Dear RHESSI Collaborators,
NOAA 0808 has significantly decayed since the last message.
Although 0808 maintains a beta-gamma-delta magnetic
classification, the delta's magnetic inversion line is only about 1/4
of its original length. The leading portion of the plage is now
spotless and only a few trailing sunspots remain. There is still
a chance that an important, very active region such as 0808
will produce a dying, last gasp large flare in its decay phase,
therefore, we will continue MM#003 for at least another day.
The position of NOAA 0808 on September 18 at 20:00 UT:
S11W62 (Solar X = 829", Solar Y = -236")
See http://www.solarmonitor.org/ for images and additional information and
http://solar.physics.montana.edu/max_millennium/ops/observing.shtml for a
description of the current Max Millennium Observing Plan.
Regards,
Bill Marquette
Helio Research