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X0.1 solar flare on 1978-01-08
ClassX0.1NOAA report
Peak07:131978-01-08 UTC
Duration39 min
Peak flux1.0e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 465 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 12 / 1141 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 1 |
| M/X flares that month | 6 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | S12W85 |
| Active region | AR 967 (27 flares) |
Compared with the strongest flares of 1978
X1.5
M5.0
M3.0
M3.0
M3.0
M2.0
M2.0
M2.0
M2.0
M2.0
M2.0
M1.0
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02:19 | 02:46 | 64 | M0.3 | S19W78 | 967 |
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 1978-01-08 07:10 UTC; No. 12 of 1,141 C-class-or-larger flares in 1978.