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Comet and CME during the Great Patagonian Eclipse

Not only a CME, but also a sungrazer comet, treated us during the Great Patagonian Eclipse of Dec 14, 2020. (identified as C/2020 X3 SOHO).

 

The coronal mass ejection originated from a fulguration at the active zone 2792, just coincident with first contact. During totality the shock of the ejection had already blown a considerable bubble in the corona. See accompanying image with stronger processing.

 

This is an HDR stack of 11 exposures.

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Uploaded on December 19, 2020