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X0.3 solar flare on 1978-07-10
ClassX0.3NOAA report
Peak06:241978-07-10 UTC
Duration47 min
Peak flux3.0e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 442 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 5 / 1141 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 7 |
| M/X flares that month | 38 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | N18E58 |
| Active region | AR 1203 (78 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01:37 | 01:43 | 81 | M0.5 | N18E63 | 1203 | |
| 01:50 | 01:50 | 34 | M0.1 | N20E65 | 1203 | |
| 03:12 | 03:14 | 62 | M0.2 | N18E62 | 1203 | |
| 05:02 | 05:24 | 30 | M0.2 | N15E59 | 1203 | |
| 13:07 | 13:20 | 94 | M0.2 | N18E56 | 1203 | |
| 16:55 | 17:34 | 42 | M0.7 | N19E54 | 1203 | |
| 18:19 | 19:20 | 184 | M0.4 | N17E54 | 1203 |
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 X0.3 flare that began 1978-07-10 06:20 UTC; No. 5 of 1,141 C-class-or-larger flares in 1978.