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M8.3 solar flare on 1989-01-09
ClassM8.3NOAA report
Peak19:211989-01-09 UTC
Duration126 min
Peak flux8.3e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 75 / 2608 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 5 |
| M/X flares that month | 102 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | S32E45 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01:00 | 01:09 | 77 | M3.2 | N29E21 | 5315 | |
| 04:58 | 05:15 | 37 | M2.0 | S30E47 | 5312 | |
| 06:32 | 06:47 | 144 | M2.1 | S15E26 | 5311 | |
| 13:47 | 14:09 | 88 | M1.0 | – | – | |
| 15:42 | 16:23 | 115 | M1.3 | S31E44 | 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.
← M5.6 1989-01-08X1.4 1989-01-10 →
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A M8.3 flare that began 1989-01-09 19:14 UTC; No. 75 of 2,608 C-class-or-larger flares in 1989.