Dear Collaborators,

Solar activity has dropped to low levels since the last message. The largest event in the period was a C3.7 flare at 07:55 UT today, attributed to NOAA 13534 (S15W56, beta/D-type). However, some other flares from the target region NOAA 13536 and a southeastern limb region (S20E88) also contributed to the soft X-ray flux. 13536 retains its beta-gamma magnetic configuration and produced three low C-class flares in the period, while the southeastern limb region was the source of six low C-class flares. Regions NOAA 13537 and 13538, nearby the target NOAA 13536, have now developed to a beta-gamma configuration. At this time we are ending the Major Flare Watch campaign and NOAA 13536 will remain as the target region due to its continued flux emergence and the magnetic complexity of it and its neighboring regions. Further C-class activity is likely, with a slight chance of M-class flares.

The position of NOAA 13536 on 5-Jan-2024 at 08:30 UT is:

N06E19, (-317",157")

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,

De-Chao Song (Purple Mountain Observatory)