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M7.3 solar flare on 2023-05-03
ClassM7.3GOES-16 science data
Peak10:452023-05-03 UTC
Duration12 min
Peak flux7.3e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 20 / 3209 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 3 |
| M/X flares that month | 58 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:15 | 09:27 | 17 | M4.3 | – | – | |
| 10:03 | 10:14 | 15 | M3.1 | – | – | |
| 13:43 | 13:50 | 10 | M2.2 | – | – |
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.
← M7.2 2023-05-01M6.5 2023-05-09 →
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A M7.3 flare that began 2023-05-03 10:36 UTC; No. 20 of 3,209 C-class-or-larger flares in 2023.