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M9.8 solar flare on 1989-02-08
ClassM9.8NOAA report
Peak20:231989-02-08 UTC
Duration43 min
Peak flux9.8e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 60 / 2608 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 3 |
| M/X flares that month | 38 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | N30E27 |
| Active region | AR 5354 (43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:35 | 09:48 | 30 | M1.1 | N36E42 | 5354 | |
| 10:59 | 11:10 | 55 | M1.9 | N24E56 | 5355 | |
| 14:49 | 15:11 | 32 | M1.4 | N37E37 | 5354 |
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.
← X1.5 1989-02-04X3.9 1989-02-09 →
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A M9.8 flare that began 1989-02-08 19:53 UTC; No. 60 of 2,608 C-class-or-larger flares in 1989.