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