Dear Collaborators,
Solar activity has been very low since the last message, except for a large scale filament liftoff observed during 20-24 UT yesterday (5/12) from the Northern central meridian. The largest X-ray event in the past 24 hours was a C3.8 flare at 13:49 UT today from NOAA 14085. NOAA 14086 approaching the Northwest limb had a new flux emergence and produced a few low-C class flares.
Yesterday's target from the East limb was given a number NOAA 14087. This region only produced 2 low-C class flares, but currently has the largest sunspot area (90 millionths) on the disk with bi-polar configuration. Today we will continue to observe NOAA 14087, the area of its preceding (positive polarity) sunspot expecting additional C class activities.
The position of the target in NOAA 14087 on 13-May-2025 at 15:30 UT is: N14E69 (-857", 260").
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