A photography expert told National Geographic it’s best to use a wide-angle lens, an aperture or F-stop of four or lower and a tripod to stabilize the image. With a smartphone, NOAA recommends enabling night mode and disabling flash.

Would-be stargazers in several northern states should keep there eyes on the sky Wednesday night, as geomagnetic storms are poised to make the northern lights visible further south than usual. According to NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center,

Here’s where the northern lights could be visible this weekend, the last time they were seen in Florida and how to find aurora borealis livestreams.