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X0.1 solar flare on 1979-03-26
ClassX0.1NOAA report
Peak12:131979-03-26 UTC
Duration53 min
Peak flux1.0e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 479 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 15 / 1469 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 7 |
| M/X flares that month | 32 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | N05W78 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01:23 | 01:49 | 38 | M0.1 | N09W72 | 1638 | |
| 03:18 | 03:19 | 8 | M0.1 | N06W81 | 1638 | |
| 06:03 | 06:03 | 11 | M0.1 | S36E25 | – | |
| 07:50 | 07:51 | 6 | M0.1 | N08W85 | 1638 | |
| 14:03 | 14:08 | 100 | M0.7 | N06W75 | 1638 | |
| 16:41 | 16:42 | 9 | M0.1 | S30W12 | 1647 | |
| 20:02 | 20:09 | 21 | M0.2 | N05W80 | 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 1979-03-26 11:50 UTC; No. 15 of 1,469 C-class-or-larger flares in 1979.