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M5.9 solar flare on 1989-12-26
ClassM5.9NOAA report
Peak05:391989-12-26 UTC
Duration55 min
Peak flux5.9e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 107 / 2608 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 2 |
| M/X flares that month | 39 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | S27E14 |
| Active region | AR 5852 (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
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.
← M5.2 1989-12-22M6.9 1989-12-26 →
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A M5.9 flare that began 1989-12-26 05:24 UTC; No. 107 of 2,608 C-class-or-larger flares in 1989.