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M5.0 solar flare on 1989-06-10
ClassM5.0NOAA report
Peak06:201989-06-10 UTC
Duration21 min
Peak flux5.0e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 125 / 2608 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 5 |
| M/X flares that month | 96 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | S18E90 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:38 | 09:46 | 19 | M1.3 | S17E90 | 5533 | |
| 12:07 | 12:07 | 10 | M1.2 | S21W09 | 5521 | |
| 12:53 | 12:56 | 9 | M1.5 | N25E61 | 5528 | |
| 16:50 | 16:56 | 35 | M1.7 | S20E81 | 5533 | |
| 19:04 | 19:11 | 16 | M1.2 | S20E80 | 5533 |
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.
← M6.3 1989-06-09X4.1 1989-06-15 →
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A M5.0 flare that began 1989-06-10 06:14 UTC; No. 125 of 2,608 C-class-or-larger flares in 1989.