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X0.1 solar flare on 1976-03-23
ClassX0.1NOAA report
Peak08:391976-03-23 UTC
Duration4 min
Peak flux1.0e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 461 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 2 / 153 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 0 |
| M/X flares that month | 10 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | S05E90 |
| Active region | AR 690 (40 flares) |
Compared with the strongest flares of 1976
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M1.0
M0.4
M0.3
M0.2
M0.2
M0.2
M0.2
M0.1
M0.1
M0.1
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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A X0.1 flare that began 1976-03-23 08:37 UTC; No. 2 of 153 C-class-or-larger flares in 1976.