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X0.1 solar flare on 1978-12-14
ClassX0.1NOAA report
Peak07:241978-12-14 UTC
Duration13 min
Peak flux1.0e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 472 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 19 / 1141 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 3 |
| M/X flares that month | 32 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | S15W80 |
| Active region | AR 1447 (19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03:55 | 03:55 | 20 | M0.1 | S15W80 | 1447 | |
| 04:38 | 04:38 | 9 | M0.1 | S15W14 | 1444 | |
| 16:23 | 16:25 | 7 | M0.1 | S19W90 | 1447 |
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 1978-12-14 07:22 UTC; No. 19 of 1,141 C-class-or-larger flares in 1978.