The new year continues with minimal solar activity, both in sunspots and flares. I hope solar minimum comes soon so we can start up the curve to more solar activity.

Gema Araujo took this white light image on January 12, 2007 of active regions 10935 and 10937.

I'd like to bring your attention to the 96th Spring Meeting of the AAVSO from June 28- July 3 as part of "Astronomy Roundup 2007" in Calgary Alberta, Canada. This will be a joint gathering of the AAVSO, the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) and the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (ALPO). We're planning on some joint presentations with the ALPO solar group as well. This will be an exciting gathering over the long weekend, so I encourage you to attend and meet your fellow observers.

2007 also marks the International Heliophysical Year (IHY) which is an international collaboration of scientists studying the Sun, Earth and Heliosphere utilizing ground and space based resources. This also marks the 50th anniversary of the International Geophysical Year in 1957. You can track the many events and outreach opportunities on their website.

Also a heads up, International Astronomy Day is April 21. Most groups do night time activities for the public, however here's your opportunity to show people save views of the sun. Most have never seen the solar disk or prominences and will be amazed by these views of our nearest star.

Michael Hill, SID Analyst 114 Prospect St Marlborough, MA 01752 USA noatak@aol.com

The events listed above meet at least one of the following criteria

1. Event reported by two or more observers within +/- 5 minutes
2. Event matched to GOES-8 XRA event to within +/- 15 minutes and event time < 1000 UT
3. Reported by observer with a high quality rating > 8 (scale 1-10)

Solar Flare Summary Based on GOES-12 Data

Sunspot Data

American Relative Sunspot Numbers(Ra) for January 2007 [boldface = maximum, minimum] Day N Raw Mean Ra 1 34 34 25 2 33 38 29 3 31 41 30 4 30 40 30 5 20 47 32 6 26 39 28 7 25 38 28 8 25 46 32 9 32 43 31 10 26 40 30 11 27 36 25 12 21 28 20 13 26 26 19 14 29 20 15 15 22 17 12 16 19 16 11 17 25 13 10 18 16 22 15 19 24 15 11 20 30 19 13 21 28 19 14 22 28 19 14 23 27 19 13 24 25 17 13 25 33 4 3 26 28 9 6 27 33 12 9 28 33 17 13 29 36 33 24 30 27 30 22 31 23 34 26 Means 27.2 26.8 19.5 Total No. of Observers: 59 Total No. of Observations: 842

January 2007 Sunspot Observers AAP A. Abbott 8 AJV J. Alonso 8 ARAG G. Araujo 26 BARH H. Barnes 11 BATR R. Battaiola 3 BEB R. Berg 1 BEDJ J. Bedient 10 BLAJ J. Blackwell 5 BMF M. Boschat 11 BOSB B. Bose 12 BRAB B. Branchett 29 BRAD D. Branchett 13 BRAM M. Bradbury 1 BRAR R. Branch 25 BROB R. Brown 28 BYG Y. Brovarets 36 CHAG G. Morales 26 CKB B. Cudnik 10 CLZ L. Corp 13 CR T. Cragg 29 CVJ J. Carvajal 16 DEJV J. van Delft 13 DGP G. Dyck 13 DUBF F. Dubois 16 FERJ J. Fernandez 12 FLET T. Fleming 16 FUJK K. Fujimori 26 GFT F. Gobet 7 HALB B. Halls 3 HAYK K. Hay 14 KAPJ J. Kaplan 19 KNJS J. & S. Knight 26 KQR R. Kinne 3 KROL L. Krozel 2 LARJ J. Larriba 16 LERM M. Lerman 2 LEVM M. Leventhal 24 MCE E. Mochizuki 24 MEU E. Mason 6 MMI M. Moeller 15 OATS S. Oatney 17 PEKT R. Pektas 21 RICE E. C. Richardson 13 RITA A. Ritchie 19 SCGL G. Schott 13 SCHG G. Scholl 5 SIMC C. Simpson 5 STEF G. Stefanopoulis 4 STEM G. Stemmler 12 STQ N. Stoikidis 27 SUZM M. Suzuki 26 SZUM M. Szulc 20 TESD D. Teske 16 TJV J. Temprano 9 URBP P. Urbanski 16 VARG A. Vargas 16 VIDD D. Vidican 9 WILW W. Wilson 13 WRP R. Wheeler 3

Reporting addresses: Sunspot Reports Email: solar@aavso.org Postal Mail: AAVSO, 25 Birch St. Cambridge, MA, 02138 Fax: 617-354-0665 SID Flare Reports Email: noatak@aol.com Postal Mail: Mike Hill, 114 Prospect St., Marlboro, MA, 01752

Smoothed Mean Sunspot Numbers (Rsm) from January 2000 to July 2006 (Waldmeier method).

10 cm Solar Flux and American Relative Sunspot Numbers (Ra) for January 2007 (10cm Source: http://www.drao.nrc.ca/icarus)