Dear Collaborators,

Solar activity has slightly increased since the last message, but stays at a low level. The largest event in the last 24 hours was an M1.7 flare at 8:54 UT today(10/19) from the target region, NOAA 14551. There were some flux emergence around NOAA 14551; one is in the West of the following sunspots, which was the source area of the M1.7 event and a few low-C class flares. The other is the SouthWest of the following sunspot, which produced two low-C class flares today (at 02:06 UT and 7:07 UT). This region was registered as NOAA 15559, but now has significantly decayed.

The other source of flare activity is from NOAA 14557, a beta/E type region that passed the North central meridian yesterday. This region has steadily grown in size and continues to produce C-class events, but they are currently at the low-C level.

Today NOAA 14551 remains the target region. We will observe the West of the following sunspots, expecting additional C to low-M class activities.

The position of the target in NOAA 14551 on 19-October-2026 at 16:00 UT is: S14W51 (728", -298").

See http://www.SolarMonitor.org and the newer version https://solmon.dias.ie for images and other information.

Regards, Aki Takeda (Montana State University) --