Subject: MM#003 Major Flare Watch" -<br>
<span id="date"><dfn>Date</dfn>: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 23:27:45 +0100</span><br /><br>
</address> <pre> </pre> <p> Dear RHESSI Collaborators,
<p>The level of solar activity is high. The previous MM#003 Major Flare
Watch (MFW) was called in response to an M9.3 flare that occurred on
24-Oct-2013 at 00:21 UT. At the MFW issue time the originating region
was miss-assigned as NOAA 11875, due to that region showing the decay
of an M3.1 flare in near-realtime imaging. The M9.3 flare originated
from NOAA 11877, to which the MFW target changes now. NOAA 11877 is
classified as a beta-gamma-delta/E-type sunspot group, but may be in
the process of losing its delta spot. The MFW will remain in effect
for the following 24 hours, due to 11877 having produced a &gt;M5 flare.
<p>The position of NOAA 11877 on 24-Oct-2013 at 22:00 UT is:
<p>S12W03, ( 52&quot;, -284&quot; )
<p>See <a href="http://www.SolarMonitor.org">http://www.SolarMonitor.org</a> for images and
<a href="http://solar.physics.montana.edu/max_millennium/ops/observing.shtml">http://solar.physics.montana.edu/max_millennium/ops/observing.shtml</a>
for a description of the current Max Millennium Observing Plan. <p>Regards,
<p>Shaun Bloomfield (Trinity College Dublin)
<span id="received"><dfn>Received on</dfn> Thu Oct 24 2013 - 16:29:24 MDT</span>
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