Dear Collaborators,
Solar activity has declined to a low level since the last message. The largest event in the period was a C6.6 flare at 08:47 UT today (1/16) produced by NOAA 14345, which emerged in the Southeast of the target region, NOAA 14341. NOAA 14341 has been flare-quiet in the past 24 hours.
NOAA 14343 is the region that emerged two days ago at the latitude of 10 degrees South, and is growing rapidly in size to over 100 millionths with magnetic configuration of a beta-gamma type. This region has only produced a C1.3 flare so far, but the loops are showing a solid sigmoidal shape in high temperature EUV wavelengths. Today, we will switch the target to NOAA 14343 expecting the increasing activity of C class or larger.
The position of the target region in NOAA 14343 on 16-January-2026 at 17:00 UT is: S11W01 (17", -122").
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