Today there will be a solar eclipse in Norway, which will cover at most 64 percent of the solar disk. Last year there was a solar eclipse in this country, but this time it will be bigger. The last time there was a total solar eclipse in Norway was in 2015, and it took place on Svalbard. Today will be the last time for quite some time that a solar eclipse will be visible in Norway. The next time is in 2025. According to meteorologist Trond Robertsen, Nordmøre, Trøndelag and parts of northern Norway have the best conditions for seeing the solar eclipse. In Kirkenes, over 62 percent of the sun will be covered. In Tromsø, the moon will be over 56 percent of the sun. While Oslo will get a coverage of 40 per cent. Correspondingly in Western Norway. The time at which the solar eclipse is greatest varies slightly from place to place. It will be greatest in Siberia, but there will not be a total eclipse there either. Illustration: Himmelkalenderen.com Different solar eclipses A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the sun and the earth so that the sun is covered completely (total eclipse) or partially. A total eclipse occurs when the sun is completely covered by the moon. The intensely bright sun disc is replaced by the dark invisible moon disc. The sun’s corona, which is otherwise far too faint to be seen, now becomes visible as a luminous ring. Totality is only visible from a very narrow strip on the earth’s surface. An annular eclipse occurs when the Sun and Moon are exactly aligned as seen from Earth, but the Moon is too far from Earth to cover the entire solar disk. The sun will then be seen as a very bright ring around the moon. A partial eclipse occurs when the sun and moon are not exactly aligned. The moon will then only partially shade the sun. This is what can be seen during all three other types of eclipses in locations off the central line. This can also occur even if the central line does not hit the earth at all. Source: Wikipedia Enthusiastic about natural phenomenon – Tromsø will probably be one of the places of honor this year. That’s what Steinar Thorvaldsen, professor of computer science at UiT, says. He is passionate about astronomy, and will keep a close eye on the solar eclipse together with the Tromsø Astronomy Association. – Now there is a fantastic weather forecast, especially in Eastern Finnmark where the solar eclipse is greatest. The whole of Northern Norway down to Trøndelag has a good weather forecast. It looks very exciting and promising. Thorvaldsen describes solar eclipses as an unforgettable natural phenomenon. – You see a bit of the dynamics of the universe and the two globes, how they meet. Imagine that we have learned so much about the universe that we can calculate this in seconds. The solar eclipse starts at 11:08. In Tromsø, the eclipse will be greatest at 12:13 p.m. Steinar Thorvaldsen is excited ahead of today’s solar eclipse. He urges everyone to be careful with their eyes and not stare directly at the sun without protection. Photo: Hanne Wilhelms / news – Don’t gamble with your eyes – Don’t look at the sun directly! Neither with eyes, with a camera or telescope. You must have a filter. Solar eclipse filters are the best, regardless of field of application, says astrophysicist Tor Einar Aslesen at the Norwegian Astronomical Society. Thorvaldsen is also aware that one must not “gamble” with one’s eyes. – It is staring that is dangerous. Just squint carefully and for short moments in case you’re going to take any chances. If you don’t have suitable glasses or filters lying around, Aslesen says that you can easily make a smart projector from a simple cardboard sheet. – Then you make a small hole in the cardboard, aim it at the sun, and then you actually get a small picture of the solar eclipse on the wall. It is an optical phenomenon, he explains. The hole must be very small, no bigger than the tip of a ballpoint pen, says the astrophysicist. This is what it looked like during the solar eclipse last year from Vadsø. Photo: Knut-Sverre Horn / Knut-Sverre Horn
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Watch the solar eclipse live – the biggest in Norway since 2015 – news Troms and Finnmark
