LASCO Activity Report for
August 13, 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

Discovery of SOHO-500 now confirmed. Comet visible in 
C2 data from 2002/08/12 12:06 - 16:30 UT in NW of
field of view. Congratulations to Rainer Kracht, Germany.

Perihelion time awaiting calculation and confirmation.

Planet Mars is now in C2's field of view, moving L to R

2002/08/12

00:06 UT  S East	Narrow front along streamer, similar
			fainter event at 03:42

11:42 UT  S East	Very narrow loop front along streamer,
			fades rapidly in C2

18:54 UT  N West	Thick but narrow bright front along 
			streamer that began to swell previous 
			day. Resolves to multiple-loop system

19:31 UT  S East	Faint narrow spray-like front in ESE
			along N extremity of wide bright
			streamer

21:30 UT  S East	Loops previously moving slowly along
			same streamer begin to accelerate and 
			brighten. Wide bright loop front with
			cavity formed by 01:31. Some core-like 
			material and fronts follow later

22:30 UT  N East	Ragged loop front along streamer.
			Slight cavity and outflow follow

2002/08/13

04:30 UT  N East	Further ragged fronts along same streamer,
			fainter than previous event 

	08:30 - 14:30 UT	Temporary DSN data gap