Photographers told National Geographic that wide-angle lenses, an aperture or F-stop of four or less and a focus set to the farthest possible setting are recommended for capturing the northern lights. If using a smartphone, it’s recommended to turn on night mode and disable flash.

NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) said the Northern Lights may be visible in parts of New York state after a Geomagnetic Storm Warning was issued on Thursday.

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NOAA forecasts a Kp index of three on a scale of nine for Tuesday night, meaning the aurora borealis will “become brighter” than average as it moves away from the Earth’s poles and be “quite pleasing to look at” for those in the right areas.

Now is the perfect time to see the night sky phenomenon, with the moon waning in its last quarter and the sun in a ‘solar maximum' phase throughout 2025.

There's a good chance the northern lights will be visible in the United States on Valentine's Day 2025. Here's why, and where to look for them.

Activity on the sun's surface reached its "solar maximum" last October and scientists at NASA believe that increased activity will persist into early 2026.

Look up because the northern lights could be visible almost everywhere in Canada tonight! That includes cities that don't usually see the aurora like Vancouver, Calgary, Ottawa and Montreal. NOAA's northern lights forecast for Thursday,