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Photoelectric Polarimetry of the Tail of Comet Ikey-Seki (1965 VIII)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2018

J. L. Weinberg  and
D. E. Beeson

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With few exceptions, measurements of cometary brightness and polarization have been restricted to regions in or near the coma and therefore to a relatively small range of phase angles. Photoelectric techniques are required for detailed wavelength coverage, whereas large-field photographic techniques are better suited for mapping the large regions of sky spanned by a comet tail. Observations with a small field of view provide high spatial resolution but generally restrict multicolor measurements of brightness and polarization to a small region of the comet. Observations with a large field of view (diameter larger than 1 or 2 deg) provide adequate color and spatial coverage but can result in the loss of detail. A compromise is afforded by Fabry photometry, using a modest telescope of small aperture and relatively large field of view.

Type
Part I
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 25 , Issue Part1: The Study of Comets , 1976 , pp. 92 - 120
Copyright
Copyright © NASA 1976

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