Science and Exploration

M1.3 Class Solar Flare

By Marc Boucher
Status Report
June 6, 2014
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M1.3 Class Solar Flare
M1.3 Class Solar Flare
ESA/Proba2/SWAP

A class M1.3 flare can be observed from the Central-East active region on 3 June 2014 (~13 seconds into the movie), and a large prominence eruption followed by a spectacular expanding flare ribbon can be seen located to the South East, on 4 June 2014 (~33 sec into the movie). Note that on the Sun, East and West are reversed.

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