262 



Gottingen 

 Mean Time. 



Local 

 Mean Time. 



1882. 

 October, 

 h. m. 



A.M. 



11th 7 38 



— 8 33 



— 9 23 



10 23 



10 28 



1882. 

 October, 

 d. h. m. 



P.M. 



10 11 15 



A.M. 



11 J2 10 

 — 1 



17 



18 



H. F. 



V. F. 



Faint arch from S.E. to N.W. horizon, .ind sevenil patches 

 visible tbrough clouds. * 



Arch (1) from N.E. horizon to S.W. horizon, and faint 



auroral light at zenith. 

 Mass of auroral light in E. horizon apparently drifting 



towards the S.W. horizon. Sky nearly overcast. (An 



increase of vertical force.) 

 Auroral light from S.E. horizon to E. (1) 



Aurora visilile tbrough the clouds at zenith 



Faint light tbrough the clouds. Sky overcast 



Bright patch of auroral light (2) in the S.E., about 



45° alt. Sky overcast. 

 Sky overcast, but faint light all over the sky showing 



yellow auroral line in spectroscope. 

 Faint masses of auroral light in zenith and S.W., about 



30'" alt. 



Sky dark and clouded, light entirely disappeared 



Sky overcast, but faint light from E. horizon to N.W. 



horizon. 

 Patch of aurora (1), about 50° alt. in S.E. 

 Patches in zenith visible between clouds - - - 



Masses of aurora in zenith and about 5° S. of zenith. 



Sky cloudy. 



Patches of aurora visible through clouds in S.E. horizon - 

 Bright aurora (2) from S.W. to N.W. horizon, partly 



visible between clouds. 

 Bright patch in S.W., about 50° alt. 



Bright aurora (1) from S.W. to S.E., faint patches visible 



in zenith through clouds. Sky overcast. 

 Aurora (I j from S.W. to S.E. - - - - 



Mass of auroral light extending from S.E. horizon to 



zenith. Visible through the clouds. 



Band from S.S.E. crossing the sky halfway between 



S.W. horizon and zenith to W. (2). 

 Bright auroral light (2) in S. and S.W. horizon 



Much the same - - - - 



Mass of auroral light (1) in N.E. horizon, 

 light in S. and S.W. as above. 



The auroral 



Aurora visible between the clouds 3° S.W. of zenith 

 Aurora visible between the clouds S.E. of zenith - 

 Auroral light visible through the clouds. Sky overcast - 

 Faint auroral light in N.E. horizon. Sky cloudy 



Auroral light (2) in W. and S.W. horizon. Sky over- 

 cast. 



Masses of aurora (2) from N.W. to zenith and from E. 

 to N.W., drifting tov/ards the S.W. horizon. 



Faint patch in S. and S.E. . - - - 



Arch (2) from E. to N.W., about 10° alt. A few 



streamers on N.W. horizon. 

 Auroral light (1) from N.N.W. to W. horizon - 

 Auroral light from E. to N.W. horizon, visible between 



the clouds. Sky nearly overcast. 



Sky nearly overcast, patches of aurora (1) visible between 

 clouds S.W. of zenith. 



