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M5.6 solar flare on 2023-01-11
ClassM5.6GOES-16 science data
Peak01:562023-01-11 UTC
Duration11 min
Peak flux5.6e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 35 / 3209 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:39 | 00:59 | 30 | M2.4 | – | – | |
| 05:31 | 06:09 | 57 | M1.3 | – | – | |
| 08:25 | 08:33 | 10 | M3.1 | – | – |
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.
← X1.0 2023-01-10M6.0 2023-01-15 →
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A M5.6 flare that began 2023-01-11 01:49 UTC; No. 35 of 3,209 C-class-or-larger flares in 2023.