MM#003 Major Flare Watch

[Max Millennium Chief Observer]

Dear Collaborators,

Solar activity is at a moderate level. Target NOAA 13243 has now
rotated up to the North West limb, and although still classified
as a beta/D-type sunspot group at the start of the UT day this
will have been significantly hampered by foreshortening effects.
NOAA 13243 continued to produce C-class events in the period but
the largest magnitude flare was an M1.0 on 6-Mar-2023 at 17:24 UT
from NOAA 13242. The MM#003 Major Flare Watch will continue for a
further 24 hours on the limb-exiting location of NOAA 13243 while
its high-lying loops are still visible. More C-class activity is
expected over the next 24 hours, with a chance for M-class flares.

The limb-exiting position of NOAA 13243 on 7-Mar-2023 at 19:30 UT is:

N18W90 , ( 919", 296" )

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)