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X0.1 solar flare on 1979-01-13
ClassX0.1NOAA report
Peak19:331979-01-13 UTC
Duration31 min
Peak flux1.0e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 474 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 10 / 1469 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 4 |
| M/X flares that month | 24 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | N15W14 |
| Active region | AR 1502 (22 flares) |
Compared with the strongest flares of 1979
M6.0
M5.0
M5.0
M3.0
M2.0
M2.0
M2.0
M2.0
M2.0
M1.0
M1.0
M1.0
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07:11 | 07:11 | 4 | M0.1 | N13W02 | 1502 | |
| 14:04 | 14:05 | 27 | M0.1 | N14W11 | 1502 | |
| 18:18 | 18:19 | 16 | M0.1 | S17W55 | 1492 | |
| 22:36 | 22:37 | 30 | M0.1 | S18W55 | 1492 |
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.
← X0.1 1978-12-27X0.2 1979-02-16 →
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A X0.1 flare that began 1979-01-13 19:31 UTC; No. 10 of 1,469 C-class-or-larger flares in 1979.