LASCO Activity Report for
August 6, 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

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 2002/08/12.

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

SOHO comets now total 497. Perihelion of SOHO-500 imminent?!

2002/08/05

00:06 UT  W Limb	Very narrow spray-like front

00:30 UT  N East	Very faint thin loop front

02:42 UT  S West	Thin spray-like front, wider and brighter
			blobs follow

04:06 UT  S West	Spray-like front, thicker brighter and
			faster than previous event

07:31 UT  W Limb	Moderately wide faint front with cavity,
			well into C2 at this time

07:31 UT  S West	Ragged front along streamer

08:30 UT  S West	Narrow loop front, quite bright, follows
			previous event

	09:42 - 16:06 UT	Temporary DSN data gap

17:06 UT  S West	Faint narrow fan

19:31 UT  W Limb	Faint loop front with cavity, smaller
			fainter similar event at 21:42

20:06 UT  N East	Faint wide ragged loop front fills quadrant

2002/08/06

02:42 UT  N West	Very narrow blob along streamer

05:30 UT  S West	Asymmetric loop front brightest in central
			region, slight cavity follows