LASCO Activity Report for
January 18, 2006 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

Mercury can be seen now in the C3 FOV, in the southern hemisphere, moving 
from right to left. It is expected to be in the C3 FOV until around Feb 2.

Venus exited the C3 FOV (to the right) at the very beginning of 2006/01/17.

Venus entered the C3 FOV on 2006/01/09 @ ~ 09:42 UT from the left. It is 
expected to be in the C3 FOV through Jan. 17.

2006/01/17 (Tuesday)

03:30 UT  W Limb	Diffuse brightening develops as an elongated and ragged
			loop front. It fades throughout C3.

05:54 UT  S East	Loop front along the streamer that fades throughout C3.
			Reconection-type event by around 08:30 UT in the 
			trailing part.

2006/01/18 (Wednesday)

Mostly quiet.

Last C2 image available by the time of writing: 12:59 UT.