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M5.6 solar flare on 2001-06-23

ClassM5.6NOAA report

Peak00:152001-06-23 UTC

Duration10 min

Peak flux5.6e-05W/m²

Comparison	Value
Rank in year	46 / 2429
Other M/X flares that day	2
M/X flares that month	14
Solar cycle	Cycle 23
Position on disk	N09E24
Active region	AR 9511 (18 flares)

Compared with the strongest flares of 2001

X20.0 04-02X20.0

X14.4 04-15X14.4

X6.2 12-13X6.2

X5.6 04-06X5.6

X5.3 08-25X5.3

X3.4 12-28X3.4

X2.8 12-11X2.8

X2.6 09-24X2.6

X2.3 04-10X2.3

X2.0 04-12X2.0

X1.7 03-29X1.7

X1.6 10-19X1.6

Other M/X flares that day

Date	Begin	Peak	Min	Class	Location	Region
	04:02	04:08	9	X1.2	N10E23	9511
	06:20	06:26	14	M1.3	N10E21	9511

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.

← M6.2 2001-06-22 X1.2 2001-06-23 →

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A M5.6 flare that began 2001-06-23 00:10 UTC; No. 46 of 2,429 C-class-or-larger flares in 2001.