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M8.6 solar flare on 2022-08-29
ClassM8.6GOES-16 science data
Peak11:072022-08-29 UTC
Duration23 min
Peak flux8.6e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 11 / 2392 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 4 |
| M/X flares that month | 29 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 25 |
Compared with the strongest flares of 2022
X2.2
X1.5
X1.3
X1.1
X1.1
X1.1
X1.0
M9.6
M9.6
M8.7
M8.6
M7.9
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03:24 | 03:38 | 22 | M3.3 | – | – | |
| 14:46 | 14:56 | 21 | M2.5 | – | – | |
| 16:11 | 16:35 | 74 | M4.2 | – | – | |
| 18:45 | 18:57 | 22 | M4.6 | – | – |
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.
← M6.7 2022-08-28M7.9 2022-09-16 →
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A M8.6 flare that began 2022-08-29 10:48 UTC; No. 11 of 2,392 C-class-or-larger flares in 2022.