290 



Gottino^en 

 Mean Time. 



Local 

 Mean Time. 



— 1 2S 



— 2 28 



A.M. 



7th 



8tli 



9th 



10th 



9 28 

 10 28 



P.M. 



12 28 



2 28 



A.M. 



3 28 



4 28 



5 28 



P.M 



2 28 



A.M. 



3 28 



9 28 



10 28 



11 28 



P.M. 



12 28 



1 28 



A.M. 



2 28 



3 28 



4 28 



5 28 



6 28 



7 28 



1883. 

 February. 

 (1. h. m. 



A.M. 



6 3 5 



— 4 



— 6 



7 1 



— 2 



— 4 



— 6 



P.M. 



7 5 



8 5 



9 5 



A.M. 



6 5 



P.M. 



7 5 



A.M. • 



1 5 



2 5- 



3 5 



4 

 5 



P.M, 



6 



7 

 8 



10 5 



11 



A.M. 



10 12 



— 3 



— 4 



n.F. 



D. 



Faint arch (-7) fi-om S.E. to W.N. W., 6° S. of zenith 



^^Z^^l ^''°^ ('5) from E.N.E. through Cassiopeia to 

 W.N.W. 



Arch through Cassiopeia as before, the other arch pas- 

 sing below Regulus with a streak between the zenith 

 and the arch. 



Aurora, like cumuhis clouds, from S.E. to W., about 10"= 

 wide, alt. 4.5'-' in S. 



Faint diffused light (-2) S.E. of zenith - 



Band (1) from S.E. to W. passing above Betelgeuse 

 Portions of arch (1) about 5 ' N. of zenith 



Mass of aurora (-5) on N.N.W. horizon 



Masses of aurora (-5) from E.S.E. to N.N.W., 6' alt. - 



Faint arch (-4) from S.E. through zenith to N.W., and 



faint patches in N. and N.E. 

 Faint arch ( • 5) from E.S.E. to N.W., about 30" alt. 

 Faint arch (-7) from E.S.E. through Denebola to 



N.N.W. 



Faint arch (-3) from 60" alt. E.S.E. to W. through 

 zenith. 



Irregular arch from E. to N.W. with vertical streamers 

 drifting towards E., 30" alt. (1). 



Masses of aurora (-5) visible between clouds, from 



N.N.W. to N.N.E., 15° alt. 

 Bright, diffused, irregular arch from N.N W. to E 



70° alt. (1 to 1-5). 



Arch (-8) from E.S.E. to N.W., 3° S. of zenith - 



I'itto ditto - - . . 



Arch from N. to W. passing about 2° N.W., of zenith ,- 

 m N. horizon (1 -5), elsewhere very faint. 



Faint irregular arch from E. to N.N.W., 30° alt. - 

 Ai-ch (1) with streamers from E.N.E. to E.S.E., 5° alt. - 

 „ from E. to N.N.W., 5° alt., striated in N.N.W. 



Another faint arch (-4) from E.S.E. to W.N.W., 50° 



alt. in S. 

 Diffused arch (1) from E.S.E. to W.N.W., 30° alt. 



Another arch ( • 5) from same points through zenith. 

 Confused masses of aurora (1 to 2) in N.N.W., from 



horizon to 40° alt. Band (1) parallel with horizon 



from N.N.E. to E.S.E., 5° alt. 

 Two faint arches, 35° and 50° alt., one from E. to N.W., 



(1), the other from S.E. through Orion to W.N.W. (1). 



Arch ( 1 -.5) from E. toN.W., about 40° alt., diffused in E. 



Another arch (1) from S.E. through Orion to W.N.W. 

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



from S.E. through Betelgeuse to W. (1). 

 Diffused masses of light (2) from S.E. through and on 



either side of zenith, to 45° N.W. of zenith. 

 Arch (-5) from W. to S.E., 27° alt. Diffused masses in 



N.W., 10° alt., and in E.S.E., 45° alt. 



Faint arch (-3) from W. to S.E., 35° alt. Bright, 



diffused, irregular arch (1-5) from N.W. through 



zenith' to 8° alt. in E.S.E. ; this areh seemed to form 

 and disappear in a few minutes. 



V.F. 



