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Solar flares from active region 7978
C14
M2
X1
LargestX2.61996-07-09
Span6 days
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| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-07-07 | 22:21 | 22:24 | 12 | C1.7 | S09W11 | 7978 |
| 1996-07-08 | 06:09 | 06:16 | 14 | C1.6 | S10W15 | 7978 |
| 1996-07-08 | 08:58 | 09:00 | 11 | C1.8 | S10W17 | 7978 |
| 1996-07-09 | 01:49 | 02:04 | 33 | M1.4 | S10W28 | 7978 |
| 1996-07-09 | 05:03 | 05:13 | 50 | C3.8 | S11W30 | 7978 |
| 1996-07-09 | 07:51 | 07:58 | 62 | C2.6 | S10W24 | 7978 |
| 1996-07-09 | 09:01 | 09:12 | 48 | X2.6 | S10W30 | 7978 |
| 1996-07-09 | 18:49 | 19:01 | 46 | C1.7 | S11W37 | 7978 |
| 1996-07-10 | 03:30 | 03:31 | 4 | M1.0 | S11W39 | 7978 |
| 1996-07-10 | 05:44 | 05:47 | 20 | C2.7 | S10W42 | 7978 |
| 1996-07-10 | 10:57 | 10:58 | 17 | C1.2 | S11W47 | 7978 |
| 1996-07-10 | 18:04 | 18:16 | 22 | C3.1 | S14W49 | 7978 |
| 1996-07-10 | 18:48 | 18:56 | 17 | C2.2 | S12W51 | 7978 |
| 1996-07-10 | 22:43 | 22:47 | 15 | C1.5 | S13W46 | 7978 |
| 1996-07-11 | 08:08 | 08:26 | 32 | C2.6 | S09W55 | 7978 |
| 1996-07-11 | 16:56 | 16:59 | 14 | C2.8 | S11W63 | 7978 |
| 1996-07-12 | 15:13 | 15:30 | 78 | C4.9 | S11W72 | 7978 |
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 7978 produced 17 C+ flares between 1996-07-07 and 1996-07-12.