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M5.0 solar flare on 1982-06-20
ClassM5.0NOAA report
Peak01:511982-06-20 UTC
Duration81 min
Peak flux5.0e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 90 / 3850 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 9 |
| M/X flares that month | 136 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | N13W17 |
| Active region | AR 3776 (73 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:18 | 00:25 | 35 | M1.0 | N15E15 | 3781 | |
| 01:14 | 01:14 | 7 | M1.1 | N11W26 | 3776 | |
| 02:50 | 02:55 | 18 | M1.0 | N12W15 | 3776 | |
| 04:00 | 04:04 | 11 | M1.7 | N11W28 | 3776 | |
| 04:42 | 04:43 | 6 | M3.5 | N11W18 | 3776 | |
| 06:31 | 06:37 | 15 | M1.3 | N13W28 | 3776 | |
| 11:59 | 12:01 | 33 | M2.1 | N18E13 | 3781 | |
| 17:01 | 17:16 | 42 | M1.3 | – | 3781 | |
| 22:24 | 22:32 | 26 | M3.6 | N16E01 | 3781 |
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 M5.0 flare that began 1982-06-20 01:47 UTC; No. 90 of 3,850 C-class-or-larger flares in 1982.