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X0.1 solar flare on 1979-11-10
ClassX0.1NOAA report
Peak06:451979-11-10 UTC
Duration14 min
Peak flux1.0e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 487 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 23 / 1469 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 7 |
| M/X flares that month | 61 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | S15W13 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:17 | 12:20 | 20 | M0.3 | S15W17 | 2099 | |
| 13:07 | 13:07 | 77 | M0.2 | N18E49 | 2113 | |
| 15:14 | 15:28 | 47 | M0.1 | S17W19 | 2099 | |
| 15:56 | 16:26 | 127 | M0.2 | S19W68 | 2114 | |
| 17:16 | 17:16 | 10 | M0.1 | S24W51 | 2100 | |
| 18:30 | 18:32 | 16 | M0.2 | S17W25 | 2099 | |
| 22:05 | 22:07 | 11 | M0.1 | S20W76 | 2114 |
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 1979-11-10 06:42 UTC; No. 23 of 1,469 C-class-or-larger flares in 1979.