Tonight, it's the screen of the longest lunar eclipse of the century. But you have to get up off the couch to have it with you.

Tonight the moon ends in the shadow of the earth. There will be a total lunar eclipse and the moon will get a red color if the conditions are right.

– It will be very exciting, says Roar Inge Hansen.

He is the head of the Astronomical Association of Bergen, a collection agency for astronomers in Bergen. The association has about 60 paying members.

Hansen says that the eclipse starts at 9:30 pm and lasts nearly two hours. It's the longest lunar eclipse of this century, but you can only see the last half of Bergen, and you can not see it from anywhere.

Not visible from center

To get the eclipse, you must have an unobstructed view of the southeast as possible. There must be no mountain on the road. Because of the mountains of the city, there is a problem if you are in the center of Bergen. That's why you get up in Høyden.

– From Vidden, Ulriken and Rundemanen, you'll have a good view, says Hansen.

The eclipse begins at 9:30 pm, but the moon does not rise in Bergen before 22.14.

But even from the mountains of the city, the view is completely clear, so you do not want to see the moon before 22:24.

The light is on the way

But the restrictions do not stop there. At 22:24 the sky will still be illuminated, and the moon will be hard to see, says Hansen, who is also a meteorologist.

The darkness does not occur before 23:30, but the total eclipse is over. Therefore, we must aim to see it around 11 pm.

– So it's quite dark, while the eclipse is still total, but it's exciting to see what we can see, Hansen says.

– Will be Visible

To make it possible to see something tonight, the sky must be cloudy. There does not seem to be any problem, says Linda Kleppe, consultant at the Meteorological Institute.

– Chances are pretty hungry for the eclipse to be clearly visible, she says.

Forecasts for evening and night indicate that there is little or no clouds Friday night and night at Saturday. This applies to all of western Norway. It will be hot too, "says Kleppe.

" It's great to be out, so I think you'll be happy no matter where you go to see the moon eclipse, " she says.

March closer to age 15

The lunar eclipse coincides with the planet Mars is closer to Earth than it has been in 15 years. Hansen, the planet will appear during the moon around 23.37.

Once again, a clear vision is important because the planet will be even lower than the moon on the horizon.March is shining reddish and can be a interesting show at the red moon.

– The total lunar eclipse is over, but the moon may still have a small red cut, "says Hansen.

The best place

Even Hansen should be head south to Sotra on Friday night.It thinks it's the best place to be in jail.

– There is no mountain s near the southeast to be on the road, he says.