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M5.1 solar flare on 1980-12-16
ClassM5.1NOAA report
Peak11:541980-12-16 UTC
Duration47 min
Peak flux5.1e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 47 / 2460 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 5 |
| M/X flares that month | 38 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | N12E20 |
| Active region | AR 2841 (18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01:45 | 01:47 | 9 | M1.1 | N08E23 | 2840 | |
| 08:05 | 08:09 | 8 | M2.0 | N09E18 | 2840 | |
| 09:42 | 10:12 | 41 | M4.2 | N06E24 | 2840 | |
| 14:27 | 14:54 | 49 | M4.7 | N09E14 | 2840 | |
| 14:32 | 14:37 | 17 | M1.5 | S17E08 | 2839 |
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 M5.1 flare that began 1980-12-16 11:49 UTC; No. 47 of 2,460 C-class-or-larger flares in 1980.