CME 20050120

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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
20050120.065405.p288s
 06:54
 Halo
 882
 16.0*
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Yes
 Yes


Table 2 - UVCS Observation Sequence

FITS filename
 PA (deg)
 T i (UT)
 Tf (UT)
 Height (Rsun)
 Slit W. (arcsec)
 Exp. Time (sec)
d05.01.20.03:32:05.ovi.dat
 283
 03:32:26
 06:08:55
 2.38
 13
 120
d05.01.20.06:17:25.ovi.dat
 283
 06:17:46
 08:57:46
 2.38
 13
 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)
d05.01.20.03:32:05.ovi.dat
 1072.50
 1077.70

1060.70
 1065.40

996.800
 1001.80

988.200
 996.400

1209.60
 1217.10
d05.01.20.06:17:25.ovi.dat
 1072.50
 1077.70

1060.70
 1065.40

996.800
 1001.80

988.200
 996.400

1209.60
 1217.10


Table 4 - UV Properties

First Obs. Max blue-shift (km/sec) Max red-shift (km/sec) Detected at (Rsun) Lines
2005/01/20 06:44 2.3 HILya1216

Images

Intensity Images

Ly alpha intensity


Interpretation

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

Comments

Ly alpha brightening at 06:44 is probably flare Ly alpha photons scattered from H atoms in the corona, analogous to flare O VI. Signal is wiped out by X-ray and particle background by 06:52.

Last Update Wed May 13 16:53:47 2009