Dear Collaborators,
Solar activity has decreased to a moderate level. Target NOAA 13098 has now fully rotated over the North West limb, but not before producing a final M2.6 flare on 17-Sep-2022 at 20:32 UT. NOAA 13102 is the most magnetically complex region on the disk, being classified as a beta/E-type sunspot group. This region has produced several C-class flares, including the largest of the period with a C3.7 on 18-Sep-2022 at 16:08 UT. The MM#003 Major Flare Watch now comes to an end and the target switches to NOAA 13102. Further C-class flares are expected in the following 24-hour period.
The position of NOAA 13102 on 18-Sep-2022 at 18:30 UT is:
S27E01 , ( -17", -538" )
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)
mmmotd@solar.physics.montana.edu