MM#003 Major Flare Watch

Max Millennium Chief Observer mmchiefobserver at gmail.com
Mon Apr 18 10:35:32 MDT 2022


MM#003 Major Flare Watch

Dear Collaborators,

Target regions NOAA 2993/2994 have been mostly
unchanged.  2993 produced an M1.1 event at
04/18/10:27 UT.  2994 only produced minor C-class events.
The largest event since the last message was a
M4.4 event at 04/17/22:34 UT.  The source was NOAA
2992 (S31W83).  2992 is a small region that developed
new flux that resulted in forming a small magnetic delta
configuration.  2994 is displaying a large E-type/beta
sunspot group with a possible delta configuration
located within the trailing sunspot.  2993 currently has
a D-type/beta sunspot group.  We will continue the Major
Flare Watch for at least the next 24 hour period.  An
isolated =>M5 is possible with a slight chance of
another X-class flare in the next 24 hours.

The position of NOAA 2993/2994 on April 18 at 10:45 UT is:
N17E60 (Solar X = -793", Solar Y = 321")

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,

Bill Marquette (Helio Research)


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