Dear Collaborators,
NOAA 12898 has completely rotated over the west limb. Today the target will switch to NOAA 12904, the only region with sunspots on the visible solar disk at present. 12904 has a beta/D-type configuration and produced a C1.3 flare at 12/06/06:50 UT and also a B9.6 flare in the past 24 hours. 12904 appears to enter its decay phase. B-class activities are probable in the next 24 hours.
The position of NOAA 12904 on December 7 at 04:30 UT is:
S27E26 (-381", -444")
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,
Ying Li (Purple Mountain Observatory)