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Solar flares from active region 2456
C6
M4
X1
LargestX1.41980-05-21
Span12 days
Flares by day
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All flares
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980-05-14 | 12:54 | 12:58 | 22 | M2.0 | S12E80 | 2456 |
| 1980-05-15 | 15:44 | 15:53 | 31 | C2.7 | S11E53 | 2456 |
| 1980-05-15 | 20:16 | 20:47 | 52 | M2.0 | – | 2456 |
| 1980-05-16 | 03:06 | 03:06 | 23 | C4.1 | S10E52 | 2456 |
| 1980-05-16 | 06:57 | 07:01 | 12 | C2.2 | – | 2456 |
| 1980-05-16 | 22:08 | 22:34 | 27 | M2.1 | S11E43 | 2456 |
| 1980-05-17 | 01:45 | 01:48 | 8 | C3.5 | S14E47 | 2456 |
| 1980-05-18 | 08:20 | 08:21 | 33 | C4.5 | S08E31 | 2456 |
| 1980-05-19 | 00:49 | 00:49 | 2 | C2.1 | S15E22 | 2456 |
| 1980-05-21 | 20:51 | 21:00 | 35 | X1.4 | S14W15 | 2456 |
| 1980-05-25 | 01:28 | 01:37 | 37 | M1.9 | S16W61 | 2456 |
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 2456 produced 11 C+ flares between 1980-05-14 and 1980-05-25.