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Date submitted: 11-Jun-1995
Source of Coronal Mass in a CME? Left panel, image of the early phase of an over-the-limb (about 6 degrees) LDE flare of Feb. 27, 1994. The boxes show integration areas for two regions. Right panel, the light curves from the two regions. The increase at the end of the plot (~09:20) probably results from scattered light as the loop prominence system grows in brightness (GOES maximum was at 09:20). The initial decreases seen in both boxes must represent ejection of the coronal material coincident with the brightening of the flare (GOES start was at 08:25, but really it took off at about 08:56). The upper time profile suggests that the bulk of the CME may have originated not high in the corona, but at the rather low altitude corresponding to the bright features in the image. HSH 11-Jun-95
