SOHO Daily Meeting Minutes for 01 Febuary 2000 Chaired by: J. Hollis (S0C) Notes: K. Schenk (EIT) DOY: 032 ANNOUNCEMENTS: -------------- * SOHO-99 Kreutz sungrazing comet discovered by Meik Meyers in the LASCO C3 data yesterday. Times, 1/31 16:18 - 2/1 04:42 UT Look at http://sungrazer.nascom.nasa.gov for more info on the SOHO comets. * SOHO Science Club (at 3:30 PM, Building 26, Rm G-10) February 2, 2000: Sarah Gibson (CUA/GSFC),"3-d and twisted: Modeling the three-dimensional magnetic field in coronal mass ejections" * Predicted orbit files for the next 3-4 weeks will be available within 24 hours. FOT REPORT ---------- Spacecraft is nominal. Today's report will be included in Wednesday's minutes. DSS-16 listed code red today due to transmitter problems. Repairs are in progress. Updated DSN Schedule for today: 16:00-20:00 UT D/L DSS-16 19:30-00:20 UT DSS-27 Commanding on DSS-27 should be limited to single commands. Normally we use DSS-27 as downlink only. SOLAR STATUS ------------ SOLAR ACTIVITY FORECAST: SOLAR ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN AT LOW LEVELS THROUGH THE PERIOD. GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY FORECAST: QUIET TO UNSETTLED LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH MOST OF THE PERIOD. HOWEVER, THERE WILL BE A FAIR CHANCE FOR AN ISOLATED ACTIVE PERIOD DURING THE FIRST DAY OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. THE GREATER THAN 2 MEV ELECTRON FLUX AT GEOSYNCHRONOUS ORBIT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN AT MODERATE TO HIGH LEVELS. 01/31 DOY 031 - 02/01 DOY 032 EIT daily On-Line Solar Status and observations: http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/eit/plan/log_form20000201.html 01/31 DOY 031 - Lasco C2 reports: 09:54 UT, filament related CME over South Pole. 15:50 Bright CME in SE. About 19:45 UT, Large CME in NE. Backsided event with continued outflow. INSTRUMENT STATUS ----------------- CDS: Nominal. Polarity Reversal Program in North and South regions. Later, Coronal hole Campaign near West limb. Same tomorrow. UVCS: Nominal. CME Watch campaign at position angle 30 with synoptics. LASCO: Nominal. Observations with C2 and C3 while CME watching. EIT: Nominal. Full resolution 195A images at 12-minute cadence. MDI: Nominal. Full disk Magnetograms and Dopplergrams. Through Thursday, MDI will be continuing the usual structure program and collaborating with GONG+ for cross-calibration purposes, running a pure dynamics (dopplergrams + continuum) high rate observing mode. TRACE: Nominal. Two panel mosaic to study longer loops targeting a new AR just to the north of AR8848 and the area to the west. A.O.B. ------- SOHO glasses information from Barbara Thompson: We still haven't managed to get together to design the SOHO glasses - the snow has wreaked real havoc on our schedules, and the opportunities we might have had last week to discuss designs have been buried under a foot of snow. The upcoming weeks are really ugly, so we're going to postpone the ordering of the glasses until March 6. Would you mind forwarding an email message letting everyone know about this change?