Dear Collaborators,
The level of solar activity is extremely low. The small bipolar flux region
in the South East quadrant has lost its pore since the last message and the
visible disk is otherwise spotless. No flares have occurred since the last
message and no change in flaring activity is expected over the following 24
hours. The Max Millennium Program continues to support coordination of solar
observations during the 7th perihelion passage of PSP, with today's target
continuing as the model-consensus magnetic-footpoint of PSP that is located
in the North East quadrant.
The approximate position of this region on 11-Jan-2021 at 23:00 UT is:
N28E69 , ( -805", 480" )
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)
Dear Collaborators,
Solar activity continues to be at an extremely low level. A very small bipolar
flux region rotated over the South East limb yesterday and shows a small pore,
but the visible disk is otherwise spotless. No flares have occurred since the
last message and no change in flaring activity is expected in the next 24-hour
period. The Max Millennium Program continues supporting the PSP 7th perihelion
passage by the target remaining as the PSP model-consensus magnetic-footpoint
location in the North East quadrant.
The approximate position of this region on 10-Jan-2021 at 21:00 UT is:
N30E75 , ( -816", 502" )
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)
Dear Collaborators,
The level of solar activity is extremely low. There continue to be no sunspots
on the visible solar disk and STEREO-A images confirm that there are no active
regions situated beyond the Earth-viewed East limb. No significant flares have
occurred since the last message, and no change in flaring activity is expected
in the following 24 hours. The Max Millennium Program continues supporting the
7th perihelion passage of PSP by choosing our target to be the model-consensus
magnetic-footpoint location of PSP, which has recently rotated over the North
East limb.
The approximate position of this region on 9-Jan-2021 at 22:00 UT is:
N35E76 , ( -776", 572" )
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)
Dear Collaborators,
Solar activity remains at an extremely low level. The visible solar disk
is devoid of sunspots, while images from STEREO-A show that there are no
active regions situated beyond the Earth-viewed East limb. No flares have
occurred since the last message, and no change in activity is expected in
the next 24 hours. At this point the Max Millennium target changes focus
to specifically support the 7th perihelion passage of Parker Solar Probe
(PSP encounter 7). The target is the expected magnetic-footpoint location
of PSP that is currently modelled as being located just beyond the North
East limb.
The approximate position of this region on 8-Jan-2021 at 23:00 UT is:
N30E90 , ( -844", 486" )
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)
Dear Collaborators,
The level of solar activity is still extremely low. There continues
to be no sunspots on the visible solar disk. A single A-class flare
has occurred from a small bipolar magnetic flux region in the South
West quadrant, but the target remains with yesterday's filament. No
change in flare activity is expected in the following 24-hour period.
The approximate position of this region on 7-Jan-2021 at 18:30 UT is:
S22W26 , ( 397", -312" )
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)
Dear Collaborators,
Solar activity continues to be at an extremely low level. The visible
solar disk remains devoid of spots and the target plage region's loops
are now completely beyond the South West limb. No flares have occurred
since the previous message. The target now changes to a small filament
that is located to the West of a small coronal hole which is currently
passing central meridian (most visible in the SDO/AIA 193 channel). No
change in flaring activity is expected over the next 24 hours.
The approximate position of this region on 6-Jan-2021 at 20:30 UT is:
S22W14 , ( 220", -309" )
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)
Dear Collaborators,
The level of solar activity remains extremely low. The visible solar
disk continues to be devoid of spots, and the target region has now
rotated beyond the South West limb. This plage region was the source
of two A-class events early in the UT day, so remains the target for
a final 24 hours while its higher lying loops rotate out of view. No
change in flare activity is expected in the following 24-hour period.
The approximate position of this region on 5-Jan-2021 at 19:00 UT is:
S18W90 , ( 928", -301" )
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)
Dear Collaborators,
Solar activity remains at an extremely very low level. The target
remains as the plage region that was previously designated as NOAA
12795, which is now at the West limb. No flares occurred since the
last message, with no change in flaring activity expected over the
next 24 hours.
The approximate position of this region on 4-Jan-2021 at 14:00 UT is:
S18W89 , ( 928", -300" )
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)
Dear Collaborators,
Solar minimum conditions have returned with the visible solar disk now
spotless. There has been no notable activity since the last message.
The remnants of NOAA 12795 have remained quiescent as it nears the
western limb, but it shall be the target region for a further 24
hours. No increase in activity expected before west limb passage.
The position of NOAA 12795 on 3-Jan-2021 at 12:30 UT is:
S18W75, ( 897", -287" )
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,
Ryan Milligan (Queen's University Belfast)
Dear Collaborators,
Solar X-ray flux has remained below the B1 level since the last
message. NOAA 12795 is now almost completely spotless. The remaining
plage shall continue to be the target region for a further 24 hours,
although no activity is expected at this time.
The position of NOAA 12795 on 2-Jan-2021 at 12:30 UT is:
S17W58, ( 792", -257" )
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,
Ryan Milligan (Queen's University Belfast)