Dear RHESSI Collaborators,
Solar activity is at a very low level. Yesterday's target NOAA region 11686 has produced no further activity as it continues to approach the limb. NOAA 11689 has grown in spot area and number of spots within the past 24 hours and is classified by NOAA as a beta/C-type sunspot group. This region has developed several small spots within its leading spot group including one of opposite polarity to the other spots, indicating that the region is now a beta-gamma magnetic classification. NOAA 11689 was the source of the largest flare since yesterday's message -- a B7.3 flare on 7-Mar-2013 at 01:18 UT. Further B-class activity is probable, with a small chance for a low C-class event.
The position of NOAA 11689 on 7-Mar-2013 at 14:30 UT is:
S20E33, ( -498", -233" )
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 (Trinity College Dublin) and Paul Higgins (Trinity College Dublin)
mmmotd@solar.physics.montana.edu