Dr Walach, who is from Lancaster University and is also a member of the AuroraWatch UK team, said it was possible in general to see the aurora in cities and towns – but it depended on cloud and light pollution, which could even include the moon.<\/p>\n
It was possible you could see them from your bedroom window, she added.<\/p>\n
“If we are in a geomagnetic storm for example, you definitely can,” she said. <\/p>\n
“Windows won’t obscure the light of the aurora but, depending on street lights, it might be trickier.”<\/p>\n
Asked if aurora hunters needed to find a high place to watch the skies, Dr Walach said: “No, not at all.”<\/p>\n
Being high up just helps because it is possible to see further, she added.<\/p>\n
The further north you are also helps, she says. Scandinavia and northern Scotland remain the best places to see the Northern Lights.<\/p>\n
To know when the northern lights are likely to be visible in the night skies this autumn and winter, the advice first of all from the BBC’s lead weather presenter, Simon King, is to keep a check on forecasts<\/p>\n
Wait for enhanced solar activity and check the weather, because the lights will not be visible in a cloudy sky, he added.<\/p>\n