Dear RHESSI Collaborators,

The first solar activity of the New Year is at a low level. Yesterday's target (NOAA 12253) was responsible for several low C-class flares since the previous message. The region shows evidence for further flux emergence and now exhibits a small mixed polarity spot with a double polarity-separation line. Further C-class activity is expected, with a chance for a low M-class flare.

The position of NOAA 12253 on 01-Jan-2014 at 16:35 UT is:

S06E38 ( -599", -61" )

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,

Paul Higgins (Trinity College Dublin/LMSAL)