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X0.1 solar flare on 1979-03-25
ClassX0.1NOAA report
Peak18:151979-03-25 UTC
Duration61 min
Peak flux1.0e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 478 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 14 / 1469 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 3 |
| M/X flares that month | 32 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | N10W77 |
| Active region | AR 1638 (26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:30 | 00:40 | 28 | M0.2 | N08W60 | 1638 | |
| 06:55 | 07:00 | 35 | M0.1 | N07W63 | 1638 | |
| 16:33 | 16:50 | 50 | M0.2 | N09W71 | 1638 |
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 1979-03-25 18:02 UTC; No. 14 of 1,469 C-class-or-larger flares in 1979.