Rylan Clark-Neal, a BBC presenter, tweeted his excitement after observing the northern lights from his Essex home.
From his Brentwood home, he shared pictures on social media with the caption: "My entire life I've wanted to see the northern lights... not the best pic but. I believe I've found it.
Rylan insisted that it was not the M25's lights, despite jokes from his supporters.
After seeing the images, weather presenter Dan Holley commented that it seemed "quite plausible" that the images were of the aurora.
When charged particles from the Sun collide with atoms in the Earth's high-altitude atmosphere, the northern lights, or aurora borealis, can be seen.
Due to increased cloud cover in some areas, it was less visible on Monday night but was still visible over much of the UK on Sunday night.
Rylan, however, asserted that he thought he was fortunate to have seen it on Monday night from his Essex home.
The BBC Radio 2 and Strictly - It Takes Two presenter posted on Twitter and his Instagram account, saying he had always wanted to see the phenomenon. He claimed his photos, which were posted at around 21:00 GMT, were taken close to his home in south Essex, where the sky, he claimed, was clear.
More than 700,000 people have viewed his original Twitter post.
It's absurd. I'm crazy about it," he wrote.
One of his followers asked him jokingly, "Are you sure it's not the M25?" regarding light pollution from the nearby London orbital highway.
Rylan answered that he was "certain" the M25 was not to blame.
"This is facing north, M25 would be to my left," he wrote. " .
The images were seen by BBC and Weatherquest forecaster Mr. Holley, who said: "It seems quite plausible that this is a glimpse of the northern lights. You can just about make out some magenta hues in the sky and even hints of auroral beams.
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