SMM C/P CME Event

6 March 1989 --- Day of Year (DOY): 065

Event Description

Bright loop/cavity and core superposed on streamers (or fan). Region is blown out. Big deflections. Faint material (ejected?) in this region from 09:51 to 12:41. Solar north is indicated by the arrow drawn into the occulting disk; the dotted circle marks the solar photosphere.

Event Properties

Start/Stop Times in SMM Coronagraph Field of View: March 06, 14:15 to 15:49
Central Position Angle: 034 degrees
Width (in degrees): 137 degrees

Image List:

March 06, 1989: 12:41 UT north sector

March 06, 1989: 14:06 UT east sector

March 06, 1989: 14:15 UT north sector March 06, 1989: 14:23 UT west sector

March 06, 1989: 14:40 UT east sector March 06, 1989: 14:48 UT west sector

March 06, 1989: 15:41 UT east sector March 06, 1989: 15:49 UT north sector

Detailed information on all SMM mass ejections is available in the SMM Catalogue of Coronal Mass Ejections