Dear Collaborators,
Solar activity has declined to a low-to-moderate level since the last message. The main source of flare activity has been an unnumbered region rotated from the Southeast limb. This region produced 10 low-C class flares in the past 24 hours, with the largest being a C3.6 flare at 5:35 UT today(5/23). The target region, NOAA 14441 also contributed to this C3.6 event, but no other flare activity was reported.
Today we will switch the target to this unnumbered region from the Southeast limb. Currently only one moderate-sized sunspot is visible from us close to the limb, and the flares are coming from further close to the limb. We will therefore observe the East side of the currently visible sunspot, expecting additional C-class events.
The position of the target on 23-May-2026 at 15:00 UT is: S14E79 (-903", -225").
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