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M6.7 solar flare on 1982-12-08
ClassM6.7NOAA report
Peak14:431982-12-08 UTC
Duration314 min
Peak flux6.7e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 71 / 3850 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 3 |
| M/X flares that month | 88 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 21 |
| Position on disk | N07E68 |
| Active region | AR 4022 (30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08:28 | 08:35 | 44 | M1.1 | N10E72 | 4022 | |
| 11:06 | 11:12 | 57 | M1.9 | N11E76 | 4022 | |
| 19:35 | 19:40 | 41 | M1.3 | – | – |
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 M6.7 flare that began 1982-12-08 13:23 UTC; No. 71 of 3,850 C-class-or-larger flares in 1982.