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X1.7 solar flare on 1990-05-15
ClassX1.7NOAA report
Peak13:101990-05-15 UTC
Duration207 min
Peak flux1.7e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 234 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 10 / 2551 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 1 |
| M/X flares that month | 36 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | N42E38 |
| Active region | AR 6063 (23 flares) |
Compared with the strongest flares of 1990
X9.3
X5.5
X3.6
X3.4
X3.0
X2.4
X2.2
X1.9
X1.8
X1.7
X1.5
X1.4
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:29 | 00:32 | 61 | M1.2 | S18E53 | 6064 |
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.
← X1.2 1990-05-12X5.5 1990-05-21 →
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A X1.7 flare that began 1990-05-15 12:46 UTC; No. 10 of 2,551 C-class-or-larger flares in 1990.