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Solar flares from active region 1966
C4
M3
X0
LargestM0.11979-09-01
Span12 days
Flares by day
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All flares
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979-09-01 | 23:29 | 00:39 | 74 | M0.1 | S20E66 | 1966 |
| 1979-09-03 | 04:28 | 04:35 | 22 | M0.1 | S19E55 | 1966 |
| 1979-09-07 | 00:53 | 00:59 | 22 | C0.4 | S16W05 | 1966 |
| 1979-09-07 | 19:48 | 19:51 | 17 | C0.2 | S15W17 | 1966 |
| 1979-09-10 | 05:14 | 05:18 | 18 | M0.1 | S18W45 | 1966 |
| 1979-09-11 | 15:55 | 16:00 | 11 | C0.2 | S18W66 | 1966 |
| 1979-09-12 | 12:28 | 12:31 | 68 | C0.3 | S23W67 | 1966 |
All times UTC. Until June 2017 classes are NOAA's reports of the time (GOES-15 and earlier included a 0.7 scaling factor); later classes come from calibrated GOES-16/18 data, so the same flare reads about 1.4× larger. Do not compare the two periods directly.
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NOAA active region 1966 produced 7 C+ flares between 1979-09-01 and 1979-09-12.