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2019 April 03

Hinode XRT Observes the Sun!
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Interacting Polar Jets

Solar jets, which appear as brightening features with a collimated motion, are commonly observed in the solar corona. Their typical size is comparable to the Earth. This movie (using a reversed color scale) from Hinode/XRT shows an apparent interaction between two coronal X-ray jets, which has been rarely observed. Both jets are located at the south polar coronal hole. The jet at the east (left) appears to move toward the west (right) until it collides into the other one. This interaction might have contributed to material transfer and also the later enhancement of the second jet.


Keywords: Jet, Limb, Pole, Coronal Hole
Filters: Al_poly


(Prepared by Chunming Zhu)

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