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Solar flares from active region 6226
C20
M4
X0
LargestM1.81990-08-27
Span14 days
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All flares
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990-08-18 | 18:50 | 18:51 | 14 | C4.2 | S19E75 | 6226 |
| 1990-08-18 | 23:06 | 23:08 | 11 | C3.2 | S21E71 | 6226 |
| 1990-08-19 | 01:50 | 01:52 | 16 | C5.5 | S22E69 | 6226 |
| 1990-08-19 | 10:56 | 11:08 | 16 | C2.9 | S23E73 | 6226 |
| 1990-08-20 | 11:15 | 11:38 | 46 | C7.5 | S23E59 | 6226 |
| 1990-08-21 | 04:29 | 04:32 | 23 | C9.5 | S22E47 | 6226 |
| 1990-08-21 | 04:55 | 05:22 | 62 | C9.2 | S19E48 | 6226 |
| 1990-08-21 | 15:58 | 16:05 | 12 | C9.1 | S21E46 | 6226 |
| 1990-08-21 | 17:34 | 19:13 | 281 | M1.1 | S19E34 | 6226 |
| 1990-08-22 | 07:55 | 07:57 | 8 | C6.1 | S22E33 | 6226 |
| 1990-08-22 | 09:05 | 09:07 | 8 | C3.4 | S22E31 | 6226 |
| 1990-08-22 | 21:54 | 22:12 | 38 | C5.3 | S23E27 | 6226 |
| 1990-08-23 | 22:03 | 22:03 | 12 | C7.9 | S24E13 | 6226 |
| 1990-08-25 | 15:53 | 15:55 | 12 | C3.1 | S23W10 | 6226 |
| 1990-08-25 | 18:31 | 18:36 | 11 | C3.2 | S18W10 | 6226 |
| 1990-08-26 | 03:53 | 03:54 | 30 | C5.9 | S19W16 | 6226 |
| 1990-08-26 | 08:44 | 09:07 | 72 | C5.9 | S18W23 | 6226 |
| 1990-08-27 | 03:50 | 03:56 | 22 | M1.8 | S19W32 | 6226 |
| 1990-08-28 | 16:24 | 16:33 | 11 | C5.2 | S22W52 | 6226 |
| 1990-08-28 | 17:09 | 17:11 | 25 | C4.3 | S22W52 | 6226 |
| 1990-08-29 | 04:32 | – | 17 | M1.5 | S22W42 | 6226 |
| 1990-08-29 | 11:55 | 11:55 | 5 | C3.7 | S23W53 | 6226 |
| 1990-08-31 | 04:08 | 04:15 | 17 | M1.0 | S25W87 | 6226 |
| 1990-08-31 | 14:38 | 14:39 | 19 | C1.7 | S24W78 | 6226 |
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 6226 produced 24 C+ flares between 1990-08-18 and 1990-08-31.