MM#021 Parker Solar Probe Perihelion Passage

Max Millennium Chief Observer mmchiefobserver at gmail.com
Tue May 4 14:27:28 MDT 2021


Dear Collaborators,

Solar activity is at an extremely low level. The visible disk continues
to be devoid of spots, and a few low B-class flares have occurred since
the last message (from a new small flux region that has just emerged as
it rotated up to the North West limb). No change in flaring activity is
expected in the following 24 hours. The Max Millennium Program maintains
its support of the Parker Solar Probe (PSP) 8th perihelion passage. The
model-consensus magnetic-footpoint location of PSP has changed from the
last message, tracking northwards to now target the polar coronal hole.

The approximate position of this region on 4-May-2021 at 21:00 UT is:

N48W64 , ( 579", 723" )

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 (Northumbria University)


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