271 



Gottiugen 

 Mean Time. 



Local 

 Mean Time. 



H. F. 



D. 



V. F. 



1882. 

 December, 

 h. m. 



A.M. 



6th 7 23 



— 8 28 



— 3 18 



A.M. 



7th 1 28 

 2 28 



— 3 28 



— 4 30 



— 5 31 



— 6 33 



— 7 33 



— 8 28 



— 9 23 

 10 28 



1882. 

 Dc'cembei-. 

 d. h. m. 



P.M. 



5 110 



A.M. 



6 12 5 



— 10 10 



— 11 10 



A.M. 



7 12 5 



— 1 



— 3 



— 10 



— 11 10 



Irregular, curvefl, curtain-shaped aurora about (2) and 

 slightly prismatic, from E.S.E. to N.W., moving rapidlj- 

 towards Ursa Major. 



Irregular, diffused, and appearing lilie cumulus clouds 

 from S.E. horizon to zenith, and there is a portion of 

 an arch from W. towards N.N.E. slightly prismatic 

 and moving rapidly. 



Arch from E, to N.W. through Ursa Major (2-5) 



Faint patches all round zenith - - - . 



Patch of aurora in N.W., 20^= alt. (-5), drifting toward 

 N.E. 



Auroral lights (1) on N.W. and N.N.E. horizons - 



Faint arch (-5 to 1) from N.N.E. to W.N.W., alt. 45°, 



brightest part in N.N.E. 

 Arch (1) from E.N.E. to E., 30° alt. 



E.S.E. to E.N.E., 15° alt. - 

 „ „ „ N.E. curtain-shaped and of a 



greenish colour in N.E., alt. 25°. 

 Arch from E. to N.W. through Ursa Major (1"5) 

 Arch (1) from E. to N.W., 60° alt., brighter on E. horizon 



(3), where another arch with vertical streamers appears 



extending along the N.E. horizon. 

 Arch now halfway between zenith and N.N.W. horizon, 



and an inten.se light (3), curtain-shaped, on N.N.E. 



horizon. 

 Faint arch ( -5) from N.E. horizon to W.N.W. - 

 Aurora (1) in N.E., alt. 12° 



Irregular arch (1) from E. through zenith to N.W., very 



wide at zenith. 

 Irregular arch very faint ('5) - - - - 



Auroral light (-5) in N.N.W., 50° alt. 

 Irregular-shaped arch from N.N.W. to E. (1), alt. 30°. 



Faint light ( 'o) from S.E. horizon to 50° alt. 



Patches of aurora in E.S.E. ( -5), and in N.N.W. (1) - 



Faint patches in W.N.W. (• 5) - - - - 



Faint aich (-5) from W.N.W. through zenith to 60" alt. 



E.S.E. 

 Faint light in zenith, arch (1) from S. to S.W., 20° alt. - 

 Aurora visible between clouds about 15° N. of zenith and 



halfway between S.W. liorizon and zenith. 



Faint patches ('5) on horizon in E. and S.E. 



Streamers ( '5) on E, and N.E. horizon 



Briglit streamers (1 to 2) E.N.E. through zenith to E. - 



Faint arch (-5) from S.E. to N.W., 80° alt. 



Ditto . . - - - 



Ditto, also a faint patch from zenith towards N.W., 

 and a few patches on S.E. horizon. 

 Above arch has almost disappeared except in S.E., where 



brighter (IS). 

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

 Three irregular arches (1) 



1st, from E. to N.N.W. just below tail star of Ursa 

 Major. 



2nd, from same point, through zenith 



3rd, through Orion and Taurus - 

 A few detached streamers, more esjjccially at zenith 



