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M9.8 solar flare on 2005-09-17
ClassM9.8NOAA report
Peak06:052005-09-17 UTC
Duration17 min
Peak flux9.8e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 19 / 699 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 0 |
| M/X flares that month | 36 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 23 |
| Active region | AR 10808 (77 flares) |
Compared with the strongest flares of 2005
X17.0
X7.1
X6.2
X5.4
X3.8
X3.6
X2.6
X2.1
X1.7
X1.7
X1.5
X1.3
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.
← X1.1 2005-09-15M6.5 2005-12-02 →
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A M9.8 flare that began 2005-09-17 05:58 UTC; No. 19 of 699 C-class-or-larger flares in 2005.