The sun is one step away from a record

Active region 4366 only needs to produce two M-level (or X-level) flares to break the 21st-century activity record currently held by region 3664 (the total number of M and X flares in a sunspot group).

Against this backdrop, the active center completely ceased producing solar flares yesterday at around 07:00 PM UTC. All flares observed on the flare graph after this time occurred in other sunspot groups.

Quite dramatic.

For those who enjoy the magic of numbers, the image shows only the numbers 3, 4, and 6.