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M6.3 solar flare on 1989-06-09
ClassM6.3NOAA report
Peak22:551989-06-09 UTC
Duration6 min
Peak flux6.3e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 101 / 2608 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 5 |
| M/X flares that month | 96 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | S20E90 |
| Active region | AR 5533 (42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:06 | 00:32 | 113 | M2.3 | S22E09 | 5521 | |
| 07:11 | 08:16 | 104 | M2.4 | S20E10 | 5521 | |
| 16:27 | 16:31 | 10 | M1.9 | S20E90 | 5533 | |
| 20:24 | 20:29 | 30 | M2.4 | – | – | |
| 21:37 | 21:41 | 10 | M1.0 | – | – |
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.
← X1.0 1989-06-05M5.0 1989-06-10 →
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A M6.3 flare that began 1989-06-09 22:52 UTC; No. 101 of 2,608 C-class-or-larger flares in 1989.