LASCO Activity Report for
August 15, 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

Perihelion time now confirmed. Congratulations to Diane McIlhiney,
whose guess was within 3 hours of the actual perihelion time.

Movie of SOHO-500 now available at Doug Biesecker's comet observations web page.

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

2002/08/14

02:06 UT  Partial	Wide bright loop front in NW spans ~150 deg
	  Halo		by 02:54. Cavity and core and some gusty
			outflow follow. M2.3 flare in AR0061 N09W54

02:06 UT  N East	Faint loop front, bright over N pole due
			to integration effects with partial halo.
			Slight cavity follows

10:54 UT  S East	Fairly narrow loop front along streamer,
			cavity follows

16:54 UT  E Limb	Bright spray, quite wide

18:30 UT  N East	Ragged front with cavity, fades through C2

2002/08/15

02:06 UT  E Limb	Spray-like front, quite wide and faint.
			Slight cavity follows