Both the Department Of Commerce (NOAA) and the Department Store of War (Lockheed Corp.) are once again proving they're lazy, overpaid buffoons. About the only event of note today was a B6 flare from AR1661. Here's the H-alpha movie: [link to halpha.nso.edu]

Pretty obvious right? Not if you're a golden parachuting gubbamint lackey. Lockheed Solarsoft missed it entirely- [link to www.lmsal.com]

And NOAA, who makes us crazy with their illogical numbering system, attributed the flare to the WRONG NUMBER active region.-

".24 hr Summary...
Solar activity was very low. The largest flare of the period was a B6
flare at 24/1621 UTC from Region 1662 (N28E42). Slight growth was
observed in the trailing spot of Region 1660 (N13W63).
.Forecast...
Solar activity is expected to be very low with a chance for C-class
flares for the forecast period (26-28 Jan)."
[link to www.swpc.noaa.gov]

Also NOAA neglected to number two new AR's on the visible disk, so I'll give them a clue....haha.

AR1663 is a small alpha spot in the Southwest near S44W68. AR1664 in the east appears to be a growing Beta region close to the equator at S07E60. Please add these to the official sunspot number, hehe.

Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary
SRS Number 26 Issued at 0030Z on 26 Jan 2013
Report compiled from data received at SWO on 25 Jan
I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 25/2400Z
Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type
1660 N13W68 065 0220 Dao 10 10 Beta
1661 N15E20 337 0030 Cro 03 03 Beta
1662 N28E41 316 0050 Hsx 02 01 Alpha

Latest HMI Color Intensitygram:
[link to sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov]

Latest magnetogram:
[link to sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov]