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Gottingen 

 Mean Time. 



Local 

 Mean Time. 



H. F. 



V. F. 



1882. 

 October, 

 h. m. 



A.M. 



19th 6 28 



— 8 38 



p.ji. 

 22nd 12 23 



— 1 23 



A.M. 



23rd 10 31 



24th 9 23 



— 10 28 



2oth 6 28 



26th 4 23 



28th 6 28 



— 7 40 

 November. 



1st 2 5 



— 2 17 



2 27 



— 2 35 



— 2 40 



58 

 15 

 30 





 25 



5 



5 25 



— 10 20 



— 10 30 



— 10 35 



— 10 40 



— 10 50 



— 11 



— 11 8 



— 11 50 



— 12 10 



P.M. 



— 2 25 

 3rd 1 23 



— 2 23 



A.M. 



5th 5 3 



1882. 

 October, 

 d. h. m. 



P.M. 



18 10 5 



A.M. 



19 12 15 



22 4 



— 50 



23 2 8 



24 



— 10 



Kiiiit patch at tlie edge of a cloud in N.E. Bright streak 

 (1) between clouds in N. 



Bright band (2) from S.E. towards N.W., visible through 

 clouds. 



Faint arch from E. to S.W., halfway between the horizon 

 and zenith, visible between clouds. Sky overcast. 

 (Magnetic instruments slightly disturbed.) 



Auroral light in S.E. horizon. Sky overcast 



Patches of auroral light in zenith and in S.W. horizon, 

 visible between the clouds only for a few seconds, 

 when the sky became completely overcast. (Instru- 

 ments very much disturbed.) 



Low arch (1) from N.W. horizon to S.W. horizon. Sky 

 overcast. 



Parallel line (1) from N. to N.W. on horizon. Faint 

 arch S.W. to W. 



Sky nearly overcast. Aurora visible between clouds S.E. 



of zenith (1). (Magnetic instruments disturbed.) 

 A greenish-coloured band (1) from S.E. through zenith 



to N.W. 

 Bright (2), prismatic, diffused aurora in S. and S.E., 



about 45° alt. 

 Faint patch near zenith, W. .... 



Faint arch (1) from N.N.W. to N.E., 15° alt. - 



„ .almost disappeared. Faint streamers in N.N.W. 

 (•5). _ 

 Arch brighter and lower, passing through Pleiades ; 

 brightest in N.E. 

 „ disappeared, except a faint patch in N.E. 

 Arch reappeared (1) - 



„ increasing in width. Faint .streamers in N.N.W. 

 Arch very faint, except in N.E. - - 



Arch bright (1), and streamers in N.W. 

 Arch very irregular (1), bright broad patch in E.N.E. (2) 

 Aurora very fiiint from N.W. to N.E. 

 Faint auroral lights in S. S.W. 'at the edge of a cloud. 

 Arch in N.E. disappeared except a very faint light in 

 N.N.W. 

 Aurora entirely disappeared . . . . 



Diffused arch (I) from S.E. through zenith to N.W. 



horizon. 

 Arch disappeared . - . - 



Diffused light in N.W., drifting towards S.W., bright (2), 



slightly prismatic. 

 „ disappeared, except a few faint streamers in the 



N.W. horizon. 

 „ disappeared . - - . . 



Auroral light in zenith (1) - - - - 



Bright patch in N.W. horizon (2) - - 



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



in N.N.W. 

 Aurora disappeared . . - . . 



Streak of auroral light in N.E. horizon 

 Arch from W.N.W. to N.E. (I) drifting S.W. - 

 Auroral light in zenith, on S.W. horizon and on N.E. 

 horizon (2). 



Auroral light in E. drifting N.E. - - - - 



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