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A Surface Polarization Survey of the Milky Way and the Zodiacal Light

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

J. Staude ,
K. Wolf  and
Th. Schmidt
J. Staude
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg, Germany
K. Wolf
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg, Germany
Th. Schmidt
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg, Germany

Abstract

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An elliptical Surface polarimetry of the Night Sky has been carried out at the Boyden Observatory, South Africa. The Milky Way is linearly polarized by p = 1 to 2 % (Figure 1); 11 regions also show a circular polarized light contribution (Table I).

The amounts of circular polarization near v ≈ 0.1 % or less, observed within the Zodiacal Light, are generally not exceeding twice the error of measurement: see Staude and Schmidt (1972). (v > 0 is defined by clockwise rotation, looking against the light source).

Information

Type
Part III Reflection Nebulae and Diffuse Galactic Light
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 52: Interstellar Dust and Related Topics , 1973 , pp. 139 - 141
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1973 

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