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M6.7 solar flare on 2003-10-27
ClassM6.7NOAA report
Peak12:432003-10-27 UTC
Duration25 min
Peak flux6.7e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 29 / 1496 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 4 |
| M/X flares that month | 44 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 23 |
| Position on disk | S17E25 |
| Active region | AR 10486 (43 flares) |
Compared with the strongest flares of 2003
X28.0
X17.2
X10.0
X8.3
X5.4
X3.9
X3.6
X2.7
X1.7
X1.6
X1.5
X1.5
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04:12 | 04:39 | 56 | M1.2 | N00W44 | 10484 | |
| 07:51 | 08:33 | 93 | M2.7 | N00W45 | 10484 | |
| 09:21 | 09:27 | 11 | M5.0 | S16E26 | 10486 | |
| 21:46 | 21:51 | 19 | M1.9 | N08E09 | 10488 |
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.
← M5.0 2003-10-27X17.2 2003-10-28 →
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A M6.7 flare that began 2003-10-27 12:27 UTC; No. 29 of 1,496 C-class-or-larger flares in 2003.