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| Paper: |
Interstellar Polarization at High Galactic Latitudes: A New Insight |
| Volume: |
449, Astronomical Polarimetry 2008: Science from Small to Large Telescopes |
| Page: |
157 |
| Authors: |
Berdyugin, A.; Piirola, V.; Teerikorpi, P. |
| Abstract: |
We report the results of our study of interstellar polarization at high
Galactic latitudes, carried out with the TurPol polarimeter on the 2.52
m Nordic Optical Telescope and DiPol polarimeter on the remotely
controlled 60 cm KVA telescope (La Palma, Canary Islands). More than
2000 stars with accurate distances have been observed, and a complete
map of the interstellar polarization for galactic latitudes +40°< b
<+90° has been built. We use these data to study the distribution of
interstellar dust, extinction, and the direction of the local Galactic
magnetic field up to distances of 500 pc. |
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