Dear Collaborators,
Solar activity remains at a low level. Several flares have been produced since the last message, the largest being a C7.4 from NOAA 14420 at 15:24 UT yesterday. NOAA 14420 is now close to transiting fully beyond the northwestern limb, however it has still produced some partially occulted flares since the last message. Newly numbered active region NOAA 14431 has moved onto the disk from the southeastern limb, this region has shown notable signs of sunspot dynamism since coming into view. The target region will switch to NOAA 14431, however while still possible, attention should be paid to the limb location of NOAA 14420 for the chance of some final occulted events. Additional C-class activity is expected in the next 24 hours.
The position of NOAA 14431 on 02-May-2026 at 03:30 UT is:
N16E51, (-712", -221") 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,
Harry Greatorex (Queen's University Belfast)
mmmotd@solar.physics.montana.edu