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M8.0 solar flare on 2000-07-25
ClassM8.0NOAA report
Peak02:492000-07-25 UTC
Duration11 min
Peak flux8.0e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 18 / 2492 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 2 |
| M/X flares that month | 54 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 23 |
| Position on disk | N06W08 |
| Active region | AR 9097 (15 flares) |
Compared with the strongest flares of 2000
X5.7
X4.0
X2.3
X2.3
X2.0
X1.9
X1.9
X1.8
X1.8
X1.2
X1.2
X1.2
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04:40 | 04:56 | 24 | M3.7 | S13W71 | 9087 | |
| 18:41 | 18:46 | 16 | M1.2 | N05W16 | 9097 |
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.
← M5.5 2000-07-21M5.9 2000-09-16 →
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A M8.0 flare that began 2000-07-25 02:43 UTC; No. 18 of 2,492 C-class-or-larger flares in 2000.