Dear RHESSI Collaborators,
The level of solar activity is moderate. NOAA 12209 displays a more complex magnetic configuration than before after rotating further onto the solar disk. The more fragmented trailing spot now appears to harbor a delta spot, meaning that NOAA 12209 has a beta-gamma-delta/Fkc sunspot group classification. NOAA 12209 also produced two M-class events since yesterday's message (an M3.2 flare on 15-Nov-2014 at 11:40 UT as well as an M3.7 flare on 15-Nov-2014 at 20:38 UT). This increase in M-class activity is the reason that the current MM#003 Major Flare Watch remains active for the next 24 to 48 hours.
The position of NOAA 12209 on 15-Nov-2014 at 23:30 UT is:
S15E43, ( -642", -285" )
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 (Trinity College Dublin)