LASCO Activity Report for
May 15, 2008 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

KEYHOLE Operations:
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2008/05/07 - 2008/05/25: 26 m keyhole
2008/05/11 - 2008/05/21: 34 m keyhole

- LASCO will close doors for SK and Roll on Sunday 2008/05/18 @ 13:45 UT.
- LASCO will resume observations on Wednesday 2008/05/21 @ 00:30 UT.

- EIT CCD Bakeout Plan: 2008/05/16 18:30 UT - 2008/05/22 05:00 UT.
  Observations will then resume on 05/22 @ ~ 16:00 UT.
  During Bakeout period: LASCO in improved synoptics ==> C2 @ 12 min
  cadence, C3 @ 30 min cadence.
  
- Between 05/16 - 05/22, LASCO will remain idle during the telemetry 
  no-record outage periods.   

2008/05/14 (Wednesday)

	03:54 - 05:54 UT	LASCO Data Gap (C2 time).
	
	09:06 - 12:54 UT	LASCO Data Gap (C2 time).
	
16:30 UT  S East	Faint loop-like front starts to be discernible.
			It fades throughout C3.
			
21:30 UT  S East	Elongated blob-like front starts to be 
			discernible.
	

2008/05/15 (Thursday)

	02:54 - 06:06 UT	LASCO Data Gap (C2 time).

06:30 UT  E Limb	Bright elongated loop-like front slightly
			toward ENE. A faint and asymmetric expanding
			loop front developes by the time on SE.
	
Last C2 image available by the time of writing:  09:06 UT.