Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
May 2002
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002agusmsh21b..01a&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2002, abstract #SH21B-01
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
7509 Corona
Scientific paper
The LASCO coronagraphs on SOHO have been taking a regular series of images since May 1996. Minimum images have been calculated approximately every two weeks. While the images are dominated by stray light near the occulting disks, it does appear that these minimum images are the F-corona. The brightness varies by approximately 10% with an annual cycle due to the change in Earth--Sun distance. There is no change of the brightness that correlates with solar cycle. The combined C2 data between 4.5--6.4 Rsun and the C3 data between 6--28 Rsun are well fit by a single power-law. This power-law is a function of the angular distance from the plane of symmetry of the dust. In the plane of symmetry, B ~ R-2.1 while perpendicular to the symmetry plane the brightness scales as R-2.4. The observed brightnesses have been corrected to a common distance of 1AU using these power-laws. After the distance correction, the brightness varies by 1-2% with brightness peaks every six months. The brightness peaks occur at the time that SOHO is in the symmetry plane of the F-corona. These data are fully consistent with the properties of the F-corona derived from Helios data (C.~Leinert et~al., Astron. Astrophys. 82, 328, 1980.)
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