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X2.6 solar flare on 1996-07-09
ClassX2.6NOAA report
Peak09:121996-07-09 UTC
Duration48 min
Peak flux2.6e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 140 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 1 / 86 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 1 |
| M/X flares that month | 3 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | S10W30 |
| Active region | AR 7978 (17 flares) |
Compared with the strongest flares of 1996
X2.6
M3.6
M1.4
M1.0
M1.0
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01:49 | 02:04 | 33 | M1.4 | S10W28 | 7978 |
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.
← M7.1 1995-04-22M5.9 1997-09-24 →
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A X2.6 flare that began 1996-07-09 09:01 UTC; No. 1 of 86 C-class-or-larger flares in 1996.