LASCO Activity Report for
April 18, 2002 SOHO Science Daily Meeting

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

Non-Sungrazing Comet in C3 field, South East Quad. Discovered by X.Zhou.
Will continue South to North verticle path thru Saturday.
Observation colors program with pB twice per day.

Two additional Sungrazer comets in Lasco fields on 4/17.
C2 field, faint, discovered by X.Leprette  
C3 field, semi bright, no tail, discovered by K.Cernis.

2002/04/17

06:06 UT  SS East	Faint front, small.

07:27 UT  N East	Ragged LE, bright front with core.
			Twisted interior structures.

08:26 UT  West Limb	Bright loop front with cavity over West.
			Develops to FULL HALO CME event in progress.
        09:06:05 UT C2 Running Difference Image.         
	C2 Running Difference Movie 

14:26 UT  West Limb	Blob, small.

16:06 UT  S East	Wide faint loop front, develops to large event.
			Slow, interior multi-loop event Filament related.

17:26 UT  West Limb	Small blob.

21:50 UT  West Limb	Rough LE, spray, sizable.

2002/04/18

06:06 UT  S Pole	Loop front with cavity and core.  Complex 
			twisting interior structures. COntinued outflows.
        08:50:05 UT C2 Running Difference Image.  

11:06 UT S West		Narrow jet.