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X0.2 solar flare on 1980-04-06
ClassX0.2NOAA report
Peak14:241980-04-06 UTC
Duration80 min
Peak flux2.0e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 460 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 159 / 2460 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 3 |
| M/X flares that month | 37 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | N12E15 |
| Active region | AR 2372 (26 flares) |
Compared with the strongest flares of 1980
X9.0
X4.4
X3.9
X3.3
X3.3
X3.0
X2.7
X2.6
X2.5
X2.5
X2.2
X1.9
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04:04 | 04:18 | 46 | M0.5 | N12E15 | 2372 | |
| 16:22 | 16:26 | 58 | M0.4 | N12E14 | 2372 | |
| 20:56 | 21:03 | 7 | M0.1 | N12E05 | 2372 |
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 X0.2 flare that began 1980-04-06 14:18 UTC; No. 159 of 2,460 C-class-or-larger flares in 1980.