Dear Collaborators,
The level of solar activity is moderate. Target region NOAA 13110 has remained fairly stable over the past 24 hours and continues to be classified as a beta/D-type sunspot group (admittedly affected by foreshortening effects due to its location approaching the North West limb). This region has continued to be the most active sunspot region, being the source of several C-class flares and two low M-class flares since the last message (an M1.7 on 3-Oct-2022 at 21:11 UT and an M1.6 on 4-Oct-2022 at 12:48 UT). Despite being the most magnetically complex region on the visible disk, NOAA 13112 (beta-gamma-delta/F-type) only produced a few C-class flares in the period. The MM#003 Major Flare Watch continues with the target as NOAA 13110 for another 24 hours. More low M-class flares are probable in the next 24 hours, with a chance of an additional flare >M5.
The position of NOAA 13110 on 4-Oct-2022 at 20:00 UT is:
N18W76 , ( 886", 269" )
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)