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M7.2 solar flare on 1989-01-16
ClassM7.2NOAA report
Peak22:181989-01-16 UTC
Duration115 min
Peak flux7.2e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 89 / 2608 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 5 |
| M/X flares that month | 102 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | S30W51 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03:07 | 03:50 | 58 | M1.7 | S31W40 | 5312 | |
| 06:16 | 06:30 | 43 | M1.4 | S31W37 | 5312 | |
| 08:25 | 08:33 | 101 | M2.1 | S30W37 | 5312 | |
| 10:51 | 11:01 | 253 | M5.1 | – | – | |
| 15:04 | 15:07 | 107 | M1.8 | S32W42 | 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.
← M5.1 1989-01-16X1.4 1989-01-18 →
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A M7.2 flare that began 1989-01-16 22:07 UTC; No. 89 of 2,608 C-class-or-larger flares in 1989.