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M6.6 solar flare on 1989-05-30
ClassM6.6NOAA report
Peak01:141989-05-30 UTC
Duration9 min
Peak flux6.6e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 98 / 2608 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 2 |
| M/X flares that month | 47 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | S20W79 |
| Active region | AR 5497 (37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07:12 | 07:21 | 46 | M3.8 | – | 5497 | |
| 13:10 | 13:18 | 31 | M2.7 | – | – |
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.
← M5.7 1989-05-22X1.3 1989-06-02 →
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A M6.6 flare that began 1989-05-30 01:11 UTC; No. 98 of 2,608 C-class-or-larger flares in 1989.