The Be Star Newsletter, Volume 34 - June 2000

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Multicolor Polarimetry of Selected Be Stars: 1995-98

David McDavid

Limber Observatory, P.O. Box 63599, Pipe Creek TX 78063

A new polarimeter called AnyPol has been used at Limber Observatory for four years to annually monitor the broadband linear polarization of a sample of bright northern Be stars. This is the fourth report on a program started in 1985 at McDonald Observatory and the first one to come entirely from the new installation. Although no variability was detected at the 3  level during the current reporting period, analysis of the full 13-year data set is beginning to reveal hints of long-term variability that may provide clues for understanding the Be phenomenon.

1999, PASP, 111, 494


Last modified: June 13, 2000

David McDavid
dam3ma@virginia.edu