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M6.5 solar flare on 1982-02-06
ClassM6.5NOAA report
Peak21:001982-02-06 UTC
Duration32 min
Peak flux6.5e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 73 / 3850 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 7 |
| M/X flares that month | 77 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | S15W63 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11:04 | 11:08 | 8 | M1.8 | – | 3594 | |
| 13:31 | 13:35 | 7 | M3.1 | – | – | |
| 14:42 | 15:34 | 83 | M1.3 | S11E48 | 3594 | |
| 15:39 | 15:41 | 4 | M2.2 | – | – | |
| 17:20 | 17:31 | 88 | M1.0 | S12E46 | 3594 | |
| 17:53 | 17:59 | 11 | M1.1 | – | 3594 | |
| 23:55 | 23:59 | 44 | M4.2 | S16W80 | 3576 |
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 M6.5 flare that began 1982-02-06 20:50 UTC; No. 73 of 3,850 C-class-or-larger flares in 1982.