Dear RHESSI Collaborators,

NOAA region 11402 produced an M8.7 event on 23-Jan-2012 at 03:38 UT. We are now implementing a Major Flare Watch campaign as there is an increased chance for another >M5 flare in the next 24 hours. Observers are encouraged to include NOAA 11402 and the trailing spots of NOAA 11401 in the field-of-view if at all possible.

The position of NOAA 11402 on 23-Jan-2012 at 11:00 UT is:

N29W29, ( 412", 541" )

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)