Dear Collaborators,

The level of solar activity is low. Target region NOAA 13595 continued to decay in number of sunspots and spot area since the last message, but remains classed as a beta-gamma/E-type sunspot group. This region has decreased in flare production but still generated a C1.6 flare on 4-Mar-2024 at 12:00 UT. The most flare-active region since the last message is a new flux emergence region in the North East quadrant that has not yet been numbered by NOAA, being the source of 8 low C-class flares. This new region has now developed small spots in both polarities that are expected to persist, so this becomes the new target region. It is worth noting that the primary bipole axis is highly inclined towards a North-South orientation. More C-class flares are expected over the following 24-hour period.

The approximate position of this region on 4-Mar-2024 at 14:00 UT is:

N19E35 , ( -527", 408" )

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)