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Gottingeu 

 Mean Time. 



Local 

 Mean Time. 



H. F. 



D. 



V. F. 



1882. 

 December, 

 h. m. 



A.M. 



22iul 9 28 



— 10 28 



P.M. 



— 3 23 



AM. 



24th 4 28 

 _ 9 23 

 _ 10 23 



26th 1 23 



_ 7 28 



— 9 28 



27th 1 28 



_ 2 28 



— 4 28 



_ 5 28 



28th 



5 38 



6 28 



7 28 



8 29 



9 28 



10 33 



11 28 



P.M. 



12 28 



1 28 



A.M. 



1 28 



2 28 



2 53 



— 2 58 

 _ 3 28 



29th 4 28 



— 5 28 



— G 28 



1882. 

 December. 

 d. h. ni. 



A.M. 



22 1 5 



— 2 5 



— 70 



P.M. 



8 5 



A.M. 

 1 



23 

 24 



25 

 26 



2 



P.M. 



5 

 11 5 



A.M. 

 1 5 



P.M. 



5 5 



— 6 



— 95 



— 9 15 



— 10 5 



— 11 5 



A.M. 



27 12 6 



— 15 



— 2 10 



— 3 5 



— 4 5 



P.M. 



— 5 5 



28 5 5 



— 65 



— 6 30 



6 35 



7 5 



— 9 



— 10 



— 11 



Faint streak on N.N.E. horizon - - - - 



Faint arch from N.N.W. to E.S.E., 8" alt., ami a faint 



streak on N.N.W. horizon. 

 Faint arch ("o) from X.N.E. to W.S.W., 5^^ N.W. of 



zenith. 



Faint patch E.S.E. of zenith . - - - 



Portion of a bright arch (2) visible tlirough clouds about 



20" N, of zenith. 

 Irregular masses of auroral light in S.E. and X.W., 



prismatic. 



Faint arch ("o) from E.S.E. to N.W., about 35" alt. - 

 Patches of aurora (-5) visible between clouds, about 5° 

 S.E. of zenith. 



Faint streaks (-2) N.W. of zenith, disappeariiig under 

 clouds. 



Irregular arch (1) from E. to N.N.W., about 5" alt., 



striated, and in rapid motion. 

 Ditto alt. 15'-' - - - - - 



Faint streamers (-5) from N.X.W. horizon to 40" alt. - 

 Faint patches (-5) visible between clouds in E.S.E. 

 Bright broad diffused arch (1) from N.N.W. horizon 



through zenith, to 20" alt. in E.S.E., disappearing 



under clouds, and a faint patch midway between S.W. 



horizon and zenith ('5). 

 Above arch disappeared. Faint patches on ;N'.X.W. and 



E.S.E. horizons. 

 Faint arch from E.S.E. to N.E., about 10" alt. - 

 Faint streaks around zenith, and a mass of light on 



N.N.E. horizon. 



Arch from S.E. through zenith to N.W. (1-5) - 



Arch (1-5) from S.E. to N.W., alt. 20°, and a diffused 



light from Orion to W. 

 Bright arch (2) frcm S.E. through the belt of Orion to 



W.S.W. 

 Arch (1) from S.S.E. to N.W., alt. 75", and a few streaks 



in zenitli. 



Irregul.ar arch (1) from S.S.E. to N.W., 5" S.W. of 

 zenith. 



Faint patches in E.S.E. - - - - - 



Faint arch (-5) from S.E. to N.W., about 35' alt. - 

 Arch (1) from S.E. through Betelgeuse and Ursa Major 



to W.N.W. 

 Arch (1) from S.S.E. to W.N.W., with a greenish glow 



and striated, about 10° S.W. of zenith, drifting rapidly 



through zenith to within about 20° alt. in N.E. 

 The same arch ( -5) from. E. to N.N.W., alt. 20° - 

 Arch (1) from N.N.W. toE., 45° alt., with a few vertical 



streaks at the N.N.W. extremity, about '8° alt. (1 j. 



Diffused aich (1) from N.N.W. to S.S.E. through zenith, 

 and drifting towards S.W., striated and with a slight 

 quivering motion. 



Arch ('5) from N.N.W. through zenith to E. 



Two arche.s, 1st from E. to N.N.W., 10° alt. (1), 2nd 

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



Faint arch (-5) from E.S.E. to W.N.W., alt. 15° in N. - 



