LASCO Activity Report for
May 1, 2000 SOHO Science Daily Meeting
Planner: K. Schenk
Event times are first frame seen in C2 camera unless otherwise noted.
Point of Interest
Planet Jupiter in C3 field from East side, as of 4/27 08:00 UT.
Planet Saturn in C3 field of view from East side as of 5/1 12:00 UT.
SOHO-111 Sungrazing Comet
Discovered by T. Lovejoy in C3 data.
A very bright Comet in both C3 and C2 fields of view. Considered SOHO's
4th brightest comet discovery.
Soho-111 C2 MPG Ratio
Soho-111 C2 MPG Running Difference
2000/04/28
03:06 UT NN West Rising loop cluster in NNWest slowly breaks free.
Considered probable backsided filament eruption.
12:54 UT S East Wide jet-like CME event.
15:00 - 21:30 UT Temporary Data Gap
2000/04/29
05:30 UT S East Very large event. Wide loop front.
At 06:30 UT a second event occurs with bright
helmet shaped front. Continued outflow.
2000/04/30
00:06 UT S West Small roughed LE with looping structure.
02:30 UT S Pole Rough LE event. CME seen after SOHO-111
dissappears behind C2 occulting disk (???)
A very faint partial HALO event is seen
from PA 60 - 270 degrees. Considered BACKSIDED.
05:54 UT East Limb Small event, bright front.
12:06 UT N East Jet-like CME with continued outflow for remainder
of the day.
12:30 UT S Pole Ragged front CME with 'Split' LE.
16:54 UT West Limb Fast jet.
23:30 UT East Limb CME in 'puff' form.
2000/05/01
09:06 UT West Limb Small puff with 2nd event just above it.
Very fast CME blob. Traveled though C2
over 800 km/sec.
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