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 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)