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M9.0 solar flare on 1989-01-18
ClassM9.0NOAA report
Peak09:121989-01-18 UTC
Duration61 min
Peak flux9.0e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 69 / 2608 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 2 |
| M/X flares that month | 102 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | S30W68 |
| 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
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 1989-01-18M9.6 1989-01-18 →
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A M9.0 flare that began 1989-01-18 08:51 UTC; No. 69 of 2,608 C-class-or-larger flares in 1989.