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X2.6 solar flare on 1982-02-01
ClassX2.6NOAA report
Peak14:031982-02-01 UTC
Duration328 min
Peak flux2.6e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 135 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 17 / 3850 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 1 |
| M/X flares that month | 77 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | S14W09 |
| Active region | AR 3576 (52 flares) |
Compared with the strongest flares of 1982
X12.9
X12.0
X10.1
X9.8
X8.0
X7.1
X5.9
X5.0
X4.5
X3.6
X3.2
X3.0
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:32 | 00:38 | 55 | M2.6 | N11E04 | 3581 |
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.
← X1.1 1982-01-30X1.1 1982-02-03 →
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A X2.6 flare that began 1982-02-01 12:17 UTC; No. 17 of 3,850 C-class-or-larger flares in 1982.