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Gottingen 

 Mean Time. 



Local 

 Mean Time. 



K. F. 



D. 



V. F. 



1882. 

 December, 

 h. m. 



A.M. 



29th 8 28 



— 8 58 



3 28 



— 3 38 



— 4 18 



— 4 28 



— 5 28 



— 6 28 



— 7 28 



31st 



— 4 



1 28 



2 28 



3 23 

 28 

 28 



1882. 

 December. 

 (1. h. m. 



A.M. 



29 12 5 



— 12 35 



— 12 36 



— 12 38 



— 12 42 



— 12 44 



— 6 28 



— 7 28 



— 8 28 



— 9 28 



— 10 28 



P.M. 



— 12 28 



— 1 28 



— 2 28 



1883. 

 January. 



A.M. 



1st 1 8 



— 2 28 



— 3 28 



— 4 28 



A 17420. 



30 



4 5 



5 5 

 7 5 



P.M. 



5 )5 



6 5 



— 7 



— 10 



— 11 10 



A.M. 



31 12 5 



— 1 



5 



— 25 



— 4 5 



— 55 



— 6 5 



P.M. 



— 4 45 



— 65 



— 75 



— 85 



Bright broad fliffnsefl arch (1) from E.S.E. to N.W. 



through zenith, of a greenish colour in E.S.E. 

 Masses of aurora ('5) between S.W. horizon and zenith - 



„ disappeared, bright green-coloured patch (2), 5° 



alt. in N.W. 

 Bright green patch (1) on N.E. horizon ... 



Faint patch (-2) in S.E. Faint masses (•5) in N.E. 



Bright streak (1) in N.N.W., 10° alt. 

 Arch (2) from S.E. through Procyon to W., diffused in 



S.E., slightly prismatic. 

 Bright streak through zenith . - - - 



„ patch in S.E. horizon . - - . - 



Faint streak in E., 15° alt. .... 



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

 Faint arch from Fl. to N.N.W. just above horizon, with a 



streak at K.N.W. extremity (1). 

 Bright arch (1) from N.E. to E., 5° alt., striated, but im- 

 mediately breaking up into patches, extending to E.S.E. 



and N. (-5). 

 Faint patches in E.S.E., alt. 10° 

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



„ diffused and through zenith (1) in N. - 



„ from E.S.E. through zenith to N.N.W. (0 to 1), 



diffused in N.N.W. 

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



(5) on E. horizon. 

 Faint arch (5) from S.E. through the Moon, and 2° N. 



of zenith to N.W. 

 Bright diffused light ('8) on N.E. horizon 

 Faint patch on N.E. horizon .... 



„ difiu.?ed light in N.N.W. horizon 

 Arch (lo) from Procyon tlirough Ursa Major to N.W. - 



„ (2) from S.E. between Procyon and Betelgeuse 



through zenith to W.N.W. 

 Band (lo) from S.E. through Procyon and Casseopeia to 



N.W. 

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



Mass of aurora (1) on horizon from E. to E.S.E. 

 A fainter arch from same point to W. horizon, 25° S. of 



zenith. 

 Diffused arch from N.N.W. to E. through zenith (-5 to 1), 



faintest in zenith. Another arch (1) on horizon from 



E. to N. 

 Mass of aurora on horizon from N.E. to N.N.W. (1), and 



a faint streak in N.W., 45° alt. 

 Arch (1 ) from E.S.E. to N.N.W., 5° alt., and another arch 



(1) from about 25° alt. N.W., through zenith, to 15° 



alt. E.S.E. 

 Faint irregular arch (-5) from E.S.E. to N.E., 10° alt. 



Faint patches 5° S.W. of zenith. 

 Irregular arch from E.S.E. through zenith to N.N.W. 



(0 to 1), brightest in xN.N.W. 

 Faint arch (-5) from E.S.E. horizon, through zenith to 



30° alt. in N.W. 



Arch (1) from S.E. to N.W., about 4° alt. in N. 



„ ,, diffused in S.E., about 45° alt. - - i- 



Faint arch from E. to N.N.W., 8° alt. - 

 Arch ( 1 ) from E.S.E. to N.N.W., 20° alt., patch of aurora 



in N.N.W., 5° alt. 



421 

 410 

 342 



334 

 345 

 349 



1079 

 1065 

 1014 



N N 



