Dear Collaborators,
The level of solar activity is low. Target region NOAA 12880 has decreased in spot area but increased in longitudinal extent from a beta/D-type to a beta/E-type sunspot group classification. NOAA 12882 has maintained its designation as an alpha/H-type sunspot group, but has increased in reported spot area as it has rotated further on disk. Both regions have produced low B-class activity since the last message, but 12882 becomes the new target region due to there being a very small emerging flux region close by to the North. Further B-class flares are expected in the following 24-hour period, with a chance for C-class flaring if the nearby emerging flux region becomes more magnetically connected to NOAA 12882.
The position of NOAA 12882 on 5-Oct-2021 at 18:00 UT is:
N16E56 , ( -767", 205" )
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)