297 



Gbttingen 

 Mean Time. 



Loiial 

 Mean Time. 



II.F. 



D. 



V.F. 



1883. 

 March, 

 h, m. 



A.M. 



1st 9 5 



— 9 15 



— 10 50 



— I 5 



— 1 15 



— 1 25 



— 1 30 



— 1 10 



— 1 50 



— 2 10 



— 2 15 



A.:i. 



2nd 3 28 



— 4 28 



— 5 28 



— 6 23 



— G 26 



1883. 

 March. 

 (1. h. m. 



A.M. 



1 12 42 



— 12 



1 52 



2 7 

 2 17 



— 3 42 



— 3 52 



— 3 57 



4 12 



— 95 



— 9 58 



— 10 



10 

 10 



S.E. to S.W., alt. 30^ 

 (•5) from N.N.W. to 



Streamers as before. 



(•5) from E.S.E. to 



Streamers disappeared. Arch (-5). A lower arch from 



E. to N.N.W., 20- alt., with bright, prismatic, vertical 



streamers (2) in rapid motion and pulsating. 

 Arches faint ( ■ 5) and in confused masses, the sky from 



E.S.E. to W.N.W. and zenitli more or less covered 



with aurora from 10° .alt. in N.E. 

 Arches drifting towards S. and like small cumulus clouds 



in N.E. 

 Above disappeared. Arch from 



("5). A few faint streamers 



N.E. from 15" alt. to 30" alt. 

 Above arch very faint, 10 alt. 



Faint masses in zenith. 

 Above arch disappeared. Arch 



W.S.AV., 10" alt. in S. B.and (-7) with streamers 



from same points, 5" alt. in N. 

 Aurora (■ 7) from E.S.E. to zenith and extending in a 



circle to the same point, E.S.E., and thence in a bright 



horizontal line to N.E. (1). P.atch (-5) in S., 10" alt. 

 Faint masses of aurora (•5) on horizon and to 5^ alt. all 



round except in W.S.W. 

 Faint aurora (-5) from S.W. to S.E., alt. 8°. Bank of 



aurora (1) in ra])id motion from N.W. to E.S.E., from 



3" to 9" alt. 

 Bank disappeared, a few patches on N. hoi'izon ( • 5). 



Aurora from S.AV. to S.E. as before. 

 Very faint patch on N. horizon. Aurora as above 

 Irregular aurora (I) from N. to N. N.W., 8" all. Aurora 



from S.E. to S.W. as before, but fainter ( • 2) and 5" alt. 



Ditto. ----- 



Faint .arch (-3) from N.N.E. through zenith to 10° S.W. 



of zenith. 



Irregular aurora (1) from S.W. to zenith, and a few 



patches ('5) on N. cf zenith. 

 Irregular diffused aurora (1) from W.S.W. to S.E., 30" alt. 

 Irregular aurora (1) from W. through zenith to E.S.E., 

 striated, and pulsating in all directions, about 10^ either 

 side of zenith. 

 Irregular arch (1-5) from 40° alt. E.S.E. through zenith 

 to W., drifting S. Patch (1) on N.N.W. horizon. 



„ disappeared. P^iint masses in N.N.W. 



and N.W., 50"alt. ("3). 



„ disappeared. Bright irregular aurora 



(1-5) from E.S.E. to E.N.E., 60"alt. 



„ disappeared - - . . 



Faint patch in N.N.W., 15- alt. (-3) 



Faint irregular arch (-5) from E. to S.W., 80" alt. in S.E. 

 „ disappeared, except a faiut patch 



(■6) in S., 25° alt. 



,, disappeared . . . 



Faint streamers (-5) in N.N.E., 30" alt. 



„ disappeared - . _ - 



Irregular arch (I) from E.S.E. to N.N.W., 50° alt. 

 Faint arch (-3) from E.S.E. to N.N.W., 40°, alt. Faint 



arch (-5) from E.S.E. to zenith. Arch (1) from S.E. 



to W.N.W., 45" S. of zenith. 

 Irregular .arch (-5) from S.E. to N.W., 25° .alt. Faint 



streaks in zenith and on N. horizon (^3^. 



Arch (1-5) from S.E. to N.W., 20° alt., with prismatic 

 ^reamers pulsating from S.I'J. to N.W. 



Serpentine arch (1) from N.W. to about 20" alt. in S.E. 

 through zenith. 



394 

 370 



362 



32G 

 315 



306 



766 

 950 



1069 



