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Solar flares from active region 2618
C5
M3
X0
LargestM3.91980-08-13
Span7 days
Flares by day
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All flares
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980-08-10 | 20:57 | 21:29 | 70 | M1.4 | – | 2618 |
| 1980-08-11 | 00:54 | 01:27 | 39 | M2.1 | – | 2618 |
| 1980-08-12 | 05:49 | 06:06 | 103 | C5.0 | S28E58 | 2618 |
| 1980-08-13 | 12:50 | 12:56 | 70 | M3.9 | S28E45 | 2618 |
| 1980-08-14 | 23:10 | 23:13 | 20 | C1.2 | S28E22 | 2618 |
| 1980-08-15 | 01:11 | 01:20 | 34 | C1.3 | S25E22 | 2618 |
| 1980-08-15 | 15:46 | 15:47 | 19 | C2.3 | S24E14 | 2618 |
| 1980-08-16 | 18:06 | 18:08 | 16 | C2.1 | S24E03 | 2618 |
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 2618 produced 8 C+ flares between 1980-08-10 and 1980-08-16.