IMAGING POLARIMETRY OF THE BLUE COMPACT GALAXY NGC-3125

An optical polarization map of NGC 3125 shows that it is, in part, a l arge-scale bipolar reflection nebula illuminated from within the centr al starburst region. The dust appears to be asymmetrically distributed throughout the galaxy, and we propose that the dust has been formed i n the starburst region and transported into the outer parts of the gal axy entrained in an episodic galactic wind. We estimate the mass of du st giving rise to the reflection nebula to be similar to 4 x 10(5) M(c ircle dot) which is significantly more than that detected via IR emiss ion in the 'warmer' starburst region.