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M5.6 solar flare on 1982-06-10
ClassM5.6NOAA report
Peak01:001982-06-10 UTC
Duration43 min
Peak flux5.6e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 80 / 3850 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 3 |
| M/X flares that month | 136 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | S08W22 |
| Active region | AR 3763 (95 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06:04 | 06:14 | 17 | M2.4 | – | 3763 | |
| 11:39 | 11:43 | 8 | M1.0 | S08W20 | 3763 | |
| 18:02 | 18:31 | 65 | M1.9 | S10W35 | – |
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.
← X12.0 1982-06-06X3.6 1982-06-12 →
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A M5.6 flare that began 1982-06-10 00:53 UTC; No. 80 of 3,850 C-class-or-larger flares in 1982.