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Gottingeu 

 Mean Time. 



Local 

 Mean Time. 



V. F. 



1883. 

 January, 

 h. m. 



A.M. 



2nd 10 20 



— 10 35 



— 10 50 



— 10 55 



— 11 



— 11 5 



— 11 10 



— 11 15 



— 11 20 



— 11 50 

 _ 12 



PM. 



— 12 15 



— 12 20 



— 12 30 



— 12 40 



— 12 50 





 20 

 35 

 30 



— 3 40 



A.M. 



3rd 8 28 



— 9 28 



— 9 48 



— 10 28 



P.M. 



— 1 28 



— 2 28 



A.M. 



4th 8 28 



— 9 28 



— 10 28 



— 11 28 



P.M. 



— 12 28 



— 1 23 



6th 2 28 



— 3 28 



— 4 28 



— 5 28 



— 6 28 



1883. 

 January. 

 d. h. m. 



A.M. 



2 1 57 



— 2 12 

 2 27 



— 2 32 



— 2 37 

 2 42 



— 2 47 



— 2 52 



— 2 57 



— 3 27 



— 3 37 



— 3 52 



— 3 57 



— 47 



— 4 17 



— 4 27 



— 4 37 



— 4 57 



— 5 12 



— 77 



— 7 17 



A.M. 



3 12 5 



— 1 5 



— 1 25 



— 2 



— 5 



— 6 

 4 12 



— 1 

 2 



— 3 



— 4 



— 5 



P.M. 



— 6 5 



— 75 



— 85 



— 95 



— 10 5 



Arch very faint . . . - . 



„ disappeared . . . . 



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



„ very faint - . . - 



„ striated, and drifting N. (1) 



„ very faint except in N.W. extremity, and a patch 



on N.N.W. horizon (-5). 

 Arch now 5^^ N. of zenith (1) in N.W., and striated. 



About ('5) in other parts. 

 Arch disappeared. Two patches (1) in N.N.W., 45° alt. 

 Patches in N.N.W., very faint. A faint patch on E.S.E. 



horizon. 

 Patch in N.N.W., 45° alt. (1) - 

 Faint arch from N.N.W. to E., 10° N. of zenith 



Faint arch disappeared - - - - - 



„ mass of aurora on horizon from E. to E.S.E. 



„ patch only in E., 8° alt. . . . 



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



Another arch 70° alt. ('5 to 1) from W.N.W. to about 



50° alt. in S.E. 

 Both arches very faint - - - - - 



„ „ disappeared. Faint streak in N.N.W., 45° alt. 

 Mass of aurora in N.N.W., 4.5° alt., drifting to N. 



„ „ disappeared - - - - 



Faint band ('S) parallel with horizon from N.N.E. to 



N.W., 10° alt. 

 „ „ disappeared . . . 



Arch (1) from N.N.W. through zenith to E.S.E., drifting 



towards S. 

 Bright arch (r.5) from W. to E.S.E., alt. 70°, striated 



in E.S.E. with a quivering motion, and drifting 



towards W. 

 Bright arch, very much diflused and passing through 



zenith. (Magnetic instruments slightly disturbed.) 

 Bright streak just above N.W. horizon. 



Faint diffused lights in zenith. Faint arch from W.N.W. 



to E.S.E., 5°S. of zenith. 

 Streak in E., alt. 20° ('5). Faint masses of aurora in 



S.W., 45° alt. 

 Arch (-5) from 10° alt. E.S.E. to 40° alt. N.N.W. 



through zenith. 

 Bright diffused arch (1) from E.S.E. horizon, through 



zenith to N.N.W. horizon. 

 Bright irregular arch(l) from E.S.E. horizon through 



zenith to W.N.W., slightly diffused in W.N.W. 

 Arch (1) from S.E. to W. through Leo . - - 



Bright band from S.E. towards zenith, where it joins a 

 canopy extending to W.N.W. and W.S.W. 



Aurora, like thin cumulus clouds, from S.E. to W.S.W., 

 about 10° broad. 



on E. horizon, and a streak in 

 E. to N.N.E., where slightly 



Mass of aurora ('5) 



N.N.W., 5° alt. 

 Bright arch (-8) from 



diffused, 10° alt. 

 Bright irregular arch (1 to 2) from E.S.E. to N.N.W., 



20° alt. 

 Double arch (1 to 2) from E. to N.N.W., alt, 10°, confused 



in E., diffused and brightest in N.N.W. 

 Faint confused masses {'S) in zenith. Faint arch ("5) 



fi-om E.S.E. to N.W., alt. 5°, diffused hi N.W. 



N N 2 



