Dear RHESSI Collaborators,

NOAA 11598 is continuing to decay. The area of the leading spot remains approximately constant, but the trailing spot has significantly decayed and has been reclassified to beta class. This region has produced a single C-class flare in the past 24 hours and activity is not expected to increase in the immediate future. Meanwhile, NOAA 11596 appears to be growing in complexity, with its leading spot now classified as beta-gamma. However, given the proximity of this region to the east limb, 11598 will continue as the target for the next 24 hours.

The position of NOAA 11598 on 29-Oct-2012 at 14:00 UT is:

S11W31 ( 490", -249" )

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,

Claire Raftery (SSL, UC Berkeley)