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Linear polarization of precataclysmic variables

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The optical linear polarization of three precataclysmic variables was measured in B and R. A noticeable polarization was detected only in BD +50°2869. In the other two cases, the polarization is probably interstellar in origin.

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Translated from Pis’ma v Astronomicheski\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) Zhurnal, Vol. 26, No. 5, 2000, pp. 380–383.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2000 by Vo\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \)khanskaya.

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Voikhanskaya, N.F. Linear polarization of precataclysmic variables. Astron. Lett. 26, 319–321 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.20396

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