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2010 January 04



Eruption in AR 11034 (click on image to see movie)
On December 13 at around 09:08 UT, XRT observed an eruption in AR 11034. The eruption was followed by a small B1.4 flare, and the formation of cusp-shaped loops can be seen. STEREO-A observed a CME in COR1 and COR2 at about the same time. The movie above was made by compositing images with long and short esposure times.

short exposure: AEC5 FOV 512x512, 2x2 bin
long exposure: AEC2 FOV 1024x1024, 2x2 bin


Keywords: AR Tracking, Cusp, CME, Flare
Filters: Al_med


(Submitted by J. Y. Lee))

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