284 



1883. 

 January, 

 d. b. m. 



A.M. 



18 1 5 



— 2 5 



— 35 



— 45 



— 55 



— G 5 



P.M. 



19 11 5 



A.M. 



20 12 5 



— 1 5 



— 25 



— 35 



— 4 5 



— 55 



— 65 



— 6 48 



— 75 



P.M. 



— 75 



— 85 



— 95 



— 10 5 



— 11 5 



A.M. 



21 12 5 



— 1 5 



— 3 



— 4 



— 5 



— 65 



22 4 5 



— 55 



23 12 5 



— 1 5 



— 2 



24 



3 5 

 1 12 



P.M. 



6 5 



Iri-egular aurora (2) from E.S.E. through zenith to 

 N.N.W., 15° in width, and much aurora on horizon 

 from W. to S.E. (1). (Magnetic disturbance.) 



Faint arch from E.S.E. to N.N.W., alt. 10° 



Arch (-8) from E.S.E. to W., 15° alt. S. 



Arch, very faint. Faint streak on E.S.E., 20° alt. (-5) - 

 Arch as above ( • 5) and slightly diffused in E.S.E. Faint 



patch (-8) iuN.N.E., 5° alt. 

 Diffused arch (-8) from E.S.E. to W.N.W., 50' alt. in S. 



Faint arch (0-2) from E. to NN.W., 50° alt 



Faint light in N.N.W. and N.E. ... - 



Brio-bt light (l'5)in zenith and another light from N. 



towards W. parallel with N.W. horizon (1), also patches 



in N.E. 

 Faint arch (-5) from E.S.E. to N.W., about 40° alt. 

 Streak of aurora in N.N.W., (1) 25° -'^ 



alt. 



Patch of aurora (1) on N.W. horizon - 



Aurora (1) from 45° alt. in N.N.W. to zenith, 10° wide - 



Arch (-5) from W.S.W. to S.E., 35° alt., and a streak of 



aurora (1) from E.S.E. to zenith. 

 Bright diffused arch (1) from E.S.E. through zenith 



to W., striated in E.S.E. 

 Bright now from E.S.E. through zenith to W.N.W., 



where curtain-shaped and (1 to 2). Bright patch of 



irregular aurora (2) in W.S.W. , 50° alt. 

 Arch (2) from S.E. through Procyon and Ursa Major to 



N.W. 

 Arch through zenith (1) . . . - 



„ „ diffiised in N.W. (1) 



„ (1-5) from E. to N.W., about 50° alt., diffused in 



N.W. 

 Arch (1) from E.S.E. to N.N.W., 60° alt., drifting 



towards S. 

 Arch (1) from E.S.E. to N.W., 45° alt., and two streaks 



from N.W. to zenith, striated (-5 to 1). 

 Arch (l-o) from E.S.E. through zenith to about 8° alt. 



in N.N.W., with streamers of a reddish glow, and in 



rapid motion. (Magnetic instruments much disturbed.) 

 Masses of aurora (1) from N.W. to N., alt. 10° - 

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



Patch (1) in N., 20° alt. - - - - - 



Faint streak, (-5) in S.E., 45° alt. Masses of aurora (-8) 



in E., K)° alt. 

 Faint patches of aurora ('o) in N.N.E., alt. 10° - 

 „ light aliout 7° S. of zenith - - - 



„ patch through Cassiopeia, and one in E. - 



Patch of streamers in S.E. ... 



The sky from E., N., and N.W. to zenith nearly covered 

 with bright prismatic aurora, curtain-shaped and 

 serpentine, and streamers in rapid motion, all drifting 

 towards N.W. (2 to 3). (Instruments disturbed on the 

 2nd and 3rd readings.) 



Streak S.E. of zenith, and band from N.W. extending 

 about 70° towards S.E., 45° ait. (1). 



Bright streak in N.N.W., 8° alt. - 



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



,, (1) from S.E., just passing below Procyon and 

 through Alcor to N.W. Another faint arch (-5) from 

 S.E. to W.N.W. through Andromeda. 



