Polarimetric and photometric studies of BL Lac - Analysis of the observational data. I

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Astronomical Photometry, Bl Lacertae Objects, Elliptical Galaxies, Polarimetry, Brightness Distribution, Colorimetry, Polarization Characteristics, Radiant Flux Density, Variability

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Results of polarimetric and photometric observations of BL Lac in the period 1969-1982 published in Gagen-Torn et al. (1984) are analyzed. The photometric data are consistent with a two-component model of the object: a giant elliptical galaxy plus a point source which varies in intensity, but has an unchanged energy distribution. It follows from a consideration of the polarimetric data that BL Lac has a preferred direction of polarization, and high degrees of polarization are encountered only in directions close to the preferred one. A high degree of polarization variability was observed with a characteristic time of the order of one hour but in only two cases in all out of 316.

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