Dear Collaborators,
Solar activity has increased to a moderate level since the last message. Yesterday's target, NOAA 14343 produced 5 C class flares after the message, with the largest being a C5.2 at 22:58 UT yesterday (1/16). However it has been flare-quiet during the recent 12 hours, although it maintains clear sigmoidal loops.
The largest event in the past 24 hours was an M2.2 flare at 10:19 UT today produced by NOAA 14341 from its Northwest area. NOAA 14341 has reached the size of 840 millionths, and added magnetic complexity to a beta-gamma-delta type. There is an area of mixed polarity in the West vicinity of the main largest sunspot, that repeats brightenings including a few C class flares by itself and the ones associated with the flares reported from the closely adjacent region NOAA 14345.
In the next 24 hours, the target region will switch back to NOAA 14341 at the area of mixed polarity in the West of the main sunspot. Additional C to M class flares are expected.
The position of the target region in NOAA 14341 on 17-January-2026 at 17:00 UT is: S10E33 (-530", -104").
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