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X4.0 solar flare on 2000-11-26
ClassX4.0NOAA report
Peak16:482000-11-26 UTC
Duration22 min
Peak flux4.0e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 71 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 2 / 2492 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 1 |
| M/X flares that month | 22 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 23 |
| Position on disk | N18W38 |
| Active region | AR 9236 (28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02:47 | 03:08 | 33 | M2.2 | N19W30 | 9236 |
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.
← X1.9 2000-11-25M7.7 2001-01-20 →
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A X4.0 flare that began 2000-11-26 16:34 UTC; No. 2 of 2,492 C-class-or-larger flares in 2000.