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X1.6 solar flare on 2023-08-05
ClassX1.6GOES-16 science data
Peak22:212023-08-05 UTC
Duration58 min
Peak flux1.6e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (since Jun 2017) | 49 / 108 |
| Rank in year | 6 / 3209 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 1 |
| M/X flares that month | 27 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:23 | 09:36 | 26 | M2.1 | – | – |
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.
← M5.7 2023-07-17M5.5 2023-08-06 →
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A X1.6 flare that began 2023-08-05 21:45 UTC; No. 6 of 3,209 C-class-or-larger flares in 2023.