During January 2021, no major sunspots appeared on the Sun surface like during November and December 2020. There were no geomagnetic storms either. Only one major solar event was detected by the SAASST “Decametric Radio telescope (DRT)” on January 8th when a huge filament of magnetized materials was ejected by the Sun, but it missed Earth as NOAA reports. The DRT detected a series of minor solar radio bursts (micro solar radio storms) with typical solar radio emission patterns but with very low intensities. This unexpected short quiet Sun phase will not last for an extended period. The Solar Cycle 25th had already started, and we expect the Sun to be active again in the upcoming months.
Caption: Unlike December 2020, where the Sun was peppered with spots almost every day, January 2021 saw the Sun returning to its Solar Minimum again. Despite it, the dual decametric array at SAASST detected some minor solar radio bursts that were not associated with the sunspots, except the radio burst that occurred on January 25th.
