What is the strongest solar flare you have ever seen?

[HalfFeralHuman]

25 minutes ago, MinYoongi said:

They were literally the last X-Flares of that cycle we saw. Going out with a bang did they produce cme's? Is there footage?

You can find archive SDO footage here: https://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/aiahmi/

and SOHO footage here: https://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/data/Theater/

[Solarflaretracker200]

7 hours ago, Marcel de Bont said:

The two strongest flare of SC24 from this beauty. I never witnessed the strongest flares of SC23 unfortunately. https://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/solar-activity/region/12673.html

X 9.3, X8.2, X2.2, X1.3?

That some big booms. 

[Vancanneyt Sander]

43 minuten geleden, MinYoongi zei:

They were literally the last X-Flares of that cycle we saw. Going out with a bang did they produce cme's? Is there footage?

Our top flare list has videos of all X-class flares

[Sam Warfel]

10 hours ago, MinYoongi said:

Youre even younger than me i was 4 in 2003!

Ok boomer! 😜

[Solarflaretracker200]

12 hours ago, prepper said:

are we in Perihelion?

Perihelion for what?

[prepper]

58 minutes ago, Solarflaretracker200 said:

Perihelion for what?

i mean are we near the sun or far right now?

[Solarflaretracker200]

Now the strongest solar flare i have seen is X2.25

[Sammyy]

On 12/4/2021 at 6:24 PM, Vancanneyt Sander said:

Seeing the GOES satellite saturate at X17.6 was so awesome 🤩 it was a few days later it was designated as X28.

Did it feel special to watch that event back then? or did it feel more normal due to higher rated flares around that time?

[Vancanneyt Sander]

1 uur geleden, Sammyy zei:

Did it feel special to watch that event back then? or did it feel more normal due to higher rated flares around that time?

Well a few days prior we had the X17 that delivered a full halo CLE that had a record transit time and caused a G5 extreme storm with Aurora as south as Spain! The X28 was the cherry, but do note that the GOES satellite reached saturation at X17 (see archive), it was in the weeks later it was determined to be X28. The CME of the X28 was also huge and although it was on the limb, it did reach Earth! It was a truly great 14 days of solar activity 🤩

[Sam Warfel]

Would GOES still saturate at X17, or has that changed to allow them to read higher?

[Vancanneyt Sander]

10 minuten geleden, Orneno zei:

Would GOES still saturate at X17, or has that changed to allow them to read higher?

I’m not sure if it has been increased 🤔 

[Solarflaretracker200]

3 hours ago, Vancanneyt Sander said:

Well a few days prior we had the X17 that delivered a full halo CLE that had a record transit time and caused a G5 extreme storm with Aurora as south as Spain! The X28 was the cherry, but do note that the GOES satellite reached saturation at X17 (see archive), it was in the weeks later it was determined to be X28. The CME of the X28 was also huge and although it was on the limb, it did reach Earth! It was a truly great 14 days of solar activity 🤩

That region sounded like it was a banger. (More than a banger actually)

[Sam Warfel]

55 minutes ago, Solarflaretracker200 said:

That region sounded like it was a banger. (More than a banger actually)

Those three, actually 

 

[Dan T]

On 4/1/2022 at 12:00 AM, Marcel de Bont said:

The two strongest flare of SC24 from this beauty. I never witnessed the strongest flares of SC23 unfortunately. https://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/solar-activity/region/12673.html

That is amazing to watch evolve from a tiny spot, and it helps me understand the process a little more.