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M7.2 solar flare on 1980-06-03
ClassM7.2NOAA report
Peak21:341980-06-03 UTC
Duration76 min
Peak flux7.2e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 35 / 2460 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 4 |
| M/X flares that month | 46 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | S12E64 |
| Active region | AR 2490 (21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01:03 | 01:29 | 39 | M1.0 | S13E71 | 2490 | |
| 08:02 | 08:06 | 8 | M2.1 | S12E72 | 2490 | |
| 11:39 | 11:42 | 10 | M1.1 | S13E70 | 2490 | |
| 11:39 | 12:07 | 33 | M3.7 | S13E70 | 2490 |
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.
← M6.9 1980-05-28M6.7 1980-06-04 →
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A M7.2 flare that began 1980-06-03 21:28 UTC; No. 35 of 2,460 C-class-or-larger flares in 1980.