Four Kreutz comets observed during the past week: SOHO-319 (disc. T. Scarmato) last seen in C2 at 5.36 Rs, PA 218 at 16:26 on 2001/05/29 SOHO-320 (disc. X. Leprette) last seen in C2 at 4.7 Rs, PA 218 at 01:54 on 2001/06/02 SOHO-321 (disc. M. Oates) last seen in C2 at 5.49 Rs, PA 214 at 8:06 on 2001/06/04 SOHO-322 (disc. S. Hoenig) last seen in C2 at 4.63 Rs, PA 218 at 20:30 on 2001/06/04 For more information see Doug Biesecker's sungrazing comet page. Jupiter is presently in C3's field of view, moving left to right.
00:54 UT N West Bright asymmetric front with cavity and small bright core. Some arcades and cross-hatching 04:30 UT N West Prominence material (seen in EIT) barely discernible from above event's outflow 08:30 UT E Limb Fairly fast bright loop front with cavity and some arcades 11:54 UT N West Loops begin to brighten and rise along streamer over an ~18 hr period. Plentiful arcades and cross-hatching by end of day 15:30 UT E Limb Faint nebulous front with cavity 15:54 UT W Limb Faint loop fron quickly overtaken by 16:30 UT W Limb Wide bright multiple-loop front with cavity and helical core. Much gusty outflow including some small disconnection features 16:54 UT N East Bright loop front fills most of quadrant. Cavity and arcades follow, streamer to N disrupted. Some gusty outflow 17:30 UT S Pole Sequence of fairly bright loop fronts eventually followed by small dimmer core and cross-hatching C2 Running Difference movie of the whole shooting gallery C2 Running Difference image of the above
00:30 UT N West Bright loop fronts emerge along streamer. Further S than 11:54 event from 6/4. Cavity, arcades and cross-hatching all follow. Streamer begins to brighten ~3 hrs earlier 04:30 - 10:30 UT Temporary data gap
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