Polarisation of the Solar Corona

[suprit 1]

Warm Hello,

 

To all the expert members of this forum, I would like to pose a question. I would like to characterize the polarisation [compute the Stokes parameters, mainly linear polarization] of the Solar Corona during the Total Solar Eclipse and would like to know if any one has attempted this before or has any ideas about implementing the same. Thanks. (I apologise if this question has been asked in the forum before, I searched but could not locate it.)

[cbuil 3 520]

See on my web site :

 

http://www.astrosurf.com/buil/eclipse2006/polar.htm

 

Christian Buil

[suprit 1]

Thanks so much Christian for this pointer. I will look into it for details. One question, how did you rotate the linear polarizer in the front of the objective? Did you mark the positions?