Dear Collaborators,
Solar activity is at a moderate level. Target region NOAA 13311 has decayed slightly since the last message, losing its magnetic delta and being classified as a beta-gamma/E-type spot group. NOAA 13311 remained the most flare productive region on the visible disk with producing multiple C-class flares and an M1.8 flare on 24-May-2023 at 17:04 UT that was the largest magnitude flare in the period. The MM#003 Major Flare Watch on NOAA 13311 will continue over the next 24 hours because of its own complexity and nearby NOAA 13314 having emerged flux to form new trailing spots that are opposite polarity and in close proximity to the leading spots of NOAA 13311. More low M-class flares are likely in the next 24 hours, with a small chance for another >M5 flare.
The position of NOAA 13311 on 25-May-2023 at 18:00 UT is:
N18W18 , ( 277", 316" )
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)