Accession Number:

AD0672330

Title:

THE SOLAR FLARES OF AUGUST 28 AND 30, 1966.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

CALIFORNIA INST OF TECH PASADENA

Personal Author(s):

• Zirin,Harold
• Lackner,Dora R.

Report Date:

1968-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

34.0

Abstract:

We describe observations of the class 3 flare of August 28, 1966, made at the Mount Wilson Observatory. This great proton flare followed the sequence 1 Precursor flare 2 Filament eruption 3 Beginning in penumbra of large spot 4 Rapid elongation in two strands 5 Great spray and surface wave 6 Rapid separation of two strands to maximum brightness and 7 Slow speed of brightness and decay.

Descriptors:

• (*SOLAR FLARES
• EXPERIMENTAL DATA)
• X RAYS
• MICROWAVES
• ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORIES
• SUNSPOTS
• SEQUENCES(MATHEMATICS)
• PHOTOGRAPHS

Subject Categories:

• Astrophysics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE