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X3.5 solar flare on 1989-04-09
ClassX3.5NOAA report
Peak00:591989-04-09 UTC
Duration115 min
Peak flux3.5e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 88 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 13 / 2608 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 1 |
| M/X flares that month | 14 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | N35E29 |
| Active region | AR 5441 (10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02:02 | 02:07 | 31 | M1.6 | S20E04 | 5438 |
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.
← M6.6 1989-03-26M5.5 1989-05-01 →
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A X3.5 flare that began 1989-04-09 00:44 UTC; No. 13 of 2,608 C-class-or-larger flares in 1989.