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X4.5 solar flare on 1982-11-26
ClassX4.5NOAA report
Peak02:371982-11-26 UTC
Duration50 min
Peak flux4.5e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 62 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 9 / 3850 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 3 |
| M/X flares that month | 50 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | S11W87 |
| Active region | AR 3994 (45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:05 | 15:08 | 7 | M1.1 | – | – | |
| 16:08 | 16:12 | 8 | M2.7 | – | – | |
| 19:26 | 19:43 | 18 | M2.0 | – | – |
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.
← M7.3 1982-11-22X2.8 1982-12-07 →
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A X4.5 flare that began 1982-11-26 02:30 UTC; No. 9 of 3,850 C-class-or-larger flares in 1982.