Dear RHESSI Collaborators,

NOAA regions 11401 and 11402 have increased in complexity, area, and number of spots. Both are now classified as beta-gamma/E-type sunspot groups. NOAA 11401 continues to produce C-class activity, the largest being a C2.2 flare on 17-Jan-2012 at 18:32 UT. Further C-class events are likely, with a chance for another M-class event in the next 24 hours.

The position of NOAA 11401 on 18-Jan-2012 at 10:30 UT is:

N18E32, ( -497", 367" )

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,

Shaun Bloomfield (Trinity College Dublin)