Dear Collaborators,

Solar activity has been at a moderate level. After the M6.7 event yesterday (15:29 UT on 10/8), the target region, NOAA 14549 produced more than 10 low-to-mid C class flares. All of them are from its leading group of sunspots forming a delta configuration, while the group of trailing sunspots from which the M6.7 event was initiated stayed quiet becoming sparse. The largest event since the last message was an M1.3 flare reported at 13:55 UT today from NOAA 14547, which is currently under the NorthWest limb transit.

The leading sunspots of NOAA 14549 are undergoing further flux emergence maintaining clear delta configurations. Today we will continue the Major Flare Watch campaign with NOAA 14549. The target will be on the leading sunspots, expecting additional C class activities with a chance of M class flare larger than M5.

The position of the target in NOAA 14549 on 9-October-2026 at 16:00 UT is: N08W38 (596", 54").

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Regards, Aki Takeda (Montana State University) --