Progetto Alternanza Scuola-Lavoro

Alternanza Scuola-Lavoro is a project of collaboration between Liceo Scientifico "Galileo Galilei" of Catania, Liceo Scientifico "G.B. Vaccarini" and the INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisica di Catania. For two weeks (18 Febbraio - 1 Marzo) seven high school student worked with the Catania Solar Group taking solar observations and analysing data. They produced the following table filled with information concerning the 50 strongest solar flares from Cycle 24.


50 strongest solar flares from Cycle 24
ID Class AR Date Start Max End Latitude Longitude Filaments Sigmoids Preceding polarity Following polarity Area (mhm) Number of sunspots and pores Zurich class OACt obs Halpha
1 X9.3 12673 06/09/2017 11:53:00 12:02:00 12:10:00 08S 33W / Y N- S+ 085.50 31+14 D Y
2 X8.2 12673 10/09/2017 15:35:00 16:06:00 16:31:00 09S 90W N N N- S+ / /

3 X6.9 11263 09/08/2011 07:48:00 08:05:00 08:08:00 18N 82W N N - + / /

4 X5.4 11429 07/03/2012 00:02:00 00:24:00 00:40:00 17N 15E N N + - / /

5 X4.9 11990 25/02/2014 00:39:00 00:49:00 01:03:00 12S 58E Y N - + 012.00 02+00 J Y
6 X3.3 11890 05/11/2013 22:07:00 22:12:00 22:15:00 09S 36E N N + - / /

7 X3.2 11748 14/05/2013 00:00:00 01:11:00 01:20:00 13N 74E / / + - 009.00 04+04 D Y
8 X3.1 12192 24/10/2014 21:07:00 21:41:00 22:13:00 13S 14W N N + - 256.25 42+53 F Y
9 X2.8 11748 13/05/2013 15:48:00 16:05:00 16:16:00 12N 67E / / / / / /

10 X2.7 12339 05/05/2015 22:05:00 22:11:00 22:15:00 12N 56E / / - + / /

11 X2.3 11875 29/10/2013 21:42:00 21:54:00 22:01:00 07N 80W N N - + 009.75 02+03 E Y
12 X2.2 11158 15/02/2011 01:44:00 01:56:00 02:06:00 19S 18W N N + - 055.75 23+15 E
13 X2.2 12087 10/06/2014 11:36:00 11:42:00 11:44:00 18S 57E / / + - / /

14 X2.2 12297 11/03/2015 16:11:00 16:22:00 16:29:00 15S 24E Y N + - 037.25 08+09 D Y
15 X2.2 12673 06/09/2017 08:57:00 09:10:00 09:17:00 08 S 33W N / - + 085.50 31+14 D Y
16 X2.1 11283 06/09/2011 22:12:00 22:20:00 22:24:00 14N 18W N N + - / /

17 X2.1 11882 25/10/2013 14:51:00 15:03:00 15:12:00 08 S 70E N N - + 010.50 04+02 D Y
18 X2.0 12192 26/10/2014 10:04:00 10:56:00 11:18:00 12S 46W N N - + / /

19 X2.0 12192 27/10/2014 14:12:00 14:47:00 15:09:00 12S 58W N N - + / /

20 X1.9 11302 24/09/2011 09:21:00 09:40:00 09:48:00 13N 45E N N / / / /

21 X1.9 11339 03/11/2011 20:16:00 20:27:00 20:32:00 20N 80E N N + - / /

22 X1.8 11283 07/09/2011 22:32:00 22:38:00 22:44:00 14N 19W Y N + - / /

23 X1.8 11598 23/10/2012 03:13:00 03:17:00 03:21:00 12S 52E N N / / 023.25 10+05 D
24 X1.8 12242 20/12/2014 00:11:00 00:28:00 00:55:00 2OS 30W N N N- S+ / /

25 X1.7 11402 27/01/2012 17:37:00 18:37:00 18:56:00 29N 79W N N N+ S- 004.00 02+01 D Y
26 X1.7 11748 13/05/2013 01:53:00 02:17:00 02:32:00 12N 67E N N / / / /

27 X1.7 11882 25/10/2013 07:53:00 08:01:00 08:09:00 8S 70E N N - + 010.50 04+02 D Y
28 X1.6 12158 10/09/2014 17:21:00 17:45:00 18:20:00 16N 09E N N N+ S- 043.50 08+22 D Y
29 X1.6 12192 22/10/2014 14:02:00 14:28:00 14:50:00 13S 14W N N - + 256.25 42+53 F Y
30 X1.6 12205 07/11/2014 16:53:00 17:26:00 17:34:00 20N 70E N N / / / /

31 X1.5 11166 09/03/2011 23:13:00 23:23:00 23:29:00 11N 15W N N + - / /

32 X1.5 12087 10/06/2014 12:36:00 12:52:00 13:03:00 20S 90E / / / / 009.50 04+06 D Y
33 X1.4 11302 22/09/2011 10:29:00 11:01:00 11:44:00 20N 90E / / / / 035.75 10+07 F
34 X1.4 11520 12/07/2012 15:37:00 16:49:00 17:30:00 17S 08W N N - + / /

35 X1.3 11430 07/03/2012 01:05:00 01:14:00 01:23:00 19N 01W N N + - 077.75 28+11 E
36 X1.3 12035 25/04/2014 00:17:00 00:27:00 00:38:00 15S 50W Y N + - 015.00 4+28 E
37 X1.3 12673 07/09/2017 14:20:00 14:36:00 14:55:00 08S 48W N N N- S+ 069.25 20+9 D Y
38 X1.2 11748 15/05/2013 01:25:00 01:48:00 01:58:00 12N 30E N N N+ S- 010.00 5+12 D
39 X1.2 11944 07/01/2014 18:04:00 18:32:00 18:58:00 09S 07E N Y + - 125.00 35+36 F Y
40 X1.1 11429 05/03/2012 02:30:00 04:09:00 04:43:00 18N 47E N Y + - 058.50 16+06 D Y
41 X1.1 11515 06/07/2012 23:01:00 23:08:00 23:14:00 15S 41W Y N + - 061.00 21+24 F Y
42 X1.1 11890 08/11/2013 04:20:00 04:26:00 04:29:00 10S 04E Y Y + - 061.25 21+49 E Y
43 X1.1 11890 10/11/2013 05:08:00 05:14:00 05:18:00 10S 30W Y N + - 061.25 21+49 E
44 X1.1 12192 19/10/2014 04:17:00 05:03:00 05:48:00 13S 40E N N + - 176.25 40+33 F
45 X1.0 11875 28/10/2013 01:41:00 02:03:00 02:12:00 07N 67W N N - + 033.75 5+7 E Y
46 X1.0 11893 19/11/2013 10:14:00 10:26:00 10:34:00 14S 69W N N N- S+ 016.00 7+4 E Y
47 X1.0 12017 29/03/2014 17:35:00 17:48:00 17:54:00 10N 02E N N - + 008.25 3+9 D
48 X1.0 12087 11/06/2014 08:59:00 09:06:00 09:10:00 17S 66E Y N - + 009.50 4+6 D Y
49 X1.0 12192 25/10/2014 16:55:00 17:08:00 18:11:00 13S 77W N Y + - 066.00 11+12 F
50 M9.9 11936 01/01/2014 18:40:00 18:52:00 19:03:00 16S 36W / N + - / /