old sunspot 1620
many have been watching this one while it was rotating around the backside of the sun
this is the one i said would be rotating into a Earth facing position on Dec 15th-16th
and here is the monster herself
coming in over the eastern limb (far left middle)
[link to sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov]
[link to sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov]

even without being able to see all of this region just yet, we can see it is very complex
this region will be capable of producing M class flares

everyone re open your Xray flux link and keep watch
[link to www.swpc.noaa.gov]

the flatlined time is now over
we now return you to our regularly scheduled program