Flattened loop/cavity with highly structured, inner (prominence) loop/cavity superposed on streamer. Event has concave-outward shape between loop top and inner (prominence) loop. Streamer is disrupted. Solar north is toward the upper left as indicated by the arrow drawn into the occulting disk; the dotted circle marks the solar photosphere.
Start/Stop Times in SMM Coronagraph Field of View:
October 12 22:25 to 22:58
Central Position Angle: 122 degrees
Width (in degrees): 055 degrees
Speed (in km/sec): 263 <--- Inner Loop (Prominence)
October 12, 1988: 19:34 UT
October 12, 1988: 22:25 UT
October 12, 1988: 22:58 UT
October 12, 1988: 23:59 UT
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Andrew L. Stanger ( stanger@ucar.edu)
Last revised: 29 August 2000
