Dear RHESSI Collaborators,

The level of solar activity is moderate-to-high. Yesterday's target NOAA 12051 has rotated fully beyond the South West limb. NOAA 12056 is now the most complex region on the visible disk and is classified as a beta-gamma/D-type sunspot group. This region produced multiple C-class flares over the past 24 hours and an M5.2 flare on 8-May-2014 at 09:20 UT. At this time we are starting a MM#003 Major Flare Watch, as NOAA 12056 has shown signs of magnetic flux emergence over the past 24 hours. More C-class activity is expected, with a chance for another flare above the M5 level.

The position of NOAA 12056 on 8-May-2014 at 12:00 UT is:

N04E49, ( -721", 103" )

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) Received on Thu May 08 2014 - 05:52:15 MDT