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X1.4 solar flare on 1989-01-10
ClassX1.4NOAA report
Peak20:311989-01-10 UTC
Duration63 min
Peak flux1.4e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 284 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 36 / 2608 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 6 |
| M/X flares that month | 102 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | S31E30 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:26 | 00:28 | 64 | M3.0 | S32E41 | 5312 | |
| 05:49 | 05:52 | 19 | M1.4 | S31E61 | 5316 | |
| 06:22 | 06:25 | 26 | M3.6 | S35E43 | 5312 | |
| 13:04 | 13:12 | 24 | M1.5 | – | – | |
| 17:33 | 17:55 | 102 | M2.6 | S34E37 | 5312 | |
| 18:55 | 19:04 | 73 | M1.6 | N32W01 | 5315 |
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.
← M8.3 1989-01-09X2.3 1989-01-13 →
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A X1.4 flare that began 1989-01-10 20:23 UTC; No. 36 of 2,608 C-class-or-larger flares in 1989.