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X1.4 solar flare on 1982-02-08
ClassX1.4NOAA report
Peak12:521982-02-08 UTC
Duration29 min
Peak flux1.4e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 280 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 28 / 3850 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 5 |
| M/X flares that month | 77 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | S13W88 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01:49 | 01:52 | 10 | M1.0 | N06E42 | 3594 | |
| 02:35 | 02:43 | 16 | M1.8 | S09E27 | 3594 | |
| 14:03 | 14:07 | 7 | M2.0 | – | – | |
| 18:58 | 19:01 | 5 | M2.5 | – | – | |
| 21:59 | 22:04 | 7 | M2.3 | – | – |
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 X1.4 flare that began 1982-02-08 12:50 UTC; No. 28 of 3,850 C-class-or-larger flares in 1982.