Dear Collaborators,
Solar activity has increased to a low-to-moderate level since the last message. There were 2 M-class flares reported in the past 24 hours. One is an M1.9 flare at 18:24 UT yesterday(4/21) from NOAA 10462, the other is an M1.3 flare at 9:58 UT today from 14060 over the West limb. Several C class flares were reported from multiple regions, but yesterday's target, now assigned the NOAA number 14068 has been flare-quiet for more than 24 hours. NOAA 14064 is undergoing notable new flux emergence at the Northeast vicinity of the trailing (negative) sunspot but not showing the flare activity yet.
NOAA 14062 reduced its magnetic complexity to a beta type, and increased the number of spots by fragmentation. The M1.9 event yesterday as well as the C1.7 event today was observed from the North side of the main (negative) sunspots. Today, we will switch the default target to NOAA 14062. We will observe the North side of the main sunspot, expecting additional C class events.
The position of the target in NOAA 14062 on 22-April-2025 at 16:00 UT is: S01W25 (412", 58").
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