Dear RHESSI Collaborators,
Solar activity is at low-to moderate levels. NOAA 12470 continues to be the largest spotted region on the visible disk, but has remained flare quiet over the past 24 hours. The new region now rotating over the North East limb has continued to produce several C-class flares and two partially occulted M-class flares (an M2.8 on 21-Dec-2015 at 00:52 UT and an M1.1 on 21-Dec-2015 at 10:09 UT). This region is too close to the limb to determine structural or magnetic classification. Further C-class activity is expected, with a good chance for another low M-class flare.
The approximate position of this region on 21-Dec-2015 at 15:00 UT is:
N04E82, ( -964", 72" )
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 (Trinity College Dublin)