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M5.1 solar flare on 2023-01-10
ClassM5.1GOES-16 science data
Peak00:162023-01-10 UTC
Duration12 min
Peak flux5.1e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 42 / 3209 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 6 |
| M/X flares that month | 41 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 25 |
Compared with the strongest flares of 2023
X4.9
X2.8
X2.2
X2.0
X1.9
X1.6
X1.4
X1.2
X1.2
X1.1
X1.0
X1.0
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02:08 | 02:16 | 15 | M1.0 | – | – | |
| 02:33 | 02:41 | 20 | M2.6 | – | – | |
| 10:59 | 11:08 | 12 | M1.0 | – | – | |
| 17:17 | 17:28 | 16 | M1.3 | – | – | |
| 17:44 | 17:48 | 7 | M1.2 | – | – | |
| 22:39 | 22:47 | 12 | X1.0 | – | – |
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.
← X1.9 2023-01-09X1.0 2023-01-10 →
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A M5.1 flare that began 2023-01-10 00:09 UTC; No. 42 of 3,209 C-class-or-larger flares in 2023.