Dear Collaborators,
Solar activity has been at a low-to-moderate level since the last message. Yesterday's target, NOAA 14031 was a source of an M1.5 flare at 20:21 UT on 3/19 as well as a C5.5 flare at 3:35 UT today (3/20). There was a C6.0 event from NOAA 14018 at 23:14 UT on 3/19 associated with a filament eruption from the Southwest limb, but this region is now completely behind the limb.
There is no significant flux emergence or dynamic movement of sunspots observed on the visible side of the solar disk. We will continue to observe the current target, the central area of NOAA 14031 for another 24 hours, expecting additional C class or low-M class flares.
The position of the target in NOAA 14031 on 20-March-2025 at 15:30 UT is: N15W43 (641", 340").
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