257 



Gottingen 

 Mean Time. 



Local 

 Jleau Time. 



H. F. 



D. 



V. F. 



1882. 

 September, 

 h. m. 



A.M. 



17th 7 53 



— 7 58 



— 8 28 



— 9 28 

 18th 10 33 



19th 5 18 



— 5 43 



— 5 53 



— 5 58 



— 6 28 



— 7 23 



— 10 23 



— 11 23 



20th 4 33 



— r> 2.3 



— 5 49 



9 28 



— 10 23 



— 11 23 



P.M. 



— 12 23 



A.M. 



21st 5 23 



— 6 23 



— 7 23 



— 8 23 



— 8 53 



— 9 23 



— 10 23 

 22nd 8 ?>H 



1882. 

 September. 

 d. h. m. 



P.M. 



16 11 30 



11 35 



11 43 



11 52 



12 5 



A.M. 



1 5 



17 



18 



19 



2 10 



P.M. 



— 8 55 



— 9 20 



— 9 30 



— 9 35 

 _ 10 5 



— 11 



A.M. 



2 



3 



P.M. 



8 10 



9 



9 25 



10 



11 



— 12 



A.M. 



20 1 



1 5 



2 



3 



P.M. 



— 9 



— 10 



— 11 



— 12 

 21 12 





 

 





 30 



— 1 



22 12 





 15 



Band (1) S.E. to N.N.W., increasing in width and 

 brightness until the whole sky was covered with 

 rapidly-moving streamers of a reddish and green 

 colour from S.E. to N.X.W. and S.S.E. to S.W. (3), 

 (Great magnetic disturbance.) 

 „ disappeared rapidly . - . . 



Faint auroral light in S.E. - . - . 



Baud (1) in X.X.E. horizon witl\ streamers pointing 



upwards. 

 Faint patch of aurora m tlie zenith, from X.W. to S.E. - 



Auroral light in S.E. to alt. 15" - - - - 



„ became brighter (1) anil extended in an arch to 

 ]Sr.\V., where very faint. 



Aurora became faint in S.E. and brighter ('5) in N.W. - 

 ,, became very dim .... 



Auroral light from S.E. to N.W. through zenith - 



Faint band' from S.E. to S.W. .... 



Faint patch and a streak in S.W. - . - - 



Faint patch of auroral light in S E. ... 



Faint arch from .S.E. to N.W. - - - - 



Faint broad band S.E. to N.W. . - - - 



Aurora (1) with vertical streamers between l and 7 Ursse 



I.lajoris, 5" E. of ztiiith, through Cassiopeia and An. 



dromeda to S.E. horizon. An arch of auroral light 



somewhat brighter than above through Altair and 



Arcturus. 

 Aurora as above, but with a more diffused light in N.E. 



hoiizon. 

 Aurora (1) E. to S.W. 5° from zenith, with streamers in 



slight motion moving W., also a mass of light in E. 



which rapidly extended to. W in a striated baud (2). 

 Faint auroral band in S.E. passing from zenith to S.W. . 



Diflused masses of auroral light (1 and 3) ; one in the N. 

 horizon from which streamers of pink and green colours 

 were rapidly ascending, the other on the E. horizon 

 rapidly sending out streamers until there was quite a 

 canopy of light (2 to 3) ; these last were not coloured. 



(All the instruments slightly disturbed) - - - 



Diffused auroral lights in E. and W\ (1) 



Bright streamers (2) in W. about 10^ in width. Patch 

 of auroral light in E. 



Patches of aurora from W. to E. (1 in W.) 



Arch (1) S. E. to N.W. - - - . . 



Patch in E. - 



Arch (1) S.E. to N.W. and a wide patch of aurora from 



E. to zenith (2). 

 Faint patches of auroral light in E. and W. 

 Bright vertical streamers of a greenfsh colour (2) rapidly 



moving from E. to W. 



Bright strciimers (2) pink, green, and yellow, rapidly 

 moving from S.W. to W. to 20° alt. Faint auroral 

 lights in E. 



Piismatic, curtain -shaped aurora (3) rapidlv moving from 

 S.W. to E. 



Arch (2) from S.E. to S.W., witli streamers in S.E. 



210 

 292 



232 

 242 



112 



390 



350 



320 



1414 



1500 



