LASCO Activity Report for
May 8, 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

None today

2002/05/06

02:06 UT  S East	Very narrow fronts along streamer

04:26 UT  S West	Very faint ragged front

05:26 UT  S East	Faint loop front

06:26 UT  N West	Faint loop front

08:26 UT  N West	Faint narrow loop front to N of
			previous event

09:50 UT  N West	Faint ragged loop front fades and disintegrates
			through C2. Similar fainter events follow

12:26 UT  E Limb	Small bright blob

13:27 UT  Partial	Wide bright loop front, quite fast, spans
	  Halo		PA 5-180 by 14:50. Extremely faint emission
			elsewhere. Backsided event

18:06 UT  E Limb	Bright narrow loop front with cavity and much
			trailing material. Preceded by extremely thin
			loop front along streamer. Some core-like 
			material to N 

2002/05/07

00:26 UT  N West	Fast bright loop front with cavity, quite wide

03:50 UT  S West	Very slow bright multiple loop front system,
			disrupts nearby streamer

04:06 UT  Halo		Very faint front over E limb is extremely
			faint full halo CME by 05:26. M1.4 flare
			AR9937

06:50 UT  N East	Wide bright loop front with cavity, core and
			trailing material

10:26 UT  N West	Very faint ragged loop front

13:27 UT  N East	Very narrow blob-like front fades through C2.
			Another at 15:26

19:27 UT  S East	Narrow ragged front along streamer, fades

20:06 UT  S West	'Typical' 3-part CME, very well-defined loop 
			front with cavity and highly structured core,
			much trailing material follows

2002/05/08

04:06 UT  S West	First of a sequence of narrow loop fronts,
			possibly residual from earlier event

09:50 UT  N East	Faint ragged loop front