Dear RHESSI Collaborators,
Solar activity continues at moderate levels with continued C class activity from NOAA 11271 and 11272. Although both regions are likely to flare, NOAA 11271 will continue as today's target. Its beta-gamma-delta magnetic configuration, bright H-alpha along the magnetic inversion line and multiple large, penumbral sunspots make it the best candidate for >=M class activity.
The position of NOAA 11271 on 18-Aug-2011 15:30 UT is:
N16E41 ( -599", 178" )
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,
Bill Marquette (Helio Research) Ryan Milligan (QUB) James McAteer (New Mexico State University) Shaun Bloomfield (Trinity College Dublin) Claire Raftery (SSL, UC Berkeley)