Optical polarization in the Serpens Nebula

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Mar 1983

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983mnras.202.1087k&link_type=abstract

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 202, Mar. 1983, p. 1087-1092. Research supported by the Science and Eng

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Nebulae, Optical Polarization, Polarized Light, A Stars, B Stars, Illuminators, Interstellar Magnetic Fields, Interstellar Matter, Linear Polarization, Maps

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Optical polarization maps are presented that indicate that the object is a reflection nebula illuminated by a highly obscured star that is itself seen through magnetically aligned grains. It is proposed that the dust grains overlying the central region of the nebula including the illuminating star are aligned by the local galactic magnetic field that permeates the dark cloud in which the nebula is situated. The formation of the nebula is discussed.

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