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M8.9 solar flare on 1989-01-06
ClassM8.9NOAA report
Peak18:121989-01-06 UTC
Duration53 min
Peak flux8.9e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 70 / 2608 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 3 |
| M/X flares that month | 102 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | S31E78 |
| Active region | AR 5312 (51 flares) |
Compared with the strongest flares of 1989
X20.0
X15.0
X13.0
X9.8
X6.5
X5.7
X4.5
X4.1
X4.0
X4.0
X3.9
X3.6
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04:59 | 05:08 | 27 | M1.4 | – | – | |
| 19:14 | 19:20 | 18 | M1.2 | S17W66 | 5301 | |
| 22:50 | 23:43 | 90 | M1.1 | – | – |
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.
← X1.4 1988-12-30X1.1 1989-01-07 →
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A M8.9 flare that began 1989-01-06 17:53 UTC; No. 70 of 2,608 C-class-or-larger flares in 1989.