LASCO Activity Report for
May 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

2006/05/17 (Wednesday)

	  S West	Slow development of a system of faint loop fronts since
			late on previous day (difficult to give an exact time
			of first appearance). By 08:54 UT, a brighter feature
			appears, also gradually developing [1]. EIT 195 images 
			show a filament eruption on SW between ~ 06:36 - 
			08:36 UT.

03:30 UT  E Limb	Diffuse front that fades throughout C2. Another front
			follows at ~ 05:30 UT. By ~ 06:54 UT, the slow
			development of a system of faint loop fronts can be
 			discerned. Pseudo-continuous outflow superposes in
			the LOS, all along the day.

08:30 UT  N Pole	Faint and diffuse jet-like front.

14:54 UT  N West	Thin and very elongated fan-like front that fades
			close to the innner edge of C3.

23:06 UT  S West	A brighter feature can be seen at around the PA of the 
			southern leg of the trailing material of the event
			reported at the beginning of this report [1]. Afterward,
 			twisted material can be discerned, well into next day.

2006/05/18 (Thursday)

05:30 UT  E Limb	Very diffuse front that apparently fades throughout C2.

10:06 UT  ES East	Another diffuse front.

Last C2 image available by the time of writing:  12:30 UT.