2021RNAAS...5..241S

In this note, I report a R-band polarimetric study on a massive star-forming region GL 437 (a.k.a. AFGL 437) to infer the magnetic field (B-field) geometry of this region. The mean B-field in the diffused region, is found to be parallel to the extended cloud structure and the Galactic plane. I compared present optical polarization results with archival submm results adapted from Curran & Chrysostomou. A flipped field geometry is seen in denser parts of GL 437 which is an interesting finding. An infrared source WK 34 embedded in the cloud is associated with a poorly collimated outflow. These outflows are parallel to the inner field orientation but misaligned with outer B-fields. An investigation of gas kinematics of this region will be carried out to understand if the gas motion have some role in changing the field geometry.