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International multiwavelength campaigns on short-term variability of OB stars: optical polarimetry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

D. McDavid*
Affiliation:
Limber Observatory, P.O. Box 63599, Pipe Creek TX 78063-3599

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From 1986 through 1992, wide-band optical (B or V filter) linear polarization measurements of eight Be stars and seven O stars were obtained simultaneously with ultraviolet observations from IUE and worldwide ground-based optical spectroscopy and photometry in a series of campaigns designed to study the short-term variability of these objects. Each campaign consisted of intensive monitoring of a few carefully chosen stars over a period of several days and nights, with the greatest possible continuity subject to the limitations of instrument scheduling, weather, and the longitudes of the observing sites.