301 



Gottingen 

 Mean Time. 



Local 

 Mean Time. 



1883. 

 March, 

 h. m. 



A.M. 



9th 3 8 

 — 3 28 



_ 4 

 — 4 



23 



28 



— 4 54 



53 



6 28 



7 28 



8 28 



9 28 



10 28 



11 28 



p.jr. 



12 28 



10th 



1883. 



March. 



tl. h. m. 



P.M. 



8 6 45 



— 8 



A.M. 



3 33 



4 28 



5 28 



6 28 



7 20 

 7 23 



7 28 



8 28 



A 17420. 



10 



8 31 



9 30 



10 



— 11 5 



A.M. 



9 12 5 



— 1 5 



— 25 



— 35 



— 4 



P.M. 



7 10 



— 8 



— 9 



10 

 10 

 11 

 11 



5 



57 

 

 5 



A.M. 



12 5 



II.F. 



V.F. 



Aurora (-5) from 20° alt. E.S.E. through zcnitli to .30= 

 alt. W.N.W., f-triated ami of a faint copper colour. 



Irregular arch (1) from E.S.B. to 20° alt. in K.X.W., 

 with streamers slightly prismatic and striated, 80' alt. 

 ill S. 



Four arches (1) from E.S.E. to W.N.W., two through 

 zenith, one alt. 65°, and the other alt. 45°, striated, and 

 arch 65° alt. with streamers. Another faint arch (-7) 

 from r..S.E. to N.K.E., 30° alt. 



Curtain-shaped folds of aurora in zenith, prismatic and 

 in rapid motion (2 '5). 



Aurora fading (1) 



Aurora (2) in X.N.W., 35° alt. - - - - 



Briffht irregular aurora (I' 5) from N.N.W. to E., alt. 

 10°. 



Bright diffused striated and irregular arch (2) from 

 E.S.E. through zenith to W.N.W., with prismatic 

 streamers quivering and in rapid motion, drifting 

 towards S. The sky from E.S.E. to N.N.W. and to 

 60° alt. is more or less covered with aurora (1 to 2), 

 brightest at 40° alt. (Declinometer and vertical force 



disturbed.) 

 Bright curtain-shaj:eil 



Two arches from E 

 Aurora faint ('7) 



aurora (2) from N.N.W. to zenith. 

 S.E. to N., alt. 15° and 30° (1). 



Irregular diffu.sed aurora (1 to I'o) from E.S.E. to 



N.N.W., from 10° alt to 70° alt. 

 Diffused arch (1) from E.S.E. to N.N.W., 70° alt. Faint 



masses on horizon from E.S.E. to E. Faint arch ('o) 



from S.E. to W.S.W., 5° alt. 

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



diffused arch (•7) from E.S.E. through zenith and 



Leo to N.W. 

 Two arches, one from E.S.E. through Arcturus, Leo, 



and Pleiades to N.W., and the other from S.E. through 



Spica and Procyon to W.N.W. (1). 

 Arch from S.E. to W.N.W., 00° alt. (I) 



Ditto . - - . . 



Irregular arch (1) from S.E. to N.W., 2.5° alt. Many 



streamers (1) in rapid motion just above S.W. horizon. 



Irregular aurora (■5) from E.S.E. through zenith to 



N.N.W. Patches of aurora (I) on horizon from E. 



to N.W. Bank of aurora (-3) from S. to W., 8° alt. 



(Magnetic disturbance.) 

 Part of arch (i) from S.E. extending 90° towards N.W., 



40° alt. 

 Arch from E. to N.W. (I'o), curtain-shaped and diflused 



in E., 45° alt. 

 Arch (1) from E..S,E. passim; just below Arcturus to 



N.W. 

 Ditto .--.-- 



No aurora . - - - - 



30° alt. Mass of 

 alt. Band from 



Arch (-5) from E.S.E. to N.N.W., 



aurora from E.S.E. horizon to 5 



E.S.E. to N.E., 15° alt. 

 Diffu.sod arch (1) from E.S.E. to N.W., 45° alt. 



regular difRr-ed arch ("5) fi'om E. to N.N.W., 30 



Faint patches along N. horizon. 



Ir- 

 ak. 



413 



299 



125 



80 

 290 



298 



316 

 312 

 315 



520 

 330 



268 

 260 

 306 



329 

 -50 

 O.S. 



436 



/ 



134 

 432 

 I 429 



275 



197 



320 



319-5 



322 



57G 

 553 

 564 



Q Q 



