Dear Collaborators,

Solar activity has been at moderate levels. The Major Flare Watch target NOAA 13186 produced two low M-class flares (M1.1 at 01/12/05:53 UT and M1.6 at 06:33 UT) in the past 24 hours. 13186 retains its beta-delta/ D-type configuration but increases in the sunspot area and number of spots. Some other regions, NOAA 13184 (S13E35, beta-gamma-delta/ E-type), 13181 (S18W66, beta-gamma/E-type), and 13182 (S17W13, beta-gamma/E-type), produced several C-class flares. We will continue the Major Flare Watch today as 13186 still has the potential to produce another >M5 flare.

The position of NOAA 13186 on January 12 at 08:30 UT

N24E46 (-642", 442")

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,

Ying Li (Purple Mountain Observatory)