Dear Collaborators,
Solar activity remains low since the last message. The largest event in the past 24 hours was a B9.2 flare at 15:22 UT yesterday (8/5) from NOAA 14498. Yesterday's target, NOAA 14502 produced two mid-B class flares, while it slightly decreased sunspot area.
NOAA 14498 and its adjacent active region, NOAA 14500 share a bright plage with a dark flament between them. In addition to the B9.2 flare from 14498, NOAA 14500 also produced a B5.4 flare at 8:40 UT today. Although these flares are minor, hot EUV loops are brighter over these two regions than those in NOAA 14502. Therefore we will switch the default target back to NOAA 14498 to observe the activities from these combined regions. The target will be on the South side of the main sunspot of 14498, expecting additional B-class events or larger and a filament activity.
The position of the target in NOAA 14498 on 6-August-2026 at 16:00 UT is: N13W51 (722", 154").
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, Aki Takeda (Montana State University) --