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Polarization of Light by Dust in Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Aina Elvius*
Affiliation:
Stockholm Observatory, Saltsjöbaden, Sweden

Abstract

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Several galaxies were observed for polarization during April and May 1972. Preliminary results are presented concerning those galaxies where polarization can be expected because of selective extinction or scattering of light by interstellar dust.

Type
Part IV Interstellar Polarization
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1973 

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