March 19, 1982

 

 

A multi-ribbon class 2 flare occured in the Hale Region No. 18264 around 0437 UT reaching the maximum phase at 0458 UT on March 19.The flare emission partially covered the sport umbra,U.In this high resolution sequence of H-alpha filtergrams, a number of cool, dark loops are seen joining various flare ribbons. In the 0505 UT frame, A dark surge crossing over the bright flare strand is seen.Field Transition Arches (FTA) appeared at the same location, where on the previous day (March 18) a class 1b flare had occured.