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M5.7 solar flare on 1989-08-11
ClassM5.7NOAA report
Peak23:101989-08-11 UTC
Duration71 min
Peak flux5.7e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 111 / 2608 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 3 |
| M/X flares that month | 57 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | S18W32 |
| Active region | AR 5629 (54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16:12 | 16:25 | 84 | M2.0 | S18W29 | 5629 | |
| 19:46 | 19:47 | 25 | M1.0 | N17E81 | 5643 | |
| 20:01 | 20:21 | 73 | M1.6 | S14W27 | 5629 |
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.
← M7.6 1989-08-07X2.6 1989-08-12 →
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A M5.7 flare that began 1989-08-11 22:43 UTC; No. 111 of 2,608 C-class-or-larger flares in 1989.