Zoomed‐in magnetic maps of AR 9906 at ﹩t=0﹩ (left) and ﹩t=t_{S}﹩ (right), and sketches of the initial and final configuration of the magnetic charges (middle). The maps show the strength of ﹩B_{R}﹩ in the vicinity of AR 9906 with superimposed magnetic field of the dipole. The polarity inversion line is shown as the dashed green line. The imposed velocity pattern resulting from the motion of the charges is shown as white short‐dashed lines. The corresponding magnetic maps and charge geometry in the case of CE2 are not shown here, but they look qualitatively similar.