MM#003 Major Flare Watch

Max Millennium Chief Observer mmchiefobserver at gmail.com
Tue Feb 13 04:01:05 MST 2024


Dear Collaborators,

Solar activity is at a moderate-to-high level. Target region NOAA
13576 decayed reasonably in terms of sunspot area since the last
message, but has remained classified as a beta-gamma-delta/F-type
sunspot group. This region again produced several C-class flares
and two M-class flares in the period - an M1.5 flare and an M1.6
flare on 12-Feb-2024 at 15:31 UT and 22:00 UT, respectively. The
largest magnitude flare (an M2.7 on 12-Feb-2024 at 20:35 UT) came
from a new region located at the North East limb, but an accurate
classification of this region is affected by its proximity to the
limb. The MM#003 Major Flare Watch will continue with NOAA 13576
for at least another 24 hours as it decays further. More M-class
flares are likely in the following 24-hour period, with a chance
for another >M5 flare.

The position of NOAA 13576 on 13-Feb-2024 at 11:00 UT is:

S17W43 , ( 636", -203" )

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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