287 



Gottingen 

 Mean Time. 



1883. 

 February, 

 h, m. 



A.M. 



1st 5 10 



— 5 20 



— 5 30 



— 5 35 



— 5 50 



— 60 



— 6 10 



— 6 20 



— 6 30 



— 6 40 



— 6 50 



— 7 



— 8 





 10 



7 25 

 7 40 



45 







10 



— 8 35 



— S 45 



— 90 



— 9 10 



10 30 



10 45 



11 

 11 20 



11 30 



11 35 



11 45 



11 50 



12 



PM, 



12 10 



Local 

 Meau Time. 



H. F. 



D. 



V. F. 



1883. 



January. 



d. h, m. 



PM. 



31 



8 47 



8 57 



9 7 

 9 12 



— 9 27 



— 9 37 



— 9 47 



— 9 57 



— 10 7 



— 10 17 



— 10 27 



— 10 37 



— 10 47 



— 11 2 



— 11 17 



— 11 22 



— 11 37 



— 11 47 



February. 



A.M. 



1 12 12 



12 22 



— 12 37 



— 12 47 



— 1 57 



2 22 

 2 37 

 2 57 



— 3 7 



— 3 12 



— 3 22 



— 3 27 



— 3 37 



— 3 47 



Faint diffused arch ( • 8) from S.E. through zenith toN.W. 

 Arch very faint, and 5° S. of zenitli 



Ditto ---... 



Faint streamers in N.N.W. from Cassiopeia to horizon 



(•5). Segment of arch from same point towards Ursa 



Major (-7). 

 Faint segment of arch (-3 to '7) from E.S.E. through 



zenith toN.X.W.; diflused in N.N. W,, where brightest. 



A few streamers (-3) from horizon to about UF alt. 



in N.N.W. 



Ditto ------ 



Streamers disappeared. Arch very faint in N.N.W. and 



(•5) in E.S.E. 

 Arch from E.S.E. to N.N.E., eO'^alt. (1), in E.S.E. to 40' 



alt., the rest very faint. • 

 Above arch from E.S.E. to N.N.W., 70° alt. ('3 to -7). 



Faint streak in W.N.W., 30'^ alt. 

 The above disappeared. Arch from S.E. through Leo 



and Cassiopeia to N.W. ( • 7) . 

 Arch diffused -----. 



„ very faint ---.--.. 



„ disappeared from zenith to N.W. - - - 



„ through zenith, to 30° alt. in N.W. 



„ disappeared. Faint streak through zenith - 

 Faint arch (-2) from S.E. to W.N.W., 7° S. of zenith - 

 Aurora disappeared ----- 



Faint streamer in E., from 5° to 25° alt. (-3) 



Faint patch in N.W., 45° alt., and faint light from S.E, 



extending to Procyon. 

 Ditto .--.-. 



Patch of aurora as above. Irregular arch from N N W 



to E.S.E., 80° alt. (1). 

 Ditto and a few detached streamers in N., 45° alt 



(1-5). 

 Arch now uniform and from N.N. W. to S.E., 80° alt ( • 8) 

 Ditto - - - - - - 



Ai-ch disappeared. Faint streak from zenith towards 



N.W., and two faint streaks in S.E., from 20° to 45° alt. 

 Aurora very faint - - - . . 



Faint streaks only from S.E. to zenith - . . , 

 Arch from S.E. to N.W., 40° alt. ( 



in S.E. 

 Arch from S.E. to W.N.W., 20° alt. 



faint arch just below from the same points. 

 Above arches both very faint - - - . 



Upper arch, brighter and striated, lower one as before 

 Curtain-shaped arch (2) from S.E. to N.W., slightly 



prismatic, pulsating backwards and forwards, and drift- 

 ing towards zenith, 45° alt. in S. 

 Curtain-shaped arch extending N.W. and S.E. through 



zenith, and with a circular motion, slightly prismatic (2), 

 Curtain-shaped arch from S.E. to N.W. through zenith, 



and 15° wide in zenith (1 to 2). 

 Sky nearly covered with faint aurora, the curtain shape 



most prevailing. 

 Arch (-7) from'^S.E. to W.N.W., 45° alt. in S., and a 



curtain-shaped light, slightly prismatic in N.N.W., 



moving towards W. (1). 

 Aurora from S.E. to W.N. W., 10° wide and 40° S. of 



zenith ("5 to 1). 



"5 to 1), brightest 

 (•5). and another 



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

 (•5 to 1'5), brightest in N.N.W. 



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