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Dear Collaborators,

Solar activity has slightly increased after the message yesterday,
but has come back to a low level for the lastest several hours.
The largest event in the past 24 hours was a C1.7 flare at 05:56 UT
today (8/5) from NOAA 14502 located in the Southwest quadrant.
A small region rotated from the Southeast limb, mentioned yesterday
was registered as NOAA 14503, but only produced a minor flare below
C class. The target region, NOAA 14498 lost its area and magnetic
complexity, only showed minor activity since yesterday.

Today we will switch the default target to NOAA 14502 to observe its
following sunspot. We will look at the area where the C1.7 flare was 
initiated, expecting additional C class events.

The position of the target in NOAA 14502 on 5-August-2026 at
16:00 UT is: S06W31 (495", -185").

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,
Aki Takeda (Montana State University)
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