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M6.0 solar flare on 2001-09-05
ClassM6.0NOAA report
Peak14:322001-09-05 UTC
Duration9 min
Peak flux6.0e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 42 / 2429 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 2 |
| M/X flares that month | 51 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 23 |
| Position on disk | N15W31 |
| Active region | AR 9601 (33 flares) |
Compared with the strongest flares of 2001
X20.0
X14.4
X6.2
X5.6
X5.3
X3.4
X2.8
X2.6
X2.3
X2.0
X1.7
X1.6
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:03 | 19:13 | 19 | M1.3 | S16E35 | 9606 | |
| 22:23 | 22:33 | 23 | M2.2 | S25E67 | 9608 |
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.
← X5.3 2001-08-25M9.5 2001-09-09 →
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A M6.0 flare that began 2001-09-05 14:25 UTC; No. 42 of 2,429 C-class-or-larger flares in 2001.