Dear Collaborators,
The level of solar activity is low. NOAA 12735 decayed since the last message, losing spot area in its leading portion and losing trailing spots entirely. A new spotted region has emerged to the North West of 12735, and it already displays beta/C-type sunspot group class. Although not yet officially released by NOAA, this region will be numbered 12736 and it has already produced a mid C-class event (a C4.8 flare on 20-Mar-2019 at 10:35 UT). B-class and further low C-class activity is possible in the next 24-hour period.
The approximate position of this region (tbc as NOAA 12736) on 20-Mar-2019 at 13:00 UT is:
N08W35, ( 548", 230" )
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,
Shaun Bloomfield (Northumbria University)