Northern Lights will be 明白な across the UK tonight as a 抱擁する solar 嵐／襲撃する strikes Earth - here's the best time to see the 素晴らしい 陳列する，発揮する in your area

  • The Northern Lights will be 明白な over Scotland and Northern Ireland tonight
  • There is a 可能性 of sightings in Southern England and parts of むちの跡s

By Wiliam Hunter

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Seeing the Northern Lights is a bucket 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） item for stargazers across the world.

And tonight you won't have to trek into the frozen 北極の to see this 素晴らしい 陳列する，発揮する, as the aurora borealis will be 明白な over large parts of the UK and US.?

As the Earth is buffeted by 大規模な solar 嵐／襲撃するs, 放射（能） 罠にかける by the 磁石の 政治家s will supercharge this incredible natural 現象.?

The Met Office says that the aurora?might be 明白な as far south as むちの跡s and Southern England this evening.?

'夜通し 明白な aurora likely for Scotland and Northern ireland and perhaps その上の south across England and むちの跡s,' it said.?

The Met Office predicts that the aurora borealis will be visible over Scotland and Northern Ireland but could potentially extend down as far as the South of England and Wales

The Met Office 予報するs that the aurora borealis will be 明白な over Scotland and Northern Ireland but could 潜在的に 延長する 負かす／撃墜する as far as the South of England and むちの跡s?

約束 Hawthorn, an 天文学者 at Warwick University, says: 'Aurorae are 原因（となる）d when a large 量 of 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d 粒子s from the Sun interact with the Earth's 磁石の field, and interact with the atmosphere.'

普通は the aurora borealis, or aurora australis in the Southern 半球, are 制限するd to a small area around the Earth's 磁石の 政治家s.

However, during events known as coronal 集まり ejections, the Sun throws out far more 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d 粒子s than normal.

When these solar 嵐／襲撃するs 衝突する／食い違う with Earth, they not only 干渉する with electronics and 無線で通信する 器具／備品 but also 原因（となる） the aurorae to become 明白な at lower latitudes.

Today, the US's?国家の 大洋の and Atmospheric 行政 明らかにする／漏らすd that Earth is experiencing a major geomagnetic 嵐／襲撃する.

At a 率ing of G2, the 嵐／襲撃する is 分類するd as 穏健な and could 干渉する with 無線で通信する communications and 力／強力にする systems at high latitudes.?

But, while this 嵐／襲撃する isn't big enough to 厳しく 混乱に陥れる／中断させる communications systems, it will make the Northern Lights much more 明白な over a larger area.?

As a so lar storm hits Earth the Northern Lights will likely be visible over parts of the UK and US. A similar storm was responsible for the beautiful aurora visible over Gower, Wales (pictured) earlier this month

As a solar 嵐／襲撃する 攻撃する，衝突するs Earth the Northern Lights will likely be 明白な over parts of the UK and US. A 類似の 嵐／襲撃する was 責任がある the beautiful aurora 明白な over Gower, むちの跡s (pictured) earlier this month

The Northern Lights: A 素晴らしい natural light 陳列する，発揮する??

The Northern and Southern Lights (auroras) are natural light spectacles.

The 陳列する，発揮するs light up when electrically 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d 粒子s from the sun enter Earth's atmosphere.?

Usually, the 粒子s are deflected by Earth's 磁石の field, but during stronger 嵐／襲撃するs they enter the atmosphere and 衝突する／食い違う with gas 粒子s such as hydrogen and helium.

These 衝突／不一致s 放出する light in many amazing colours, although pale green and pink are ありふれた.?

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For those in Britain, there is a chance that this 増加するd activity could translate to an incredible 適切な時期 to see the Northern Lights above your own home.

To get the best 見解（をとる）, Dr Minjae Kim, also of Warwick University, advised MailOnline: 'Get away from light 汚染: Aurorae are best 見解（をとる）d in dark 場所s away from city lights and other sources of light 汚染.?

'Check the 天候: （疑いを）晴らす skies with 極小の cloud cover are ideal for aurora 見解（をとる）ing.?

'直面する northward: In the UK, the aurorae are typically seen in the northern sky, so look に向かって the northern horizon.?

'Be 患者: Aurorae can be (n)艦隊／(a)素早いing and can 変化させる in intensity, so be 用意が出来ている to wait and keep an 注目する，もくろむ on the sky.

'Use a camera: While aurorae can be seen with the naked 注目する，もくろむ, a camera with a long （危険などに）さらす setting can 逮捕（する） more 詳細（に述べる） and colour.'

It is always 価値（がある） 存在 aware that the Northern Lights depend on a lot of different factors and there will be a fair 量 of good luck 伴う／関わるd in getting the best 見解（をとる）s.?

And, によれば the UK's Met Office, the 天候 may be the biggest 障害 to seeing this natural spectacle.?

During the last solar storm, such a large amount of charged particles from the Sun collided with Earth that the Northern Lights could even be seen over Stonehenge (pictured)

During the last solar 嵐／襲撃する, such a large 量 of 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d 粒子s from the Sun 衝突する／食い違うd with Earth that the Northern Lights could even be seen over Stonehenge (pictured)

Unfortunately, almost the entirety of the UK is 始める，決める to be covered by 厚い clouds for most of the evening.

North Scotland, where the aurora will be most 明白な, will also see some 公正に／かなり 強い雨 throughout the evening which might make any sky-watching やめる unpleasant.??

A Met Office spokesperson told MailOnline: 'にもかかわらず some residual enhancement of geomagnetic activity into the evening of the 25th March, cloudy 条件s 原因（となる） any aurora sightings to be ありそうもない.

'In the next few days, activity is 一般に returning に向かって background levels, with a 減ずるing 見込み for aurora sightings.'

In the northern parts of Scotland where the lights will be most active there will be heavy rain for much of the evening
The Met Office warns that persistent cloud cover makes it unlikely that the Northern Lights will be visible

によれば the Met Office 予測（する）, cloud cover and rain might make it difficult to see the lights this evening?

However, if you had your heart 始める，決める on seeing the Northern Lights from home, there is still hope.?

As Ms Hawthorn explains, coronal 集まり ejections that 原因（となる） the Earth's aurorae are more ありふれた at the moment.

She said: 'The Sun has a cycle of how active it is, and it usually reaches a 頂点（に達する） of activity and Solar 天候 every 11 years.

'We're reaching that 頂点（に達する） at the moment, so we can 推定する／予想する to see aurorae more often and in more areas.'

This solar 最大限 has already 原因（となる）d the UK to see the Northern lights several times in the last few months.

At the beginning of March, the Northern Lights were even visible as far south as Cornwall.?

So, if you can't see the Northern Lights this evening with a （疑いを）晴らす night and good タイミング you might be able to see them at some point in the 近づく 未来.??