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X15.0 solar flare on 1989-03-06
ClassX15.0NOAA report
Peak14:101989-03-06 UTC
Duration150 min
Peak flux1.5e-03W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 6 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 2 / 2608 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 2 |
| M/X flares that month | 100 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | N35E69 |
| Active region | AR 5395 (107 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:54 | 01:18 | 29 | M3.0 | N29E78 | 5395 | |
| 03:11 | 03:23 | 27 | M2.5 | – | – |
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.
← M7.9 1989-02-21X1.8 1989-03-07 →
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A X15.0 flare that began 1989-03-06 13:54 UTC; No. 2 of 2,608 C-class-or-larger flares in 1989.