LASCO Activity Report for
July 17, 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

Additional stray light in C3 images now removed
during standard image processing.

C2 high-cadence pB sequence campaign now running.
C2 pB sequences being taken every hour at the expense
of 1 normal C2 image and 1 normal C3 image.
Campaign runs to 2002/08/02 (possibly later, TBD)

Planet Jupiter is now in C3's field of view, moving L to R
Planet Mercury is now in C3's field of view, moving R to L

2002/07/16

07:31 UT  N Pole	Faint spray

10:06 UT  N East	Very faint loop front, quite slow

14:41 UT  N East	Faint loop front soon obscured by

16:02 UT  HALO		Faint front in SE is full halo CME by 16:30
			bright all round occultor. Fast with much
			trailing material mainly in NE. Backsided.
			Some protons

2002/07/17

07:31 UT  N East	Wide bright loop front with some core-like
			material. Initially over N pole but soon 
			fills quadrant