Dear Collaborators,
Solar activity has slightly increased from the last message. The largest event in the last 24 hours was a C6.3 flare at 18:56 UT yesterday (2/26) from the East limb (at ~5 deg. North), where a medium-sized sunspot is coming into our view. This region is also the source of a few low-C class flares including a C3.5 at 12:47 UT today.
Yesterday's target, the Southeastern portion of NOAA 14379 has been assigned a new number, NOAA 14380 and has begun to progress onto the solar disk. This region consists of larger sunspots than NOAA 14379 with more magnetic complexity, having produced 6 low-C class flares since the last message.
In the next 24 hours, we will continue to observe NOAA 14380, due to the continuing flare activity for a couple of days. Additional C class flares are expected from its trailing (positive polarity) sunspot.
The position of the target in NOAA 14380 on 27-February-2026 at 17:00 UT is: S19E68 (-848", -282").
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