Dear Collaborators,
Solar activity has been at a low-to-moderate level since the last message. The largest events in the last 24 hours were two consecutive near-M class flares (C9.8 at 19:04 UT and another M1.0 at 19:25 UT on 3/17) both from NOAA 14033 in the Northeastern quadrant. After these events, however, the tiny sunspots of this region vanished. The target region, NOAA 14028 produced two low-C class flares. This region retains a beta-gamma type magnetic configuration, but its sunspots started to fade in the recent 12 hours.
NOAA 14025 in the Northwest quadrant also produced two low-C class flares in the last 12 hours and is increasing both its sunspot area and number of sunspots. Today our default target will switch to NOAA 14025, at the central area of mixed polarity. Additional C class events are expected.
The position of the target in NOAA 14025 on 18-March-2025 at 16:00 UT is: N09W33 (524", 256").
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