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2009 February 12



Funky J or S brightenings in Active Region (click on image to see movie)
On February 12, XRT was observing a little active region on the Sun using the Thin-Be filters to see hotter plasma (> 2MK). This active region lights up in many different ways. It connects with its neighboring little bright points, a large loop over lying the initial structure lights up then fades away. Then there seems to be a j or an S shape that appears for a few minutes and then dissapears. It is a very complicated region.


Keywords: Sigmoid
Filters: Be_thin


(Prepared by Kelly Korreck)

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