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M6.8 solar flare on 1989-08-29
ClassM6.8NOAA report
Peak14:551989-08-29 UTC
Duration76 min
Peak flux6.8e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 95 / 2608 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 7 |
| M/X flares that month | 57 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | S16E83 |
| Active region | AR 5669 (82 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01:29 | 02:02 | 47 | M1.2 | – | – | |
| 08:24 | 08:28 | 29 | M1.8 | – | – | |
| 12:42 | 13:04 | 54 | M4.7 | S15E73 | 5669 | |
| 16:59 | 17:00 | 11 | M2.6 | S16E84 | 5669 | |
| 17:17 | 17:19 | 11 | M2.1 | S15E89 | 5669 | |
| 17:54 | 18:08 | 27 | M1.9 | S10E79 | 5669 | |
| 23:51 | 23:57 | 24 | M1.3 | – | 5669 |
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.
← X2.9 1989-08-17M7.1 1989-08-30 →
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A M6.8 flare that began 1989-08-29 14:53 UTC; No. 95 of 2,608 C-class-or-larger flares in 1989.