MM#003 Major Flare Watch

Max Millennium Chief Observer mmchiefobserver at gmail.com
Tue May 9 07:15:37 MDT 2023


Dear Collaborators,

Solar activity has increased in the past 24 hours. The largest
event since the last message was an M6.5 flare at 03:42 UT
today produced by the target region NOAA 13296. This region
was also the source of 3 low M-class (M2.3, M1.3, and M1.4)
flares and it has been classified as a beta-gamma/E-type
configuration, with increasing sunspot area and number of
sunspots. Therefore, we are implementing the Major Flare Watch
campaign at this time. Further low M-class flares are probable
in the next 24-48 hours, with a chance of an above M5 flare.

The position of NOAA 13296 on 9-May-2023 at 11:30 UT

N16W27 (416", 310")

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,

Qiao Li, Ying Li (Purple Mountain Observatory)


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