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M6.0 solar flare on 1999-11-26
ClassM6.0NOAA report
Peak13:431999-11-26 UTC
Duration30 min
Peak flux6.0e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 12 / 2025 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 2 |
| M/X flares that month | 41 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 23 |
| Position on disk | S15W59 |
| Active region | AR 8778 (18 flares) |
Compared with the strongest flares of 1999
X1.8
X1.4
X1.4
X1.1
M9.8
M8.0
M7.6
M7.4
M6.6
M6.2
M6.0
M6.0
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.
← M5.7 1999-11-26X1.4 1999-11-27 →
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A M6.0 flare that began 1999-11-26 13:38 UTC; No. 12 of 2,025 C-class-or-larger flares in 1999.