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White-light coronal transients observed from Skylab May 1973 to February 1974: A classification by apparent morphology

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The apparent morphologies of the major coronal mass ejection transients observed during the Skylab mission with the High Altitude Observatory's white-light coronagraph are described and illustrated. The 77 major events are grouped into classes referred to as Loop, Filled Bottle, Material Injected into Streamer, Ray, Cloud, and Streamer Separation events, with 14 being Unclassifiable because of incomplete observations. One example of each class is shown, with references to others described in the literature. A chronological listing of all the events is given.

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Munro, R.H., Sime, D.G. White-light coronal transients observed from Skylab May 1973 to February 1974: A classification by apparent morphology. Sol Phys 97, 191–201 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00152988

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