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M9.8 solar flare on 1989-11-08
ClassM9.8NOAA report
Peak19:021989-11-08 UTC
Duration100 min
Peak flux9.8e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 61 / 2608 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 4 |
| M/X flares that month | 67 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | N20W57 |
| Active region | AR 5769 (17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06:01 | 06:03 | 59 | M3.3 | N20W04 | 5776 | |
| 06:34 | 06:58 | 92 | M1.6 | N25W47 | – | |
| 18:18 | 18:48 | 80 | M2.0 | N16E08 | 5783 | |
| 23:16 | 00:57 | 167 | M1.3 | – | 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.
← M8.2 1989-11-07M5.6 1989-11-10 →
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A M9.8 flare that began 1989-11-08 18:56 UTC; No. 61 of 2,608 C-class-or-larger flares in 1989.