Aurora Borealis Ontario May 11 2024. The aurora borealis is visible most nights, weather permitting, within a band several hundred miles wide that's centered at about 66 degrees north — about the same. Here are eight things to know about a geomagnetic storm that made the northern lights visible from southern ontario overnight friday into saturday, and why it’s.

The northern lights, or aurora borealis, is an incredible display of vibrant colours in the night sky, caused by electrically charged particles from the sun interacting. Auroras similar to those pictured here near carstairs, alta., on nov.