Astronomy Ireland has said that there is a strong chance people in Ireland will catch a rare glimpse of the Northern Lights tonight.
The spectacular display of multi-coloured solar waves were expected to light up the dark sky yesterday but dense cloud led to poor visibility.
Astronomy Ireland's David Moore says there is a 90% chance people will tonight see the aurora.
He said: "If we get a great display of the aurora, the whole entire country will see it."
Mr Moore said: " If it's a weak display out over the North Atlantic then northern counties are favoured. But those weak displays wouldn't be that spectacular."
He said that: "the next few years are great for aurora because we're just after sun-spot maximum and that's when the aurora peaks for several years after that."
If you have pictures of your views of the event please send them to yourphotos@rte.ie
