Dear Collaborators,
Solar activity continues to be low since the last message. The largest event was a C8.1 flare at 23:23 UT on 2/19 from NOAA 13990, a large sigmoid region.
The target region, NOAA 13998 produced only a few low-C class activity in the past 48 hours, while new flux is emerging from the Northeast of the main negative sunspot. NOAA 13996 also has new flux emergence at the center of the leading and following sunspots, showing several low-to-mid C class activities in the past 24 hours. Several positive satellite spots appeared in the Eastern vicinity of the negative leading sunspot of NOAA 13996. Today, we will observe the leading sunspot of NOAA 13996 as the default target. Additional C class flare or larger are expected.
The position of the target in NOAA 13996 on 20-February-2025 at 16:30 UT is: S16W03 (57", -163").
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,
Aki Takeda (Montana State University) ---
mmmotd@solar.physics.montana.edu