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M6.9 solar flare on 1980-11-14
ClassM6.9NOAA report
Peak23:591980-11-14 UTC
Duration54 min
Peak flux6.9e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 37 / 2460 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 4 |
| M/X flares that month | 116 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | S14W48 |
| Active region | AR 2779 (81 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06:20 | 08:08 | 112 | M8.0 | – | 2776 | |
| 06:41 | 06:47 | 12 | M2.1 | S12W38 | 2779 | |
| 15:39 | 15:44 | 99 | M2.7 | S16W39 | 2779 | |
| 18:29 | 18:50 | 41 | M2.1 | S15W44 | 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 1980-11-14X1.9 1980-11-15 →
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A M6.9 flare that began 1980-11-14 23:52 UTC; No. 37 of 2,460 C-class-or-larger flares in 1980.