SXT Status Report 7-May to 16-June 2001 (Weeks 19-24) N. Nitta, H. Hudson, A. Takeda, D. McKenzie This report is delayed, due to the attendance by the Chief Observers at the AGU/SPD meeting. SOLAR ACTIVITY Activity began low, in the middle GOES-B level, but climbed over C by the end of the reporting period. There were 15 M flares, however no X-class flares. Many new active regions appeared, with up to 17 numbered regions on the disk in a single day. Several beautiful eruptions were observed. For example, SXT full-disk images recorded a spectacular eruption onthe northeast limb on 15 May (18:20 UT), and half an hour later, a CME with the classic three-part structure was seen by the LASCO C2 telescope. In addition, cusp-shaped loops persisted in the northern hemisphere, and the adjacent corona was restructured a couple of times, clearly involving the back side. Northern off-point would have given us a better 3-d view of the large-scale corona. OBSERVING CAMPAIGNS We participated in MEDOC campaign #7, which involved multiple SOHO JOPs. The first week was spent on filaments to study their dynamics, and the second week was to observe flares with a specific objective to study helium abundance. The Sun was not not necessarily cooperative, however. We tested a new, simpler flare mode table for support of HESSI. The table includes AlMg and Be images in full resolution, 1x1 ROI, and AEC set to allow no saturation. Starting DPEs were set to 5 & 6 (for AlMg) and 13 & 15 (for Be), because these levels are well matched to the ~C2 level of the flare trigger threshold. Please see our webpages for details about campaigns past and future: http://isass1.solar.isas.ac.jp/sxt_co/sxt_catalog.html http://isass1.solar.isas.ac.jp/sxt_co/sxt_future.html SXT INSTRUMENT STATUS AND CALIBRATION ACTIVITIES Normal pointing was updated on 14 and 24 May. Say something about gyros and Canopus eclipse. TELEMETRY DOWNLINKS Week Wallops Santiago Goldstone Canberra Madrid NASA Japan 19 26 0 1 0 7 34 32 20 27 2 6 0 10 45 32 21 28 3 7 0 9 47 32 22 30 0 6 1 4 41 33 23 29 0 5 1 0 35 32 24 26 0 3 5 4 38 32 Kagoshima should average 6*5+2 = 32 and the NASA target is 7*6 = 42. SXT OBSERVING SEQUENCE TABLES ============================================================== JST Day UT Date & Time Pass Table ID Monday AM 6-MAY-01 21:16 3 010506 P3 ARS1 STD W* Tuesday AM 7-MAY-01 19:35 2 010507 P2 ARS1 DAR W* Tuesday AM 7-MAY-01 22:58 4 010507 P4 ARS1 STD W* Wednesday AM 8-MAY-01 19:35 2 010508 P2 ARS1 DIF W* Friday AM 10-MAY-01 16:13 1 010508 P4 ARS1 STD W* Saturday AM 11-MAY-01 21:17 4 010511 P4 ARS1 STD W* Monday AM 13-MAY-01 17:55 2 010513 P2 ARS1 DRK W* Monday AM 13-MAY-01 21:19 4 010513 P4 ARS1 DIF W* Monday PM 14-MAY-01 14:34 1 010514 P1 ARS0 MEDOC Tuesday AM 14-MAY-01 17:56 3 010514 P3 ARS1 STD W* Tuesday PM 15-MAY-01 14:34 1 010515 P1 ARS0 MEDOC Wednesday AM 15-MAY-01 17:56 3 010515 P3 ARS1 STD W* Wednesday PM 16-MAY-01 14:33 1 010516 P1 ARS0 MEDOC Thursday AM 16-MAY-01 17:56 3 010516 P3 ARS1 STD W* Thursday PM 17-MAY-01 12:53 1 010517 P1 ARS0 MEDOC Friday AM 17-MAY-01 17:56 4 010517 P4 ARS1 STD W* Friday PM 18-MAY-01 12:53 1 010518 P1 ARS0 MEDOC Saturday AM 18-MAY-01 17:57 4 010518 P4 ARS1 STD W* Saturday PM 19-MAY-01 12:52 1 010519 P1 ARS0 MEDOC Sunday AM 19-MAY-01 17:57 4 010519 P4 ARS1 STD W* Monday PM 21-MAY-01 11:12 1 010521 P1 ARS2 DRK W Tuesday AM 21-MAY-01 16:15 4 010521 P4 ARS1 STD W* Tuesday PM 22-MAY-01 11:11 1 010522 P1 ARS2 DIF W Wednesday AM 22-MAY-01 16:16 4 010522 P4 ARS1 STD W* Wednesday PM 23-MAY-01 11:11 1 010523 P1 ARS2 MEDOC Thursday AM 23-MAY-01 16:16 4 010523 P4 ARS1 STD W* Thursday PM 24-MAY-01 09:30 1 010524 P1 ARS2 MEDOC Thursday PM 24-MAY-01 14:34 4 010524 P4 ARS1 STD W Friday PM 25-MAY-01 09:30 1 010525 P1 ARS0 MEDOC Friday PM 25-MAY-01 14:34 4 010525 P4 ARS1 STD W Saturday PM 26-MAY-01 11:11 2 010526 P2 ARS1 STD W Monday PM 28-MAY-01 12:53 4 010528 P4 ARS1 DRK W Tuesday PM 29-MAY-01 09:29 2 010529 P2 ARS1 STD W Thursday PM 31-MAY-01 11:11 4 010531 P4 ARS1 DIF W Friday PM 1-Jun-01 07:47 2 010601 P2 ARS1 STD W Saturday PM 2-Jun-01 09:29 3 010602 P3 ARS1 STD W Monday PM 4-JUN-01 09:29 4 010604 P4 ARS1 DRK W Tuesday PM 5-JUN-01 04:24 1 010605 P1 ARS1 DIF W Tuesday PM 5-JUN-01 09:29 4 010605 P4 ARS1 STD W Wednesday PM 6-JUN-01 04:23 2 010606 P2 ARS1 STD W Thursday PM 7-JUN-01 04:23 2 010607 P2 ARS1 STD W Friday PM 8-Jun-01 04:23 2 010608 P2 ARS1 STD W Saturday PM 9-Jun-01 04:23 2 010609 P2 ARS1 STD W Monday AM 11-JUN-01 02:42 2 010611 P2 ARS1 DRK Monday PM 11-JUN-01 06:05 4 010611 P4 ARS1 STD Tuesday AM 12-JUN-01 01:01 1 010612 P1 ARS1 DIF Tuesday PM 12-JUN-01 06:05 4 010612 P4 ARS1 STD Wednesday AM 13-JUN-01 02:41 2 010613 P2 ARS1 STD Thursday AM 14-JUN-01 02:41 2 010614 P2 ARS1 STD Friday AM 15-Jun-01 01:00 2 010615 P2 ARS1 STD Saturday AM 16-Jun-01 00:59 2 010616 P2 ARS1 STD -------------------------------------------------------------- Data reformatting is complete through April 14, 2001. OBSERVING SEQUENCES: We continued to run the 2x2 flare-mode PFIs and the "rapid" FFIs in the hopes of catching more waves throughout this reporting period. In week 24, we began using the above described HESSI-support flare table. SCIENCE NUGGETS: May 11: "Sigmoid alert and eruptive flares" presents a quick report of the sigmoid campaign we kicked off on 3rd May. May 18: "Cleverly-Designed Image Buffer" picks up a technical topic after a while, reviewing the image buffer system adopted for SXT. May 25: "On 'Two Kinds of CMEs'" reviews low coronal data for the "fast" and "slow" halo CMEs published by Sheeley et al. June 1: "Soft-hard-soft" introduces the changing spectrum of X-rays during a solar flare. June 8: "Predicting the Coronal Structure During the Upcoming Total Solar Eclipse" discusses the use of last month's images to predict the appearance of this month's corona during the eclipse. June 15: "All Loops, All the Time" describes brightness enhancements running along the length of two coronal loops. The full list of recent nuggets is kept on http://isass1.solar.isas.ac.jp/sxt_co/index.html and the current week's nugget also normally resides on http://isass1.solar.isas.ac.jp/sxt_co/SXTweekly.html For the complete nugget archive, see one of the following sites. http://isass1.solar.isas.ac.jp/sxt_co/index.html SEMINARS: No seminars held during this period. PERSONNEL: R. Canfield returned to Bozeman. H. Hudson left for Europe, and then returned. A. Takeda went to Boston a few days before the AGU meeting to work with S. Kahler. D. McKenzie arrived to spend a month. TOHBANS (spacecraft operators) for week 19: SSOC Tohbans : S. Kawashima, A. Takeda, K. Yoshimura KSC Tohbans : Te. Watanabe, H. Adachi, T.Sakao SXT_CO: A. Takeda, H. Hudson SXT_SW: J. Bartus TOHBANS (spacecraft operators) for week 20: SSOC Tohbans : K. Shibasaki, T. Tamura KSC Tohbans : K. Yoshimura SXT_CO: A. Takeda SXT_SW: J. Bartus TOHBANS (spacecraft operators) for week 21: SSOC Tohbans : H. Hara KSC Tohbans : K. Yoshimura, M. Kubo (24-) SXT_CO: N. Nitta SXT_SW: J. Bartus TOHBANS (spacecraft operators) for week 22: SSOC Tohbans : M. Sawa, M. Nishio KSC Tohbans : M. Kubo (-31), M. Higashiyama, S, Kubo(31-4@SSOC) SXT_SW: J. Bartus TOHBANS (spacecraft operators) for week 23: SSOC Tohbans : J. I. Khan, Y. Suematsu KSC Tohbans : M. Higashiyama, Y. Saito SXT_CO: A. Takeda SXT_SW: J. Bartus TOHBANS (spacecraft operators) for week 24: SSOC Tohbans : R. Kano, M. Miyashita KSC Tohbans : Y. Saito, A. Asai SXT_CO: D. McKenzie SXT_SW: J. Bartus