UVCS CME Catalog: 20020123

CME 20020123

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Table 1 - General Information

CME ID	Time (UT)	PA (deg)	Speed (km/sec)	Acceleration (m/sec²)	Mass (g)	Type II RB	X Flare
20020123.043005.p277n	04:30	281	407	4.9	2.9e+15	No	Yes

Table 2 - UVCS Observation Sequence

FITS filename	PA (deg)	T_i(UT)	T_f (UT)	Height (R_sun)	Slit W. (arcsec)	Exp. Time (sec)
d02.01.22.20:02:28.ovi.dat	275	01:36:20	05:23:00	1.65	28	200
		05:35:10	06:01:50	1.63	28	200
s02.01.23.06:04:50.ovi.dat	270	06:05:43	06:15:43	1.75	42	120
		06:18:25	06:26:25	1.60	42	120
s02.01.23.06:31:16.ovi.dat	315	06:32:09	06:42:09	1.75	42	120
		06:45:07	06:53:07	1.60	42	120

UVCS Slit Position

MOVIE of UVCS Slit on LASCO Images

Table 3 - UVCS Observation Wavelength Range

FITS filename	Wave Min (A)	Wave Max (A)
d02.01.22.20:02:28.ovi.dat	970.500	1070.80
s02.01.23.06:04:50.ovi.dat	1024.20	1043.10
	989.000	993.200
	985.400	987.800
	1204.00	1206.20
	970.600	979.900
	1211.30	1219.90
s02.01.23.06:31:16.ovi.dat	1024.20	1043.10
	989.000	993.200
	985.400	987.800
	1204.00	1206.20
	970.600	979.900
	1211.30	1219.90

Table 4 - UV Properties

First Obs.	Max blue-shift (km/sec)	Max red-shift (km/sec)	Detected at (R_sun)	Lines
2002/01/23 04:02			1.56 (PA=275); 1.70,1.53 (PA=270);1.68, 1.56 (PA=315)	HILya1216 HILyb1026 OVI1032 OVI1038 SiXII499

Images

Intensity Images

Si XII 499A intensity image of the CME detected by LASCO at 04:30 UT

O VI 1032A intensity image of the CME detected by LASCO at 04:30 UT

O VI 1032A intensity image showing the brightening of the line at 23:01 UT

Interpretation

Front	?
Void	Yes
Shock	No
Current Sheet	No
Prominence	No
Flare O VI	?
Leg	?
Helix	No

Comments

The spectra of the CME show, starting from 04:02UT, the opening of the pre-existing streamer. Aside for the main CME at 4:02 UT, the data show variation of line intensities since the starting of the observation.

Last Update Wed May 13 20:02:24 2009