
LASCO Activity Report for
August 12, 2002 SOHO Science Daily Meeting
Planner: K. Schenk, G. Lawrence
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 ended,
2002/08/12 at 12:00.
Planet Mars is now in C2's field of view, moving L to R
SOHO comets now total 498. Perihelion of SOHO-500 imminent?
2002/08/09
04:30 UT S East Narrow ragged front along streamer
08:06 UT N West Moderately wide faint front with cavity
13:31 UT S East Faint blob-like front
16:06 UT S West Faint front along streamer, narrow
faint and slow
23:31 UT Partial Bright loop front in N has faint extensions
Halo to W limb and into NE, spans ~160 deg from
PA 245-45. Cavity and faint core-like region
Faint eruptive filament ~N35 crossing
central meridian
2002/08/10
04:30 UT N West Faint spray-like front with cavity, quite wide
12:42 UT S Pole Faint wide fan-like front, some trailing
material
16:42 UT N Pole Very faint loop front
2002/08/11
04:06 UT N East Wide bright loop front with cavity and
some trailing material
19:31 UT N West Slow faint narrow fronts along bright
streamer, which swells significantly
2002/08/12
00:06 UT S East Narrow front along streamer, similar
fainter event at 03:42
Web curator:
K.M.Schenk
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Solar Physics Branch / Code 682
Greenbelt, MD 20771