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X2.3 solar flare on 1989-05-03
ClassX2.3NOAA report
Peak03:541989-05-03 UTC
Duration85 min
Peak flux2.3e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 167 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 25 / 2608 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 2 |
| M/X flares that month | 47 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | N27E32 |
| Active region | AR 5470 (31 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.
← M5.5 1989-05-01M5.4 1989-05-04 →
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A X2.3 flare that began 1989-05-03 03:26 UTC; No. 25 of 2,608 C-class-or-larger flares in 1989.