Submillimeter polarization in the Orion Nebula

Linear polarization measurements, obtained at 270 microns with the 0.91-m telescope of the NASA Kuyper Airborne Observatory in September 1983 and January and November 1984, are reported for three regions in Ori. The large-scale magnetic field inferred from the measurements is shown to be uniform on the 0.4-pc scale of the beams.