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DURING February 1965 we observed some absorption lines in the spectra of several stars in orthogonal planes of polarization. The measurements were made with a photoelectric grating spectrometer1 to which a rotatable ‘Polaroid’ had been added after the exit slit. The instrument was used at both the Newtonian and Cassegrain foci of the 48-in. telescope of the University of Padua's Observatory at Asiago, Italy.
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CLARKE, D., GRAINGER, J. Polarization Effects on the Profile of the Hβ Line in the Light from the Star γ Ursa Majoris. Nature 207, 1180 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/2071180a0
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