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Polarization Measurements and Extinction Near the NGP

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

T. Markkanen*
Affiliation:
University of Helsinki, Observatory and Astrophysics Laboratory

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In order to study interstellar extinction near the NGP a polarization observation programme has been undertaken at the Metsähovi Observatory of the University of Helsinki. 32 stars (b>80°) have been measured with an accuracy of a few hundredths of a percent. To this list observations of 42 stars made by Appenzeller (1968) were added. The stars measured have distances up to 400 pc (Figure 1).

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Joint Discussions
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1977

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