286 



Gottingen 

 Mean Time. 



Local 

 Mean Time. 



H. F. 



V. F. 



1883. 

 January, 

 h. in, 



A.M. 



31st 2 28 



— 3 28 



4 28 



— 5 28 



6 28 



— 7 23 



— 7 28 



— 80 



— 8 3 



— 8 28 



— 8 58 



— 9 28 



— 10 



1883. 

 January, 

 d. h. m. 



P.M. 



30 6 5 



— 75 



8 5 



9 5 



10 5 



— 11 



— U 5 



— 11 37 



— 11 40 



A.M. 



Arch from S.E. to N.W., 30° alt. (1) 



Arch from N.N.W. to E.S.E., 5° alt., with streamers 



(1), irregular aurora (-5) from N.W. to S.E., 25° to 30° 



alt. 

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



iu N.N.W. to 25° alt., other portions very faint. Faint 



arch from N.W. to S.E., 25^ alt. 

 Irregular arch (-5 to 1) from N.N.W. to E.S.E., 30° alt., 



brightest in N.N.W., and a faint irregular arch (0 to '5) 



from N.W. to S.E., 25° alt., brightest in N.W. 

 IiTegular aurora from, N.W. through zenith to E.S.E., 



about 8'' wide at zenith, drifting towards S.W. (1), and 



a mass of aurora (1) from E. to E.S.E., 6° alt. 



Bright arch (1 to 2) from E.S.E. to W.N.W., alt. 25° in 

 S., also a bright irregular mass of aurora (1) in E.S.E., 

 from 5° alt. to 60° alt. 



Sky more or less covered with aurora ; an irregular arch 

 (!• 5) parallel with N.E. horizon, about 7° alt. (Mag- 

 netic disturbance.) 



Bright arch (2) from E.S.E. to N.N.E., 5° alt. Faint 

 masses of aurora in S.S.E., 50° alt. ('5). 



Bright irregular masses of aurora parallel with horizon 

 from N.N.E. to E., about 3° alt. (1). 



The sky, iu W.N.W. to E.S.E. from horizon to zenith, 

 covered with bright, diffused, antl irregular masses of 

 aurora (1 to 2), brightest on horizon. Bright arch ( 1 • 5) 

 from E.N.E. to E.S.E., striated and irregular about 8° 

 alt. Faint arch from S.E. to S.S.W. (-o), alt. 20°. 

 (Magnetic disturbance.) 



Two arches, one from E.S.E. to W.N.W., 5° alt., diffused 

 and irregular (1'5), the other from E.S.E. to W.S.W., 

 10° alt. (•8). 



Broad, bright, diffused, and irregular arch (2) from 

 E.S.E. to N.N.W. through zenith, drifting towards 

 S.W. Arch from E.S.E. to S.W., alt. 16° (1). 



Arch from S.E. to W., about 40° alt. in S. (1) 



Faint masses of light all over the sky ... 



Arch (1) from N.N.W. to E.S.E., 15° alt. A few 



streamers in N.N.W., 8° alt. 

 Arch very faint, alt. 15° ('3). Streamers faint ('5) 



,, disappeared, except a very faint patch in E.S.E., 



5° alt. 

 Faint streak, ("5) in N.N.W. A few vertical streamers 



in E.N.E., 25° alt. (1). 

 Streamers disappeared. Streak as before. Faint patches 



in E.N.E, 

 The above has disappeared. Faint arch from N.W. to 

 S.E., 25° alt. 



Ditto, and streak in N., 10° alt. (1) - 



„ disappeared. Very faint patch in E.N.E., 10° alt. 

 Arch (-5 to 1) from E. to N.N.W., 8° alt., brightest inE. 



Another arch (-5) from N.W. to S.E., 27° alt. 

 Arches as above, but of uniform brightness (1) - 

 Arch from E. to N.N.W. disappeared. Vertical streamers 



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



N.W. as before. 

 Arch disappeared ....--. 



Two parallel streaks from N.W. towards S.E. ( ■ 7), 30 alt. 

 Streaks now from W.N.W. pointing to zenith. Faint 



auroral light from S.E. towards zenith, 50° alt. ('2). 



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