specifics of these photodetectors. We present new estimates of the north-south asymmetry parameter of polarization of Jupiter obtained from the observations in 2006 and 2007. The new data are in good agreement with the previous observations.