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X1.2 solar flare on 1982-07-19
ClassX1.2NOAA report
Peak01:011982-07-19 UTC
Duration46 min
Peak flux1.2e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 324 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 33 / 3850 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 10 |
| M/X flares that month | 111 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | N20W45 |
| Active region | AR 3804 (107 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03:53 | 03:53 | 10 | M1.0 | N11W55 | 3804 | |
| 04:16 | 04:23 | 14 | M7.5 | N11W54 | 3804 | |
| 05:41 | 05:48 | 15 | M6.3 | – | – | |
| 08:41 | 08:42 | 55 | M1.8 | N21W08 | 3812 | |
| 09:02 | 09:04 | 46 | M2.2 | N11W54 | 3804 | |
| 12:09 | 12:17 | 16 | M1.3 | – | – | |
| 12:52 | 12:54 | 12 | M2.3 | N13W13 | 3810 | |
| 18:07 | 18:45 | 100 | M2.1 | N11W71 | 3804 | |
| 18:44 | 18:49 | 24 | M2.3 | N10W66 | 3804 | |
| 21:51 | 22:47 | 98 | M8.2 | – | – |
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 X1.2 flare that began 1982-07-19 00:42 UTC; No. 33 of 3,850 C-class-or-larger flares in 1982.