Dear Collaborators,

The level of solar activity is moderate. The target region has rotated onto the visible disk and is now numbered as NOAA 13234. This region has been designated as a beta/D-type sunspot group, but this may be affected by foreshortening due to its proximity to the limb. This region has continued to produce multiple high C-class flares since the last message, as well as the largest flare of the period - an M4.7 on 21-Feb-2023 at 11:14 UT. The MM#003 Major Flare Watch will continue on NOAA 13234. Further M-class activity is probable in the following 24-hour period.

The position of NOAA 13234 on 21-Feb-2023 at 18:30 UT is:

N24E66 , ( -811", 436" )

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 (Northumbria University)