MM#003 Major Flare Watch

Max Millennium Chief Observer mmchiefobserver at gmail.com
Thu Feb 23 08:36:37 MST 2023


Dear Collaborators,

The level of solar activity is moderate. Target NOAA 13234 has grown
in terms of spot area and number of spots since the last message and
has increased in complexity to be classified as a beta-gamma/E-type
sunspot group. The largest magnitude flare in the period was an M1.5
on 23-Feb-2023 at 06:11 UT, produced by a new sunspot group that is
emerging slightly ahead of target region NOAA 13234 (but has not been
numbered by NOAA yet). NOAA 13234 has continued to be flare-productive
since the last message, being the source of multiple C-class flares
and an M1.0 on 23-Feb-2023 at 08:32 UT. The Major Flare Watch will
continue with NOAA 13234 as the target for at least another 24 hours.
Further M-class flares are probable in the following 24-hour period,
with a chance for a low X-class flare.

The position of NOAA 13234 on 23-Feb-2023 at 15:00 UT is:

N25E39 , ( -554", 493" )

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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