300 



Gottingen 

 Mean Time. 



1883. 

 March, 

 h. m. 



P.M. 



6th 12 28 

 _ J 28 



A.M. 



7th 5 28 



— G 28 



— 7 28 



— 8 28 



— 9 28 



— 9 42 



— 9 46 



— 10 28 



— o 23 



— 5 28 



— 5 



G 



6 28 



— 7 



7 28 



— 8 28 



9 28 



— 10 28 



Local 

 Meau Time. 



II.F. 



V.V. 



1884. 



March. 



d. h. 111. 



A.M. 



6 4 5 



— 5 5 



P.M. 



— 95 

 _ 10 5 



— 11 5 



A.M. 



7 12 5 



— 1 5 



— 1 19 



— 1 23 



— 25 



5 5 



P.M. 



8 5 



8 55 

 8 57 



— 9 36 



9 

 10 



37 

 5 



— 10 40 



— 11 



8 12 



— 1 



IiTPgular (litfu.sed aurora from S.E. through zenith to 



N.W., about 25" wide in zenith (1). 

 Arch (-5) from S.E. to N.W., 30'" alt. - 



Faint diffused auroral light through zenith about 15 



tovvard.s N.W. and S.E. 

 Auroral light visible between cloud.? in all directions. 



(Instruments very unsteady.) 

 Mass of .-uirora from E. to S.E. on horizon ( -5), partly 



risible between clouds. Arch (-8) from S.E. toN.W., 



40" alt. 

 Aurora, like small cumulus clouds, from S.E. to N.W., 



5" to 10' alt. (-5). Irregular aurora (1) from E.S.E. 



to zenith. Curtain-shaped aurora from E.S.E. through 



W. to S.W., and from zenith to alt. 70". 

 Irregular aurora (-5) from S.E. to N.W., 30" alt., and 



several streamers (1) in S.W., 50" alt. 

 Arch (1-5) from S.E. to N.W., 35" alt., with bright 



streamers (2) reaching to zenith, in rapid motion. 



(Magnetic disturbance.) 

 Above disappeared except a few patches of the arch 

 Arch (1) from E.S.E. to N.N.W., 20" alt. Mass of 



aurora from E.S.E. to S.E. from horizon to 6" alt. 



Patches of auroral light from S.E. to N.W., 25° 



alt (-5). 

 Brisht band (1-5) with streamers of a greenish colour 



from W.N.W. to E., 10" alt. Faint irregidar arch ( • 5) 



from E.S.E. to S.S.W., 7" alt. 

 Bright patches (1) on N.E. horizon. Faiut arch ("3) 



from E.S.E. to W.S.W., 15" alt. 

 Patch (-7) on N.W. horizon - - - 



Irregular diffused striated aurora from S.E. through 

 zenith and about 15" on either side to N.N.W. (1). 



Prismatic arch (1-5) from E.S.E. to N.W., 45" alt. 



Streamers in rapid motion in zenith (2), sky nearly 

 covered with fainter aurora. 



Aurora (I'S) in rapid motion and slightly prismatic, 



from N.N.W. to E.S.E., from 60° to 80" alt. 



„ iiiinter (1), lower edge only slightly prismatic. 



A few streamers in S.W., 50° alt. ("5). (Magnetic 



disturbance). 

 Arch (1) from E. to N.N.W., 6" alt._ The whole sky 



more or less covered with very faint aurora, like 



cumulus clouds. 



Faint arch ("3) from S.E. to N.W. , 15° alt. Irregular 



diff'used aurora from E.S.E. to N.N.W., 15° to 80° alt. 



(•5 to 1), brightest in N.N.W. Faint aurora in zenith 



like small cumulus clouds ('5). 

 Bright arch (2) from E.S.E. to N.N.W., alt. 40". Much 



curtain-shaped aurora (1) from E.S.E. through zenith 



to W.N.W. and W.S.W. 

 Arch from E.S.E. to W.N.W., 50" alt. in S. (1). 



Another faiut arch (-3) from S.E. to W., 5° alt. 



Bright arch (2) from S.S.E. to W., with bright prismatic 

 streamers, and pulsating, 5" alt. Bright patches on 

 E.S.E. horizon, partly visible between clouds (1). 



The whole zenith covered with aurora ( • 7) extending to 

 40° alt. in E.S.E. .and 20" alt. W.N.W. Bright patciies 

 in N.N.E. Visible between clouds (1), alt. 20°. 



Faint patches (-5) visible between clouds in N.N. W., 

 50° alt. 



270 

 330 

 305 



276 

 235 

 255 



400 

 350 

 300 



383 



276 



405 



