COMMISSION 27 OF THE I. A. U.
          INFORMATION BULLETIN ON VARIABLE STARS
                      Number 2445

                                       Konkoly Observatory
                                       Budapest
                                       14 December 1983

                                       HU ISSN 0374-0676


           POLARIMETRIC OBSERVATIONS OF Be STARS



  In 1982 we started a program of UBVR polarimetry of bright southern Be
stars, extending to the south similar observations already extensively done
by other people in the Northern hemisphere (see e,g. Poeckert et al. 1979).
  The measurements have been performed with the Instituto Astronomico e
Geofisico (Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brasil) photopolarimeter attached to
the Observatorio Astrofisico Brasileiro 1.6 meter telescope. The instrument
allows simultaneous photometric and linear and circular polarimetric 
observations (Magalhaes 1979).
  Some results are given in Table I, for stars with E_B-V = 0, that is with
no interstellar polarization. Columns give successively, HD numbers, V
magnitudes, spectral types, polarization degree (in percent) in U,B,V and R
bands, polarization angles in the four bands and dates of the observations.





                L.A.S. REIS

                E. JANOT-PACHECO

            Instituto Astronomico e Geofisico
            Universidade de Sao Paulo
            C. Postal 30.627
            01000 Sao Paulo/Brasil





References:

Magalhaes, A.M., 1979, Thesis, I.A.G./U.S.P., S. Paulo, Brasil
Poeckert, R., Bastian, P., Landstreet, J.D., 1979. Astron.J., 84, 812 [BIBCODE 1979AJ.....84..812P ]



                                 Table I


HD        V    S_p       p^U          p^B          p^V          p^R          d^U           d^B          d^V           d^R            Date
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209014   5.4   B8Ve                 0.36+-0.05   0.27+-0.04   0.17+-0.07                 31.2+-3.9    35.7+-4.3     73.7+-12.1    09/08/1982
                                    0.23+-0.06   0.32+-0.06   0.22+-0.05                 44.6+-7.5    32.9+-5.4     46.1+-6.4     12/08/1982
                       0.17+-0.21                0.13+-0.15                130.2+-51.9               137.4+-51.9                  21/06/1983
                       0.18+-0.34   0.42+-0.09                0.26+-0.24   154.9+-51.9  104.8+-6.0                 128.6+-26.3    21/06/1983
209522   5.8   B4IVn   0.34+-0.08   0.48+-0.07   0.35+-0.08   0.48+-0.07    18.4+-6.8    10.9+-4.2     7.9+-6.6     16.1+-4.2     09/08/1982
                       0.28+-0.10   0.44+-0.08   0.22+-0.07   0.19+-0.10    35.2+-10.2   38.8+-5.3    23.5+-8.9     49.9+-15.2    12/08/1982
                       0.32+-0.28   0.39+-0.12   0.31+-0.13                 98.5+-25.4  109.4+-8.6    82.3+-12.3                  21/06/1983
210129   5.7   B7Ve    0.43+-0.10   0.50+-0.08   0.32+-0.05   0.43+-0.10    89.7+-6.6    98.0+-4.6   108.9+-4.5     91.4+-6.7     08/08/1982
                       0.38+-0.06   0.52+-0.07   0.50+-0.09   0.28+-0.11    21.3+-4.5    25.0+-3.8    49.4+-5.2     74.5+-11.4    09/08/1982
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