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X1.7 solar flare on 2024-08-05
ClassX1.7GOES-16 science data
Peak13:402024-08-05 UTC
Duration29 min
Peak flux1.7e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (since Jun 2017) | 46 / 108 |
| Rank in year | 23 / 3708 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 6 |
| M/X flares that month | 121 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02:22 | 02:31 | 12 | M1.1 | – | – | |
| 05:13 | 05:23 | 13 | M6.1 | – | – | |
| 09:49 | 10:01 | 19 | M1.7 | – | – | |
| 15:18 | 15:27 | 13 | X1.1 | – | – | |
| 17:56 | 18:02 | 12 | M1.0 | – | – | |
| 18:20 | 18:37 | 21 | M1.2 | – | – |
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.
← M6.1 2024-08-05X1.1 2024-08-05 →
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A X1.7 flare that began 2024-08-05 13:24 UTC; No. 23 of 3,708 C-class-or-larger flares in 2024.