285 



Gottingen 

 Mean Time. 



Local 

 Mean Time. 



II. P. 



D. 



V. F. 



27tl) 3 28 



— 4 13 



— 4 28 



— 10 28 



28th 4 28 



1883. 

 January. 



25 



A 



12 



ra. 

 ,M. 



— 3 



— 4 



26 



27 



28 



29 



30 



— 10 28 



— U 28 



P.M. 



— 12 28 



— 12 33 



A 17420. 



Arch (-8) from E.S.E. to W.N.W., striated, and of a 



greenish colour in E.S.E., 30° alt. in S. Faint streak 



5°N.N.W. of zenith (-5). 

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



60" alt. in S., brightest in E..S.E. 

 Faint streak (-5) in N.N. W., 50° alt. - 

 Prismatic, diifusod, curtain-shaped light, extending from 



about 15° S.E. pf zenith to N.W. (1-5). 



Light (1) in N.E., like a stratus cloud, and patches in 



N.W. 

 Faint patch of streamers in N.W. . . - 



„ patches around zenith - - - 



Streaks on horizon from N.N. W. to E.S.E. (Ij - 



Faint diffused arch (-5) from 70° alt. E.S.E. through 



zenith to 60° alt. W.N.W. 

 Arch (1) from S.E. to N.W. through Leo and Ursa 



Major. 

 Arch (2) through zenith, from S.E. to N.W., about 



10° wide at zenith. (Horizontal and vertical force 



disturbed.) 

 Three arches, one through zenith, and the others on 



either side, from S.E. to N.W. (2-5). 

 Above three arches changed into one through zenith (2 '5) 

 Arch (1) from E.S.E. to N.W., 70° alt. - 

 Faint arch (-7) from E. to N.W., alt. 45° • 

 Arch (-o) from N.N.W. to E.S.E., 30° alt., and a faint 



patch froni E. to E.S.E. on horizon. 



Paint arch from N.N.W. to E.S.E., alt. 25° _ - 

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



(•5 and To), brighest in S.E. (Magnetic disturbance.) 

 Faint masses of aurora in N.N.W. and S.S.E., 20° alt., 



visible through clouds. Sky nearly overcast. 



Mass of aurora visible through clouds in N.E., 60° alt. 



Sky overcast. 

 Mas.ses of aurora (-8), in N.N.E., 10° alt. 

 Bright patch { 1) on E. horizon - - - " 



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



from S.E. to N.N.W. (-8), about 40° alt. 



Arch (1) from S.E. to N.W. through Leo and Pleiades. 

 Serpentine light in zenith about 15° S.E. and N.W. of 

 zenith (1). 



Arch (1) from N.W. to E.S E., 65° alt,, and vertical 



streaks in E., 8° alt. 

 Irregular arch (2) from N.W. through zenith to S.E. 



(Magnetic instruments slightly disturbed.) 



Faint diffused light about 9" S.W. of zenith 

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

 streaks on horizon from E. to E.S.E. (1). 



Mass of aurora from E. to E.S.E., 8° alt. 



Streak of aurora (1) in N.W., 10° alt., and a patch m 



E.S.E., 5° alt. 

 Arch from N.N.W. to E.S.E., 45° alt. (l),and arch from 



N.W. to S.E., 25° alt. (1). 

 Bright patches of aurora iu N., alt. 5° to 10° (1) 



Faint patch in N.N.W., 10° alt. (-5) 



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



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