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Amateur Polarimetric Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Dietmar Böhme
Dietmar Böhme*
Affiliation:
DDR-4851 Nessa 11, PSF93, GDR

Abstract

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The construction of both single- and twin-channel polarimeters was described. Refractors are suitable for this form of work, and Cassegrains may be used, but Newtonians are not recommended, because of the polarization it introduces. A summary of objects and their degree of polarization was given. Examples of variation in the amount of polarization and its correlation with visual observations of μ Cephei were given.

Type
Part II Observational Methods
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 98: Stargazers: The Contribution of Amateurs to Astronomy , 1988 , pp. 110
Copyright
Copyright © Springer-Verlag 1988

References

A full account (in German) has been published in Sterne und Weltraum, 25, p. 544-9, 1986 Observations of μ Cep are given in Die Sterne, 60, p. 315-8, 1984 Google Scholar