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X6.5 solar flare on 2006-12-06
ClassX6.5NOAA report
Peak18:472006-12-06 UTC
Duration31 min
Peak flux6.5e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 37 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 2 / 164 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 3 |
| M/X flares that month | 9 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 23 |
| Position on disk | S05E64 |
| Active region | AR 10930 (51 flares) |
Compared with the strongest flares of 2006
X9.0
X6.5
X3.4
X1.5
M7.9
M6.0
M3.5
M2.5
M2.0
M1.8
M1.4
M1.3
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01:30 | 02:20 | 84 | M1.1 | – | 10930 | |
| 08:02 | 08:23 | 61 | M6.0 | S04E63 | 10930 | |
| 20:14 | 20:19 | 8 | M3.5 | S06E58 | 10930 |
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.
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A X6.5 flare that began 2006-12-06 18:29 UTC; No. 2 of 164 C-class-or-larger flares in 2006.