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M5.9 solar flare on 1980-10-07
ClassM5.9NOAA report
Peak23:121980-10-07 UTC
Duration14 min
Peak flux5.9e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 41 / 2460 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 4 |
| M/X flares that month | 33 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | N14E51 |
| Active region | AR 2717 (16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:22 | 09:30 | 18 | M1.1 | S07E83 | 2725 | |
| 14:14 | 14:15 | 4 | M1.1 | S07E90 | 2725 | |
| 14:21 | 14:32 | 174 | M1.1 | N13E49 | 2717 | |
| 16:02 | 16:08 | 29 | M1.0 | N19E57 | 2717 |
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 M5.9 flare that began 1980-10-07 23:05 UTC; No. 41 of 2,460 C-class-or-larger flares in 1980.