White light CME observed by SOHO/LASCO C3
coronagraph on 2000 February 27 at 07:42 UT.Left: Pre-event corona.
The dark circular disk:Occulter
Small white circle: Optical Sun
This slide shows the speed and
longitudinal distribution of SEP-associated CMEs of cycle 23. There were 43
major and 39 minor EP events that had overlap with SOHO observations. About
half a dozen more events were omitted because they occurred during SOHO down
times.