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X2.3 solar flare on 1989-01-13
ClassX2.3NOAA report
Peak10:181989-01-13 UTC
Duration136 min
Peak flux2.3e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 166 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 24 / 2608 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 8 |
| M/X flares that month | 102 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | S31W05 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:03 | 00:08 | 83 | M1.5 | S30E03 | 5312 | |
| 03:51 | 03:55 | 25 | M2.1 | S34E06 | 5312 | |
| 12:25 | 12:42 | 182 | M9.2 | – | – | |
| 16:18 | 17:42 | 161 | M6.1 | S30W07 | 5312 | |
| 18:45 | 19:26 | 102 | M1.4 | N18E55 | 5321 | |
| 20:10 | 20:15 | 60 | M2.0 | – | – | |
| 20:27 | 21:14 | 68 | M1.6 | N18E53 | 5321 | |
| 21:52 | 22:06 | 254 | M2.8 | – | – |
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 1989-01-10M9.2 1989-01-13 →
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A X2.3 flare that began 1989-01-13 08:29 UTC; No. 24 of 2,608 C-class-or-larger flares in 1989.