MM#003 Major Flare Watch

Max Millennium Chief Observer mmchiefobserver at gmail.com
Thu May 5 06:44:41 MDT 2022


Dear Collaborators,

Solar activity is at a moderate level. The target region has been
designated as NOAA 13006 and was classed as a beta/C-type sunspot
group at the start of the UT day. This region continued producing
flares since the last message, including 2 C-class flares and an
M1.5 on 4-May-2022 at 19:40 UT. NOAA 13004 has continued emerging
new flux and is now classed as a beta-gamma/D-type sunspot group.
NOAA 13004 also continued producing flares since the last message,
including 19 C-class flares and 2 M-class flares (an M1.1 and an
M1.6 on 4-May-2022 at 16:25 UT and 20:09 UT, respectively). The
Max Millennium Observing Plan #003 Major Flare Watch remains in
effect but switches in target to NOAA 13004 due to its growth in
both size and magnetic complexity. Additional M-class flares are
probable in the next 24 hours, with a chance for an isolated >=M5
flare.

The position of NOAA 13004 on 5-May-2022 at 13:00 UT is:

S16W24 , ( 375", -208" )

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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