Viewing Comet Ison from Norway (Tromso)?

[Astroliver (Oliver)]

Hi Guys

I was curious, do you think Tromso in Norway would be a good place to travel to, considering weather and latitude, to watch comet ison? Provided it does survive its perihelion


Cheers
Oliver

[mithrandir (Andrew)]

I don't know about the weather aspect of Tromso, but assuming it survives find_orb predicts mag between -4.5 and -5.1 on Nov 29. It's not visible for most of the week before but is from then on.
Here is the predicted ephemeris from Oct 9 through Mar 7 - visible times only.

[Astroliver (Oliver)]

Originally Posted by mithrandir

I don't know about the weather aspect of Tromso, but assuming it survives find_orb predicts mag between -4.5 and -5.1 on Nov 29. It's not visible for most of the week before but is from then on.
Here is the predicted ephemeris from Oct 9 through Mar 7 - visible times only.

Thanks for that Andrew that will help alot

Im contemplating booking my tickets soonish, regardless if it survives (Northern Lights are there anyway). I also just want to find a place up there where it mostly clear

[Swampthing (Steve)]

Norway tends to be overcast a great deal. The west coasts tend to get a lot of wet weather I Hope you are lucky

[glenc (Glen)]

Part of the west coast of Norway is wet in November and December according to this
http://www.worldreviewer.com/world-weather/
Try temp -10c, rainfall 5mm/day.

[el_draco (Rom)]

If you go, Check out the Tirpitz wreck site.....