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M8.2 solar flare on 1989-11-07
ClassM8.2NOAA report
Peak20:511989-11-07 UTC
Duration154 min
Peak flux8.2e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 76 / 2608 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 5 |
| M/X flares that month | 67 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | N13E71 |
| Active region | AR 5786 (20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02:32 | 02:38 | 44 | M2.4 | N18E36 | 5783 | |
| 02:55 | 03:20 | 80 | M6.9 | N20E13 | 5776 | |
| 06:10 | – | 18 | M1.0 | N18E40 | 5783 | |
| 16:32 | 16:55 | 69 | M1.0 | N16E29 | 5783 | |
| 19:31 | 19:32 | 45 | M2.8 | N17E74 | 5786 |
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.
← M6.9 1989-11-07M9.8 1989-11-08 →
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A M8.2 flare that began 1989-11-07 19:30 UTC; No. 76 of 2,608 C-class-or-larger flares in 1989.