LASCO Activity Report for
May 17, 2006 SOHO Science Daily Meeting

Planner: K. Schenk, G. Stenborg

Event times are first frame seen in C2 camera unless otherwise noted.
These are preliminary observations for the daily SOHO science discussions.
Final analysis is reported on the Lasco CME list.
An archive of these reports is available.


Points Of Interest





2006/05/16 (Tuesday)

01:31 UT  W Limb	Thin jet-like front followed at 03:30 UT by another
			jet-like front much more diffuse.

07:31 UT  N West	Jet-like front.

10:54 UT  WN West	Diffuse jet-like front.

12:30 UT  S East	Very faint ragged front. It fades throughout C3.

13:31 UT  W Limb	Bright and thin fan-like front.

20:06 UT  E Limb	Elongated ragged loop front that fades close to the
			inner edge of c3.

2006/05/17 (Wednesday)

	  S West	Slow development of a system of faint loop fronts since
			late on previous day (difficult to give an exact time
			of first appearance).

03:30 UT  E Limb	Diffuse front that fades throughout C2. Another front
			follows at ~ 05:30 UT. By ~ 06:54 UT, the slow
			development of a system of faint loop fronts can be
 			discerned.

08:30 UT  N Pole	Diffuse jet-like front.

Last C2 image available by the time of writing:  12:30 UT.


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