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Solar flux unit

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Solar Flux Units (SFU) are multiple of a Jansky, namely, 1 SFU ≡ 104 Jy ≡ 10-22 Wm-2Hz-1str-1 ≡ 10-19 ergs s-1cm-2Hz-1str-1 .

It is mostly used in measuring radio energy from the sun and solar astrophysics.