298 



Giittingen 

 Mean Time. 



Local 

 Mean Time. 



n.F. 



D. 



V.F. 



3rd 



9 28 



10 28 



11 28 



P.M. 



12 28 



1 28 



A.M. 



3 28 



4 28 



5 28 



1883. 

 March. 

 L h. m. 



P.M. 



1 10 5 



— 11 



A.M. 



12 



— 2 



— 4 



5 



P.M. 



7 

 8 

 9 



Serpentine arch regular and in rapid motion, moving from 

 N.W. to S.E. iu waves, or like small clouds, and 

 drifting in a tew seconds from zenith to 30' alt. in 

 S.W. (Magnetic instruments much disturbed.) 



Bright irregular arch (2) with streamers slightly prisma- 

 niatic, quivering and in rapid motion from E.S.E. to 

 W.N.W., 45° alt. S., drifting towards zenith. 



Bright streamers (1-5) from S.E. to S.W. moving 

 rapidly backwards and forwards, 40^ alt. Faint masses 

 of aurora in E.S.E. , 15° alt., and in N.N.W. 20' alt. 

 (Magnetic disturbance). 



Irregular aurora ("5 to 1) from E.S.E. to S.S.W., where 

 brightest, 20° alt. Bright patch (1) in JST.E., 3° ftlt. 



Bright irregular aurora from E. to 10° N.W. of zenith 



Irregular striated arch (-5) from S.E. through zenith to 



N.W. Another arch (1) from S.E. to W.S.W., 25° 



alt. in S. 

 Masses of light (2) from zenith to N.W. drifting towards 



N., patches and streamers all round zenith to 45° alt. 

 Band (-5) from E.S.E. to Leo, and one from zenith to W. 



Arch (1) from S.E. to W., 25° alt. 

 Diffusedarch (-7) from E.S.E. through zenith to N.N.W. 

 Faint arch (-5) from 10° alt. S.E. to W.N.W., 50° alt. - 

 Arch ( -7) from E.S.E. to W.N.W., 70° alt. S. 



Arch (1) from N.N.W. to E.S.E., 60° alt. (Magnetic 



disturbance.) 

 Masses of light (1) in N.W., 50° alt. 



(1) in N.W. and N.E., 50° alt. 

 „ from E. to N.W., extending from 30° alt. 



to zenith, prismatic and with a tremulous motion in 



N.W. (1-5). 

 Arch (1) from E. to N.W. , alt. 30°, and just above it 



patches like small cumulus clouds. 

 Irregular aurora (-5) from N.N.W. to E.N.E.. 8° alt. - 



Faint streak (-3) from E.N.E. horizon to zenith, and a 



few patches on N. horizon to 5° alt., very faint. 

 Streak (-5) from E.S.E. horizon to 10° from zenith. 



Another streak on S.E. horizon ( -5), and a patch on N. 



horizon ('3). 

 Faint arch ( -3) from E. to N.N.W., about 25° alt. 

 Arch from E.S.E. toN.W.,ini(l three .streaks parallel with 



each other and the .irch above it in N.W. (1'5). 

 Arch (2) from E.S.E. through Denebola and Ursa Major 



to N.W. Another faint arch from S.E. throu<Th 



Rigel to W. " 



The sky from 10° alt. in N. to Orion is nearly covered 



with irregular masses of light of uniform brightness 



(1). (Magnetic disturbance.) 

 Bright aurora (1-5) covering the sky from about 10° alt. 



in N. to 30° alt. in S.W., pulsating from E.S.E. to 



N.N.W., where brightest, 35° alt. 

 Arch ( • 3) from S.E. to N. W., 25° alt., about 10 of aurora 



on either side of zenith (-5), and irregular aurora from 



N.N.W. to E.S.E., from 5° to 10° alt. (-5). 

 Faint arch (-3) from S.E. to N.W., 20° alt. Irregular 



diffused band (1) from E.S.E. through zenith to 



N.N.W. 

 Arch (1) S.E. to N.W., 35° .alt. Irregular diffused aurora 



from E-N.E. through zenith to N.N.W. (1-5), with 



streamers in N.N.W. (2) pulsating rapidly from N.N.W. 



to E.N.E. 



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 295 

 314 



340 

 270 

 290 



-100 



+ 600 



625 



