A large CME has been detected by SOHO Cor2 today. It came from the SE limb region (near 1481) and is not Earth-directed.

SOHO C2 image:
:CME 5/14:

[link to sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov]

Excellent SDO/AIA 304 image of CME:
:5/14cme:

[link to sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov]

Also, our smallest active region, 1483, has recently produced a C 1.7 flare and an earlier C 1. This seems to be a potentially volatile region.

GONG H-alpha image:

[link to halpha.nso.edu]