
LASCO Activity Report for
December 26, 2003 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
Bright sungrazing comet visible through whole of both
C2 and C3 fields of view on 2003/12/24. Head is slightly
saturated and tail is long and well-defined
Bright sungrazing comet visible through whole of C3 field
of view on 2003/12/25, and midway through C2. Short tail
follows small bright head
2003/12/23
00:06 UT S East Faint jet
02:06 UT S West Faint narrow front fades through C2
08:54 UT W Limb Narrow ragged front with slight cavity
15:06 UT S East Very faint spray
2003/12/24
11:30 UT N West Extremely faint ragged front fades through C2
22:06 UT W Limb Extremely faint loop front fades through C2
2003/12/25
02:06 UT HALO Faint loop front in W is very faint full halo
CME by 02:30. Fairly fast event is brightest
in W and extremely faint in W. Further loop
front follow in S from 02:54. Most probably
backsided
08:54 UT W Limb Faint nebulous loop front fades somewhat
through C2. Further similar fronts follow
from 11:08
16:30 UT S West Bright narrow ragged front along streamer,
some gusty outflow follows
2003/12/26
05:30 UT N East Very faint narrow ragged front along streamer,
faint gusty semi-steady outflow follows for
prolonged period
19:31 UT N West Very faint narrow ragged front, further
similar events follow
Web curator:
K.M.Schenk
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Solar Physics Branch / Code 682
Greenbelt, MD 20771