If you’ve only got a smartphone, you can still take great photos of the night skies. Here are some tips on how to shoot the Northern Lights.

LONDON (AP) — People in parts of the U.S. may be able to see Northern lights Monday night — or at least use a smartphone's camera to reveal hints of the aurora not visible to the naked eye.

As for equipment, ideally, you should use a DSLR camera because its manual controls give you lots of control, and a tripod to hold it steady. But many people won’t have this sort of equipment. But if ...