MM#003 Major Flare Watch

Max Millennium Chief Observer mmchiefobserver at gmail.com
Mon Oct 20 11:49:31 MDT 2014


Dear RHESSI Collaborators,

Solar activity is at a moderate-to-high level. NOAA 12192 is the largest,
most complex, and most flare-productive region on the visible solar disk.
This region has a sunspot area greater than 1500 uh and is now designated
as a beta-gamma-delta/F-type sunspot group. Since the MM#003 Major Flare
Watch commenced yesterday on 12192 following an X1.1 flare, this region
has produced many C-class and two M-class flares (an M3.9 on 20-Oct-2014
at 09:00 UT and an M4.5 on 20-Oct-2014 at 16:00 UT). The current MM#003
Major Flare Watch will continue for at least the next 24 hours because
NOAA 12192 retains the potential for further flaring above the M5 level.

The position of NOAA 12192 on 20-Oct-2014 at 18:00 UT is:

S13E33, ( -514", -291" )

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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