| Issue |
A&A
Volume 372, Number 1, June II 2001
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 276 - 280 | |
| Section | The Sun | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010328 | |
| Published online | 15 June 2001 | |
Interstellar polarization at high galactic latitudes from distant stars*
IV. A catalog of polarization data for the North Galactic Pole Area
1
Tuorla Observatory, 21500 Piikkiö, Finland e-mail: pekkatee@astro.utu.fi; mhanski@astro.utu.fi
2
European Southern Observatory, Casilla 19001, Santiago, Chile e-mail: lhaikala@eso.org
3
Observatory and Astrophysics Laboratory, PO Box 14 00014, Helsinki University, Finland e-mail: tapio.markkanen@helsinki.fi
4
Niels Bohr Institute for Astronomy, Geophysics and Physics, Juliane Maries Vej 32, 2100 Kobenhavn O, Denmark e-mail: indus@astro.ku.dk
Corresponding author: A. Berdyugin, andrei@astro.utu.fi
Received:
11
December
2000
Accepted:
5
March
2001
We present a catalog of interstellar polarization measurements for
the North Galactic Pole area (
). Our list contains 336 stars of
spectral classes from A to K for which the linear polarization has been
measured by us and other researchers. The data are useful for investigation of
the distribution of dust, to estimate the amount of interstellar extinction and
to map Galactic magnetic field at high galactic latitudes. We discuss also the
data selection, sampling and completeness of the catalog.
Key words: polarization / dust, extinction / solar neighbourhood
© ESO, 2001
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