MM#003 Major Flare Watch

Max Millennium Chief Observer mmchiefobserver at gmail.com
Sun May 5 04:52:28 MDT 2013


Dear RHESSI Collaborators,

Solar activity is at a moderate level. NOAA region 11731 has continued
to decay, losing its delta magnetic configuration and being classified
as a beta-gamma/E-type sunspot group. This region produced only two low
C-class events over the previous 24 hours. Yesterday's MFW target NOAA
11739 has been classified by NOAA as a beta-gamma/D-type sunspot group
and was the source of several C-class events since yesterday's message
(the largest being a C8.4 flare on 5-May-2013 at 06:39 UT). NOAA 11739
may have a delta-spot configuration in its mixed-polarity intermediate
spots, but it remains too close to the limb to be certain. The MM#003
Major Flare Watch will continue for the next 24 hours, as the possible
delta-spot configuration indicates the potential to produce another M5
or greater flare.

The position of NOAA 11739 on 5-May-2013 at 11:00 UT is:

N13E51, ( -721", 252" )

See http://www.SolarMonitor.org for images and
http://solar.physics.montana.edu/max_millennium/ops/observing.shtml
for a description of the current Max Millennium Observing Plan.

Regards,

Shaun Bloomfield (Trinity College Dublin)
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