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M8.9 solar flare on 1980-07-05
ClassM8.9NOAA report
Peak22:471980-07-05 UTC
Duration26 min
Peak flux8.9e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 21 / 2460 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 2 |
| M/X flares that month | 22 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | N28W29 |
| Active region | AR 2550 (17 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
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.
← X2.5 1980-07-01X1.0 1980-07-11 →
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A M8.9 flare that began 1980-07-05 22:23 UTC; No. 21 of 2,460 C-class-or-larger flares in 1980.