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Solar flares from active region 6272
C8
M3
X0
LargestM5.31990-09-17
Span12 days
Flares by day
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All flares
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990-09-15 | 05:50 | 05:55 | 13 | C2.3 | S12E68 | 6272 |
| 1990-09-17 | 03:14 | 03:17 | 9 | C2.1 | S15E42 | 6272 |
| 1990-09-17 | 05:50 | 05:53 | 11 | M1.0 | S15E41 | 6272 |
| 1990-09-17 | 13:19 | 13:45 | 64 | M1.3 | S15E30 | 6272 |
| 1990-09-17 | 16:42 | 16:43 | 20 | C1.6 | S16E35 | 6272 |
| 1990-09-17 | 18:45 | 18:49 | 38 | C6.5 | S14E33 | 6272 |
| 1990-09-17 | 21:40 | 21:56 | 36 | M5.3 | S15E29 | 6272 |
| 1990-09-18 | 09:37 | 09:37 | 9 | C6.6 | S14E25 | 6272 |
| 1990-09-24 | 08:13 | 08:14 | 31 | C2.9 | S14W48 | 6272 |
| 1990-09-24 | 12:57 | 13:44 | 56 | C1.9 | S13W49 | 6272 |
| 1990-09-26 | 13:25 | 13:29 | 55 | C7.8 | S17W83 | 6272 |
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 6272 produced 11 C+ flares between 1990-09-15 and 1990-09-26.