Stargazers can catch a glimpse of the celestial display this week - but there's some things to know first.
As autumn officially begins, Scottish stargazers have a new chance to catch a glimpse of the Northern Lights this week.
"The auroral oval has been enhanced as a result of the coronal mass ejection arrival late on 24 Sep," reads the Met Office forecast. The latest bout is thanks to large bursts of magnetic fields, known as coronal mass ejection , that appeared on Sunday , one day after the autumn equinox. Top Trending Stories Today Why is autumn a good time to see the Northern Lights? An equinox happens twice a year - once in the spring and again in autumn - marking the transition of the seasons. The latter is the official halfway point between the longest and shortest days of the year.
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