Dear RHESSI Collaborators,
Solar activity is at a low level. NOAA region 11698 was the source of a foot-point occulted C5.5 flare on 20-Mar-2013 at 00:39 UT, but has now rotated completely beyond the South West limb. NOAA region 11692 has emerged mixed-polarity flux along the leading edge of the primary negative-polarity spot over the past 24 hours, and is now designated by NOAA as a beta/D-type sunspot group. This region has highly elongated penumbrae with indications of a beta-gamma magnetic classification, and has produced several low C-class events in the past 24 hours. Further low C-class activity is likely, with a small chance for a high C-/low M-class event if NOAA 11692 emerges more magnetic flux.
The position of NOAA 11692 on 20-Mar-2013 at 14:00 UT is:
N09W65, ( 862", 199" )
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)
mmmotd@solar.physics.montana.edu