Dear RHESSI Collaborators,
Solar activity is now at a low level. Yesterday's target region continued to emerge new magnetic flux and has been designated as NOAA 12628. This region was classified at the beginning of the UT day as a beta/B-type sunspot group, but now appears to display a beta/D-type classification. 12628 has been the most flare-active region since the last message with producing nine B-class and six C-class events, the largest being a C9.3 flare on 21-Jan-2017 at 07:14 UT. Further C-class activity is likely in the next 24 hours, with a small chance for a low M-class flare if 12628 continues to emerge magnetic flux.
The position of NOAA 12628 on 21-Jan-2017 at 22:00 UT is:
N12E37, ( -574", 272" )
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 (Northumbria University)
mmmotd@solar.physics.montana.edu