Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 18:21:13 +0000 (GMT)
From: Simon Plunkett
Subject: Halo CME on 2000/07/07
Status: O
LASCO observed a full halo CME today, 2000/07/07. The event was first
visible as a diffuse front above the SW limb in C2 at 10:26 UT. It was
later seen all around the occulting disks in both C2 and C3. The measured
speed in the plane of the sky at PA 195 (SW) was 455 km/s, averaged
through the C2 and C3 fields of view. There may be some acceleration in
this region, up to about 10 m/s^2.
EIT was not observing in its usual mode at the time of the CME, and no
full-disk 195 A images are available between 07:13 UT and 13:13 UT. The
image at 13:13 UT shows a bright arcade of loops near central meridian,
just to the west of AR 9070, that was not present in the image at 07:13
UT. This may be the source of the CME, but the association is uncertain.
Images and movies of this event can be found at the LASCO ftp server:
ftp://ares.nrl.navy.mil/pub/lasco/halo/20000707.
Best wishes,
Simon Plunkett.
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