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M5.8 solar flare on 1989-09-01
ClassM5.8NOAA report
Peak23:551989-09-01 UTC
Duration49 min
Peak flux5.8e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 108 / 2608 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 5 |
| M/X flares that month | 71 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | S19E42 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04:05 | 07:12 | 436 | M4.6 | – | – | |
| 08:10 | 08:18 | 10 | X2.3 | S20E65 | 5671 | |
| 14:59 | 15:01 | 7 | M2.0 | S16E39 | 5669 | |
| 15:39 | 15:41 | 14 | M1.6 | S17E57 | 5671 | |
| 21:21 | 21:25 | 15 | 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.
← X2.3 1989-09-01M5.0 1989-09-03 →
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A M5.8 flare that began 1989-09-01 23:50 UTC; No. 108 of 2,608 C-class-or-larger flares in 1989.