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Ring-like filaments have been detected on the spectroheliograms in the H-alpha line. Inside these filaments the magnetic field flux has a predominant polarity. Some of the dark filaments are connected by filament channels which can be seen at the limb either as (a) weak prominences or (b) dense low chromospheric features or (c) multi-channel system of matter flow between two prominences or (d) common quiescent prominences. The filament and the filament channel together form a continuous closed contour and outline the region of thef polarity particularly at the beginning of the solar cycle. The change in sign of the polar field of the Sun is associated with the drift of the filament band to high latitudes.
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Makarov, V.I., Stoyanova, M.N. & Sivaraman, K.R. Morphology of H-alpha filaments and filament channel systems. J Astrophys Astron 3, 379–382 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02714879
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