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Multicolor optical polarimetry of reddened stars in the small magellanic cloud
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Magalhaes, Antonio M. Rodrigues, C. V. Piirola, Valero Coyne, G. V. |
| Copyright Year | 1989 |
| Description | First results of an on-going program to determine the wavelength dependence of the interstellar optical polarization of reddened stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) are presented. IUE observations of reddened stars in the SMC (Bouchet et al. 1985) generally show marked differences in the extinction law as compared to both the Galaxy and the Large Megallanic Cloud. The aim here is to determine the wavelength dependence of the optical linear polarization in the direction of several such stars in the SMC in order to further constrain the dust composition and size distribution in that galaxy. |
| File Size | 212777 |
| Page Count | 6 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19910005673 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t3cz84405 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1989-12-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Astronomy Optical Polarization Size Distribution Magellanic Clouds Cosmic Dust Galaxies Interstellar Extinction Extinction Iue Polarimetry Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
