MM#003 Major Flare Watch

Max Millennium Chief Observer mmchiefobserver at gmail.com
Wed Apr 20 12:13:12 MDT 2022


MM#003 Major Flare Watch

Dear Collaborators,

The active region complex (NOAA 2993/2994) target
increased its spot count, spot area, and also somewhat
increased its magnetic complexity but the target will
switch to the southwestern limb where NOAA 2992 is located
beyond the limb. It produced a limb occulted X2.2 event
at 04/20/03:57 UT.  2992 also produced an M7.2 event
at 04/20/01:36 UT.  2992 developed rapidly on and
beyond the west limb during the past few days
where it was impossible to ascertain its magnetic
configuration. 2992 could produce another major flare
in the next 24 hours.  2993/2994 could also produce
a major flare.

The position of NOAA  2992 on April 20 at 13:00 UT is:
S34W89 (Solar X =-792", Solar Y = -531")

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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