Stargazers will be given yet another chance to catch a glimpse of the Northern Lights in Scotland tonight.
The Met Office’s space weather team is anticipating the nighttime spectacle to be visible in northern parts of the country on Sunday evening.
Forecasters say that this is the result of a solar eruption that was recorded on Wednesday, March 16.
The lights will be created by the subsequent space radiation hurtling towards Earth, which causes a coronal mass ejection - or CME.
This mass is made up of plasma - otherwise known as the corona - from the Sun’s outer layer.
The Met Office forecast reads: “The aurora is expected to be at predominantly background levels, with no significant enhancements.
“However, there is a chance of a slight enhancement from a glancing Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) on the 20th, but this is low confidence.
“Any effects from the CME, if they occur may bring the aura as far south as northern Scotland.”
Stargazers will have a better chance of seeing the auroras if the skies remain clear tonight.
And it appears that northern Scotland will stay clear on Sunday night, with a chance of cloud in the north east of the country from 9pm.
Scots have treated to the Northern Lights on a number of occasions this year so far.
The nighttime spectacle happens when particles are expelled from the sun and interact with the Earth’s magnetic shield.
When these particles meet the shield, they are ‘pulled’ to the north and south poles.
As they interact, the energy is released as a beautiful corona of dancing rays of light that are visible from below.
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