Recalibrating old data, I found a ray that spontaneously
materializes.  There's nothing there and then all of a 
sudden, there is.  Alice says it looks like the "November
Ray" from the 1973 Skylab data, for those of you familiar 
with that.

It appears on Feb. 18, 1992.  (doy 49) at PA ~300 degrees.  
The observer's logs mention an active region at this PA
as well.  At 19:06 UT, nothing is visible.  By 19:48, the 
ray is fully formed and remains through the rest of the 
observing run.  Nothing is actually ejected from the sun.

Since the "February Ray" doesn't have as nice a ring to it as
the "November Ray", I'm naming this feature after my snake,
Rhadamanthus, who is about the same shape as a ray.  In Roman
mythology, Rhadamanthus is one of three judges who sits at the door
to Hades and determines whether your soul will go to the Elysian
Fields or whether you must suffer eternally.

Cathy (2/1/95)