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M9.6 solar flare on 1980-11-11
ClassM9.6NOAA report
Peak09:181980-11-11 UTC
Duration52 min
Peak flux9.6e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 18 / 2460 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 10 |
| M/X flares that month | 116 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | N10W63 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06:27 | 06:28 | 5 | M1.2 | S13E07 | 2779 | |
| 07:18 | 07:23 | 23 | M1.4 | S12E03 | 2779 | |
| 10:06 | 10:08 | 44 | M3.6 | S11E03 | 2779 | |
| 14:05 | 14:47 | 50 | M2.0 | S12E00 | 2779 | |
| 14:30 | 17:25 | 210 | M2.0 | S12E03 | 2779 | |
| 17:24 | 17:25 | 10 | M1.9 | S13E03 | 2779 | |
| 17:31 | 17:44 | 114 | M4.8 | S11W71 | 2777 | |
| 19:21 | 20:54 | 156 | M3.1 | S13W03 | 2779 | |
| 20:42 | 20:48 | 7 | M1.1 | N10W71 | 2776 | |
| 23:38 | 23:41 | 15 | M1.0 | S12W07 | 2779 |
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.
← M8.0 1980-11-10X2.5 1980-11-12 →
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A M9.6 flare that began 1980-11-11 09:06 UTC; No. 18 of 2,460 C-class-or-larger flares in 1980.