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M5.6 solar flare on 1989-11-10
ClassM5.6NOAA report
Peak16:501989-11-10 UTC
Duration83 min
Peak flux5.6e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 114 / 2608 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 5 |
| M/X flares that month | 67 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | N25W81 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01:38 | 01:50 | 75 | M3.9 | N18W01 | 5783 | |
| 03:39 | 03:41 | 21 | M1.4 | N18W03 | 5783 | |
| 11:29 | 11:29 | 6 | M1.2 | N18W08 | 5783 | |
| 12:55 | 12:58 | 66 | M1.1 | N19W04 | 5783 | |
| 19:47 | 19:47 | 25 | M2.9 | S23E66 | 5788 |
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.
← M9.8 1989-11-08M5.1 1989-11-11 →
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A M5.6 flare that began 1989-11-10 16:44 UTC; No. 114 of 2,608 C-class-or-larger flares in 1989.