Dear RHESSI Collaborators,
Solar activity is at a moderate level. NOAA region 11944 continues to be the largest and most complex region on the visible disk, displaying a beta-gamma-delta/F-type sunspot group configuration. This region has maintained both spot area and number of spots over the past 24 hours, producing low C-class flares and an M7.2 on 7-Jan-2014 at 10:07 UT. At this time we are implementing a MM#003 Major Flare Watch, as 11944 has produced a flare above M5 and retains the capacity to produce further major flares.
The position of NOAA 11944 on 7-Jan-2014 at 12:30 UT is:
S09E04, ( -69", -90" )
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)