MM#003 Major Flare Watch

Max Millennium Chief Observer mmchiefobserver at gmail.com
Thu May 8 05:52:02 MDT 2014


Dear RHESSI Collaborators,

The level of solar activity is moderate-to-high. Yesterday's target
NOAA 12051 has rotated fully beyond the South West limb. NOAA 12056
is now the most complex region on the visible disk and is classified
as a beta-gamma/D-type sunspot group. This region produced multiple
C-class flares over the past 24 hours and an M5.2 flare on 8-May-2014
at 09:20 UT. At this time we are starting a MM#003 Major Flare Watch,
as NOAA 12056 has shown signs of magnetic flux emergence over the past
24 hours. More C-class activity is expected, with a chance for another
flare above the M5 level.

The position of NOAA 12056 on 8-May-2014 at 12:00 UT is:

N04E49, ( -721", 103" )

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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