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GOttingen 

 Sfeau Time. 



Local 

 Mean Time. 



H. F. 



V. F. 



1882. 

 October, 

 h. m. 



A.M. 



6th 6 23 



— 6 43 



— 6 47 



— 7 28 



— 7 35 



— SO 

 Sth 5 18 



— 9 23 



— 10 23 



— 11 23 



A.M. 



9th 3 23 



— 4 23 



— 5 23 



— 6 23 



— 7 23 



— S 28 



— 9 28 



P.M. 



— 12 23 



A.M. 



10th 4 28 



— 4 53 



— 5 28 



— 5 43 



— 63 



— 6 28 



— 7 33 



— 8 23 



— 8 33 



— 9 23 



— 10 38 



— 11 23 



P.M. 



— 12 23 



— 12 33 



1882. 

 October, 

 d. h. m. 



P.M. 



5 10 



— 10 20 



— 10 24 



— 11 5 



— 11 12 



— 11 37 



7 8 55 



A.M. 



1 



2 



3 



P.M. 



7 



8 



— 80 



— 90 



— 10 



— 11 



A.M. 



9 12 5 



— 1 5 



— 40 



P.M. 



_ 8 .' 



— 8 30 



— 95 



— 9 20 



— 9 40 



— 10 5 



— 11 10 



— 11 45 



A.M. 



— 12 

 10 12 10 



— 40 



— 4 10 







15 







Auroral line in S.E. horizon as before - - . 



Arcli from N.W. to S.E., 20° S.W. of zenith partly seen 

 through the clouds. 



Curtain-shaped aurora (2) from zenith towards S.W. hori- 

 zon, in slight motion. 



Curtain-shaped arch (2) from E.S.E. thi'ough zenith to 

 W.N.W., quivering arch (1-5) from S.E. to W. 



Bright prismatic streamers (3) rapidly moving from 

 E.S.E. horizon to W. Streamers (2) N.W. of zenith. 

 (Increase of vertical force.) 



Faint patches, in zenith only visible - - - 



iSky overcast, faint light, probably aurora, in S.E. horizon 



Faint arch from N.W. through zenith to S.E, 

 Faint patch in N.W. horizon. Sky nearly overcast. 

 Ditto - ■ - - - - - 



Faint aurora from E. to N.W. horizon, brightest portion 



in N.W. 

 Two arches (1) from E. to N.W. parallel to each other, 



tine about 4° alt., the other 23° alt. 

 Faint arch from S.E. to N.W., 25° alt. - 

 Faint arch from horizon to N.E. through Taurus to Ursa 



Major. 

 Patch (1) in S.E. horizon. Faint streak in N.W. 



Faint diffused arch from S.E. through zenith to W.N.W. 

 Arch (1) from E.S.E. through zenith to W.N.W. 



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



Faint patch in N.W. horizon - - - - 



Bright (1) streamers in N.W. Aurora visible between 



clouds in S.E. 

 Bright broad vertical patch (1) in S.E. Faint lights 



between clouds in N.W. 

 Faint arch (-5) from S.E. to N.W. through zenith. 



Streamers (1) in N.W. 

 Arch from S.E. to N.W. (1) through zenith 

 Ain-ora in S.E., stretching across sky to S. of zenith ('o) 

 Arch (-5) from S.E. through Cas.siopeia to W. 

 Prismatic canopy of auroral light (2) - - - 



„ „ became brighter and more diffused (3). 



(Instruments disturbed.) 

 Two faint bands from S.E. through zenith to W. 

 Two serpentine bands (2) S.W. of zenith to W. - 

 Faint arch from S.W. horizon to S.S.E., bright diffused 



patches in N.W. horizon moving towards the S.W. 



(Bifilar slightly disturbed.) 



Diffused masses of aurora in N.N.W. horizon, in rapid 



motion toward the zenith (1). 

 Bright (3), slightly prismatic, and curtain-shaped .aurora, 



drifting towards the N.E. horizon. 



Faint streak in zenith - . . - - 



„ „ remains stationary, and has become brighter 



Faint band from S.E. through zenith to W. 



Aurora, visible through the clouils, appears to cover the 

 greater part of tliesky. (Bifilar and vertical force very 

 unsteady.) 



324 

 340 

 265 



325 

 333 

 310 



1687 

 1177 

 1030 



A 17420. 



