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Interstellar polarization at high galactic latitudes from distant stars. V. First results for the South Galactic Pole
We present the first results of our interstellar polarization programmefor the South Galactic Pole (b<-70degr ). The new observations (43stars) combined with previously published data show that there is asubstantial interstellar polarization in this area of the sky. Startingat a distance of 300 pc, we have found stars with P > 0.3% includingone for which P ~ 0.6%. These measurements lead to the conclusion thatthere is a significant amount of interstellar dust at high southgalactic latitudes. Futhermore, there is a remarkable alignment seenover the South Polar Cap: for most stars the directions of polarizationvectors are aligned with the longitude l ~ 80degr , close to theexpected direction of the global magnetic field. In this respect the SGPseems to differ strongly from its northern counterpart.

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Constellation:Walfisch
Right ascension:01h05m11.88s
Declination:-12°25'07.0"
Apparent magnitude:8.898
Distance:311.526 parsecs
Proper motion RA:-4.1
Proper motion Dec:-10.1
B-T magnitude:9.327
V-T magnitude:8.934

Catalogs and designations:
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HD 1989HD 6442
TYCHO-2 2000TYC 5275-156-1
USNO-A2.0USNO-A2 0750-00259848
HIPHIP 5090

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