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M5.1 solar flare on 2024-01-23
ClassM5.1GOES-16 science data
Peak03:312024-01-23 UTC
Duration28 min
Peak flux5.1e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 122 / 3708 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 10 |
| M/X flares that month | 35 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 25 |
Compared with the strongest flares of 2024
X8.9
X8.6
X7.0
X5.8
X4.4
X4.4
X3.9
X3.4
X3.3
X3.2
X2.9
X2.8
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07:52 | 08:11 | – | M2.4 | – | – | |
| 08:18 | 08:22 | 6 | M2.3 | – | – | |
| 12:40 | 12:58 | – | M1.0 | – | – | |
| 13:03 | 13:08 | 9 | M1.0 | – | – | |
| 14:45 | 14:59 | 19 | M1.3 | – | – | |
| 16:36 | 16:40 | 10 | M4.3 | – | – | |
| 18:19 | 18:28 | – | M1.0 | – | – | |
| 18:35 | 18:44 | 13 | M1.1 | – | – | |
| 19:46 | 19:52 | – | M1.0 | – | – | |
| 19:57 | 20:01 | 7 | M1.0 | – | – |
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.
← X4.9 2023-12-31M6.8 2024-01-29 →
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A M5.1 flare that began 2024-01-23 03:09 UTC; No. 122 of 3,708 C-class-or-larger flares in 2024.