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Candle flame on the Sun (movie)
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A small flare (X-ray class : B1.2) occurred
around 2:00 UT on 7-Jan-2008 at
the first 24th cycle sunspot.
XRT observed a candle-flame shape structure there.
The structure indicates that
magnetic reconnection was ongoing above the cusp shape.
Since it lasted longer than 8 hours, we can guess
that magnetic reconnection also kept working for a long time.
Although the flare is small in X-ray images, SOHO observed a larger explosion in EUV images and a CME, which possibly related to the flare. Keywords: Full Disk, Cusp, Solar Cycle |
(prepared by K. Yoshimura)
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