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X0.1 solar flare on 1979-11-08
ClassX0.1NOAA report
Peak11:251979-11-08 UTC
Duration21 min
Peak flux1.0e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 486 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 22 / 1469 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 10 |
| M/X flares that month | 61 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | S13E07 |
| Active region | AR 2099 (35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:45 | 00:45 | 20 | M0.1 | S14E21 | 2099 | |
| 01:14 | 01:16 | 32 | M0.5 | N30E59 | 2110 | |
| 02:07 | 02:08 | 13 | M0.3 | S13E16 | 2099 | |
| 03:15 | 03:36 | 32 | M0.1 | S13E60 | 2106 | |
| 03:40 | 03:40 | 17 | M0.1 | S14E22 | 2099 | |
| 05:48 | 05:59 | 30 | M0.1 | S13E16 | 2099 | |
| 08:11 | 08:22 | 204 | M0.1 | S15E12 | 2099 | |
| 13:49 | 13:50 | 11 | M0.2 | N20E80 | 2112 | |
| 20:15 | 20:20 | 39 | M0.1 | S13E06 | 2099 | |
| 23:28 | 23:32 | 86 | M0.5 | S15E45 | 2106 |
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 1979-11-08 11:24 UTC; No. 22 of 1,469 C-class-or-larger flares in 1979.