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)
Dear Collaborators,
Solar activity remains at low levels. NOAA 12795 has continued to
decay, but was the source of a few low B-class flares since the last
message. The region is displaying dynamic coronal activity and shall
continue to be the target region as it nears the western limb. Chance
for isolated low-level events over the next 24 hours.
The position of NOAA 12795 on 1-Jan-2021 at 12:30 UT is:
S18W45, ( 658", -266" )
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 returned to background levels. NOAA 12795 has
remained quiescent since the last message, and has decayed
significantly. The region retains its beta configuration, and shall
continue to be the target region, but is unlikely to produce any
further activity over the next 24 hours.
The position of NOAA 12795 on 31-Dec-2020 at 12:30 UT is:
S18W32, ( 493", -261" )
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,
NOAA 12795 was the source of several low B-class flares since the last
message. This was due to renewed negative polarity flux emergence
around the trailing positive polarity sunspot. NOAA 12795 shall
continue to be the target region with a chance for further B-level
activity over the next 24 hours.
The position of NOAA 12795 on 30-Dec-2020 at 12:30 UT is:
S19W17, ( 270", -274" )
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)