Dear RHESSI Collaborators,
Solar activity is at a high level. The X-class flare that occurred earlier today is still in its decay phase, and no further events have yet occurred. Since the target region has not fully rotated onto the disk, neither its magnetic nor sunspot configurations can be assessed. However, given that two X-class flares have been released by the new region in succession, ~14 hours apart (13-May-2013 at 02:16:00 and 16:05:00) and that the second flare was of a higher magnitude than the first (X1.7 followed by X2.8) the current observing plan is being upgraded to the Max Millennium coordinated observing plan #018 (Region Likely To Produce Great Flares).
The position of the new region on 13-May-2013 at 18:40 UT is:
N11E87, ( -931", 182" )
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,
Paul A. Higgins (Trinity College Dublin / LMSAL)
mmmotd@solar.physics.montana.edu