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M5.2 solar flare on 1980-11-17
ClassM5.2NOAA report
Peak13:391980-11-17 UTC
Duration22 min
Peak flux5.2e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 46 / 2460 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 3 |
| M/X flares that month | 116 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | S10W77 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05:43 | 05:58 | 34 | M1.0 | N17E28 | 2790 | |
| 08:12 | 08:22 | 37 | M2.1 | – | 2788 | |
| 09:18 | 09:24 | 8 | M1.3 | N16W81 | 2790 |
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 M5.2 flare that began 1980-11-17 13:38 UTC; No. 46 of 2,460 C-class-or-larger flares in 1980.