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M8.0 solar flare on 1980-11-10
ClassM8.0NOAA report
Peak11:411980-11-10 UTC
Duration101 min
Peak flux8.0e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 29 / 2460 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 5 |
| M/X flares that month | 116 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | S11W54 |
| Active region | AR 2777 (6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08:05 | 08:12 | 121 | M1.4 | S12E14 | 2779 | |
| 08:54 | 08:55 | 11 | M1.0 | N10W49 | 2776 | |
| 09:05 | 09:18 | 25 | M1.4 | – | 2779 | |
| 09:30 | 09:38 | 20 | M1.5 | – | 2779 | |
| 16:08 | 16:16 | 114 | M1.1 | N15W50 | 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.
← X3.3 1980-11-08M9.6 1980-11-11 →
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A M8.0 flare that began 1980-11-10 11:40 UTC; No. 29 of 2,460 C-class-or-larger flares in 1980.