SOHO observations of two sungrazing comets
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Shortly after the comets disappeared behind the occulting disks of the LASCO C1 and C2 coronagraphs, a bright coronal mass ejection (CME) with an enormous erupting prominence appeared on the southwest (lower right) limb of the Sun. (East and West are reversed in heliographic coordinates to match the compass directions for an earthbound observer.) The prominence eruption is visible in the SOHO EIT images.
Movie type | EIT 195 Å | EIT close-up | LASCO C1 | LASCO C2 | LASCO C3 close-up |
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Twin comets | Comet motions | Eruptive prominence |