MM#003 Major Flare Watch

Max Millennium Chief Observer mmchiefobserver at gmail.com
Wed Oct 22 10:16:49 MDT 2014


Dear RHESSI Collaborators,

Solar activity is at a high level. NOAA 12192 dominates the visible
disk and has now grown in sunspot area to greater than 2400 uh. This
active region has retained a beta-gamma-delta/F-type sunspot group
classification even though the primary leading and primary trailing
spots have separated in the past 24 hours. Since the last message,
NOAA 12192 has produced two M-class flares (an M8.7 on 22-Oct-2014
at 01:16 UT and an M2.7 on 22-Oct-2014 at 05:11 UT) as well as an
X1.6 (on 22-Oct-2014 at 14:02 UT). The existing MM#003 Major Flare
Watch will remain active for the next 24-48 hours since NOAA 12192
continues to emerge new magnetic flux and retains the potential for
further flaring above the M5 level.

The position of NOAA 12192 on 22-Oct-2014 at 16:00 UT is:

S14E10, ( -166", -318" )

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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