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M5.3 solar flare on 1980-07-11
ClassM5.3NOAA report
Peak22:171980-07-11 UTC
Duration95 min
Peak flux5.3e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 45 / 2460 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 2 |
| M/X flares that month | 22 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | S08E65 |
| Active region | AR 2562 (38 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.
← X1.0 1980-07-11X1.1 1980-07-14 →
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A M5.3 flare that began 1980-07-11 21:38 UTC; No. 45 of 2,460 C-class-or-larger flares in 1980.