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M5.1 solar flare on 1989-11-11
ClassM5.1NOAA report
Peak05:051989-11-11 UTC
Duration27 min
Peak flux5.1e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 124 / 2608 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 2 |
| M/X flares that month | 67 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | N16W25 |
| Active region | AR 5783 (40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08:56 | 09:05 | 20 | M1.2 | – | – | |
| 18:29 | 18:32 | 37 | M1.6 | N11W44 | 5781 |
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.
← M5.6 1989-11-10X1.5 1989-11-12 →
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A M5.1 flare that began 1989-11-11 05:00 UTC; No. 124 of 2,608 C-class-or-larger flares in 1989.