Dear Collaborators,
Solar activity has been at high-to-moderate levels for the past 24 hours. The largest event since the last message was an M2.2 flare at 14:11 UT on 10-May-2023 from the target region NOAA 13296. Although this region has been classified as a beta-gamma/E-type configuration, it increased in the sunspot area and the number of spots, which remains the most flare-productive. Today the Major Flare Watch region shall remain NOAA 13296. In addition, NOAA 13294 (S07W40, beta/C-type) also produced an M2.2 flare at 08:47 UT today. Further low-M flares are probable in the next 24-48 hours, with a chance of an above M5 flare.
The position of NOAA 13296 on 11-May-2023 at 11:30 UT
N15W56 (762", 273")
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,
Qiao Li, Ying Li (Purple Mountain Observatory)