LASCO Activity Report for
November 4, 2003 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

LASCO images severely degraded following the 
X8 proton flare from AR 0486 2003/11/02. 
Proton levels now dropping but contamination
is still serious. 

LASCO images are at irregular times and cadences
due to the impact of the proton levels on the
instrument's telemetry buffer

2003/11/03

01:36 UT  N West	Fairly wide bright asymmetric loop front 
			with cavity and gusty outflow. X2.7 X-ray
			flare AR 0488, N10W83

10:06 UT  N West	Thick wide bright loop front fills quadrant,
			fairly fast. X3.9 X-ray flare AR 0488 N08W77,
			streamer in NE deflected. Prolonged gusty
			outflow in W continues into next day

19:31 UT  S East	Ragged front, fairly bright

2003/11/04

12:06 UT  HALO		Full halo CME in first image, brighter in 
			E hemisphere in subsequent images, still in
			progress at writing. Fast event with much
			prolonged outflow. EIT backsided CME