Will Britain be able to see an aurora due to the massive explosion on the Sun earlier this weekend?

I heard there was a massive explosion on the Sun and that Britain may be able to see an aurora, is this correct?|||If the CME(Coronal Mass ejection) intersects the earth's orbit there will be Auroras.


In 2004 I observed, from northern Ohio, Auroras that extended to well past directly overhead.


It was a magnificent display of mostly greens with some blues and there was a cyclic pulsation across the whole sky that was almost imperceptable.Unlke the banding seen in the high latitudes it was almost sheetlike and pulsating rapidly only noticable in peripheral vision.Way cool!


In short,YES. If the particle stream hits us head on you could well see Aurorea in Britain.


Look to the north anytime after dark.Better if you are away from city lights to the north.


I live very near Lake Erie so I have almost zero light polution to the north.


Happy skywatching.|||The best place to see aurora in Britain is in the Shetland Islands. Clear, frosty nights are the best time, so you need to look at the weather forecast beforehand, and even then you may not be guaranteed a sighting. Once there, you would have to keep watch, since the aurora can happen in a fleeting moment or last, on and off, for a whole night.


Astroboffins are warning that a mighty "eruption" of superhot plasma has been blasted out of the Sun directly at the Earth. The plasma cloud is expected to reach Earth beginning tomorrow, possibly causing strange phenomena - including a mighty geomagnetic storm which could see the Northern Lights aurorae extend as far south as Blighty or the northern USA.