Pattern of the Angle of Polarization of the Sky around L5 Lagrange Point of the Earth-Moon System (IMAGE)

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Pattern of the Angle of Polarization of the Sky around L5 Lagrange Point of the Earth-Moon System

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Pattern of the angle of polarization of the sky around the L5 Lagrange point of the Earth-Moon system, measured by imaging polarimetry in the green (550 nm) spectral range at 01:14:15 UT on 19 August 2017. The position of the L5 point is shown by a white dot. In this picture the central region of the Kordylewski dust cloud is visible (bright red pixels). The straight tilted lines are traces of satellites.

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J. Slíz-Balogh

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