MM#003 Major Flare Watch

Max Millennium Chief Observer mmchiefobserver at gmail.com
Sat May 20 07:13:36 MDT 2023


Dear Collaborators,

Solar activity continues at high levels for the past 24 hours.
The largest event since the last message was an M9.0 at
12:25 UT today from the target region NOAA 13311. This
region was also the source of another 6 M-class (including
an M6.5 and the other being low M-class) flares and it has
been classified as a beta-delta/E-type configuration. 13311
emerged new sunspots and new magnetic fluxes. Today the
Major Flare Watch region shall continue at this region. In
addition, NOAA 13312 (S25E63, beta/C-type) also produced
an M1.1 flare in the period. Further low M-class activities are
expected in the following 24-48 hours, with a good chance
for another above M5 flare.

The position of NOAA 13311 on 20-May-2023 at 11:30 UT

N17E53 (-725", 297")

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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