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M5.6 solar flare on 1989-01-08
ClassM5.6NOAA report
Peak17:171989-01-08 UTC
Duration117 min
Peak flux5.6e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 113 / 2608 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 6 |
| M/X flares that month | 102 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07:57 | 07:58 | 5 | M2.4 | S34E55 | 5312 | |
| 12:28 | 12:47 | 67 | M7.5 | S33E58 | 5312 | |
| 15:02 | 15:09 | 56 | M1.1 | S27E17 | 5310 | |
| 18:57 | 19:09 | 41 | M1.5 | S35E63 | 5312 | |
| 19:48 | 19:55 | 31 | M1.1 | – | – | |
| 23:25 | 23:36 | 35 | M4.9 | S34E53 | 5312 |
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.
← M7.5 1989-01-08M8.3 1989-01-09 →
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A M5.6 flare that began 1989-01-08 17:04 UTC; No. 113 of 2,608 C-class-or-larger flares in 1989.