MM#003 Major Flare Watch

Max Millennium Chief Observer mmchiefobserver at gmail.com
Fri May 10 11:23:09 MDT 2013


Dear RHESSI Collaborators,

Solar activity is at a moderate level. Yesterday's target has not produced
further
significant activity and shows no remarkable spot development. NOAA region
11744 was the source of low C-class activity, and shows minor evidence for
a
beta-gamma magnetic configuration. It is close in proximity to a new region
on the eastern limb that was the source of the largest event over the
previous 24 hours (an M3.9 on 10-May-2013 at 00:57). The new region is
currently rotating onto the disk and was also the source of an M1.3 event
(on
10-May-2013 at 12:56:00) and other high C-class activity. Due to the M3.9
event
being partially occulted by the limb, it is likely of a higher M magnitude.
At this
time we are implementing a Major Flare Watch due to the increased
possibility of
an M5 or greater flare over the next 24-48 hours.

The position of the new region on 10-May-2013 at 18:20 UT is:

N13E90, ( -924", 214" )

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,

Paul A. Higgins (Trinity College Dublin / LMSAL)
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