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M5.9 solar flare on 1980-11-06
ClassM5.9NOAA report
Peak19:441980-11-06 UTC
Duration319 min
Peak flux5.9e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 42 / 2460 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 14 |
| M/X flares that month | 116 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | N06W07 |
| Active region | AR 2776 (46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01:05 | 01:12 | 43 | M1.7 | N10E06 | 2776 | |
| 03:40 | 03:48 | 108 | X9.0 | S12E74 | 2779 | |
| 06:24 | 06:29 | 41 | M1.9 | S22E42 | 2782 | |
| 06:48 | 06:51 | 46 | M3.6 | N09E03 | 2776 | |
| 10:34 | 10:40 | 12 | M1.0 | – | – | |
| 11:39 | 11:46 | 15 | M1.0 | – | – | |
| 12:25 | 12:36 | 39 | M3.1 | – | – | |
| 13:45 | 13:49 | 12 | M1.4 | – | – | |
| 14:05 | 14:20 | 39 | M3.1 | – | 2779 | |
| 14:44 | 15:26 | 136 | X1.2 | – | 2779 | |
| 16:20 | 17:28 | 319 | M4.2 | S09E65 | 2779 | |
| 18:18 | 18:18 | 28 | M3.4 | S08E60 | 2779 | |
| 22:26 | 22:34 | 89 | M3.3 | N11E07 | 2776 | |
| 23:18 | 23:21 | 14 | M1.3 | – | 2776 |
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 1980-11-06 16:20 UTC; No. 42 of 2,460 C-class-or-larger flares in 1980.