http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/pickoftheweek/C3pair.mpg
As 2007 ended and 2008 began, the Sun blasted out two coronal mass
ejections (CMEs) on Dec. 31, 2007 and Jan. 2, 2008, perhaps in celebration
of the New Year. At any rate, over the span of 3 days, two separate CMEs
blew out to the left of the Sun from the same active region. The first
event was a larger and brighter than the second. These were associated with
C-class (somewhat small) flares. Any substantive solar activity at this
time in the solar cycle is more than we usually observe. Incidentally, the
bright object slowly moving to the right near the edge of the field of view
is Jupiter. The horizontal lines that extend out from it are aberrations
caused by its relative brightness, which overwhelms SOHO's delicate C3
coronagraph instrument.
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Fred Stone
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I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is
largely a waste of time.
H. L. Mencken
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