Question

What is stellar polarimetry

Answer 1

The scientific name for the twinkling of stars is stellar polarimetry (or astronomical polarimetry. Stars twinkle when we see them from the Earth's surface because we are viewing them through thick layers of turbulent (moving) air in the Earth's atmosphere.

Answer 2

A book written by David clarke.His work focuses on the development of optical equipmemt for polarimetric measurements of stars associated with scattering processes within stellar atmospheres, the interstellar medium as well as the Earth's atmosphere.