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M5.7 solar flare on 2012-05-10
ClassM5.7NOAA report
Peak04:182012-05-10 UTC
Duration12 min
Peak flux5.7e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 17 / 1388 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 1 |
| M/X flares that month | 12 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 24 |
| Position on disk | N12E22 |
| Active region | AR 11476 (67 flares) |
Compared with the strongest flares of 2012
X5.4
X1.8
X1.7
X1.4
X1.3
X1.1
X1.1
M9.0
M8.7
M8.4
M7.9
M7.7
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20:20 | 20:26 | 10 | M1.7 | – | – |
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.
← M7.9 2012-03-13M5.1 2012-05-17 →
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A M5.7 flare that began 2012-05-10 04:11 UTC; No. 17 of 1,388 C-class-or-larger flares in 2012.