Dear Collaborators,
Solar activity has been at a moderate-to-high level since the last message. The largest event during the period was an M7.5 flare at 13:24 UT yesterday produced by NOAA 13964. 13964 was also the source of eight low M-class and more than nine C-class flares. At this point we are implementing the Major Flare Watch campaign with NOAA 13964 as the target region. This region has been designated as a beta-gamma/D-type configuration. Yesterday's target NOAA 13961 (S09E29) retains a beta-gamma/ E-type configuration and produced about five C-class flares. Further low M-class flares are expected with a chance of another above M5 flare in the next few days.
The position of NOAA 13964 on January 18 at 04:30 UT is: N06W37 (585", 167")
See http://www.SolarMonitor.org 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)