275 



Gottingen 

 Mean Time. 



Local 

 Mean Time. 



H. F. 



V. F. 



1882. 

 December, 

 h. m. 



I'.M. 



2 28 



A.M. 



3 28 

 5 28 



19th 

 20th 



— 6 28 



— 73 



— 7 28 



7 33 



8 28 



8 31 



8 38 



— 8 53 



— 9 28 



— lU 28 



— 11 30 



P.M. 



— 1 23 



— 2 23 



— 3 13 



— 3 28 



— 3 53 



A.M. 



21st 1 38 



— 2 38 



— 3 28 



— 5 2S 



— G 28 



— 7 33 



— 8 28 



22nd 4 23 



— 5 38 



— 6 33 



— 7 42 



— 8 28 



1882. 

 December, 

 d. h. m. 



A.M. 



19 6 5 



P.M. 



— 75 



— 95 



— 10 5 



— 10 40 



11 



— 11 10 



A.M. 



20 12 5 



— 12 8 



— 12 15 



— 12 30 



— 1 5 



30 



I'.) 



— 5 



— 6 



— 9 



— 10 



— 11 



A 



21 12 

 p 



— 8 



— 9 



— 10 







5 

 10 



Jo 

 10 



— 11 10.? 



A.M. 



22 12 5 



Fiiiiit inch from E.S.E. to S.W., 35° alt. 



Arch (-5) from E. to N.N.W., alt. S'' - 



Irregular arch (2), with a greenish glow, from E. to 

 N.N.W., 30° alt. ; another arch from the same point in 

 N.M.W. to zenith, and of the same colour and bright- 

 ness ; both drifting towards N. horizon. 



Arch (-5) from E. to N.N.VV., 15° alt. 



Irregular-shaped arch (1) from N.N.E. to E.S.E., and 

 from there extending to zenith. 



Faint band (-5) parallel to N.VV. horizon, about 10° alt. 

 Faint streamers in N.W. passing through Ursa Major 

 and Cygnus. 



Above band brighter and about 5° higher 



Bright, prismatic, streamers in N.N.W. and E.S.E. (2 to 3) 



in rapid motion, extending to zenith, and when meeting, 



the whole sky, from N.N.W. and E.S.E. to zenith, is 



covered with curtain-shaped aurora. (Horizontal and 



, vertical forces disturbed.) 



Bright aurora (3) broken up into circles N.N.W. and 

 E.S.E. of zenith, prismatic and in rapid motion. 



Bright aurora disafipeared. Bright irregular arch (1) 

 from N.W. to E.S.E., 20° alt., of a greenish colour in 

 E.S.E. 



Irregular patch (-5) from 40° alt. in E.S.E. to zenith - 



Bright, broad, diffused arch (1) from N.W. through 

 zenith to 40° of S.E. 



Faint masses (-3) on horizon from E. to E.N.E. 



Faint auroral light 3° N. of zenith .... 



Faint streak through zenith - - - . 



Faint streaks and patches round zenith - - - 



Band (-5) on horizon from N.N.E. through W. to S.S.E., 



and an arch (1) from S.S.E. to N.N.W., 70° alt. 

 Irregular arch (1) with a greenish glow, from E. to 



N.N.W. alt., about halfway between horizon and zenith, 



with streamers in rapid motion. Bright streaks in 



zenith. (Much magnetic disturbance.) 

 Bright streak in N.N.W., 45" alt., and a few faint patches 



in zenith. Sky cloudy. 



A few streamers in S., 40° alt. - - . . 



Irregular arch (1) from S.E. to W., alt. 30', with a 



greenish glow. 

 Bright curtain-shaped arch (2) of a greenish colour, 



from W.S.W. to E.S.E., where curved towards zenith, 



alt. 20°. (Magnetic disturbance.) 

 Masses of aurora (0 to 1) in E., alt. from 10° to 15°. 



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

 Faint band (-o) parallel with horizon from E.S.E. to E., 



5° alt., and ftiint masses S.W. of zenith. 

 Irregular arch (1-5) from E.S.E. to W.N.W., 30° alt. - 



Faint patches of aurora, like thin clouds, covering almost 



the whole sky. 

 Arch (1) from S.S.E. to W.N.W., 2° N. of zenith - 

 Arch (1-5) from E. to W.N.W., 30° alt. N. 

 Diffused masses of auroral light (1) from N.N.E. to 



W.N.W. 

 Arch (1) from S.E. to N.W. just above Sirius, slightly 



prismatic, striated, and in rapid motion. Faint streak 



from N.W. horizon to Cassiopeia. 

 Mass of aurora on N.N.W. horizon, with an arch (1) 



from it to E., 10 alt., and wide streak to zenith. 



