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Gbttingcn 

 Mean Time. 



Local 

 Mean Time. 



1883. 

 March, 

 h. m. 



P.M. 



18tb 12 28 



A.M. 



19th 6 28 



— 6 53 



— 7 28 



— 8 28 



— 9 28 



— 10 28 



P.M. 



— 12 28 



A.M. 



21st 10 28 



— 11 28 



— 11 33 



P.M. 



— 12 28 



A.M. 



22nd 4 28 



— 5 28 



— G 28 



— 7 28 



— 11 28 



— 11 59 



P.M. 



— 12 28 



A. SI. 



23rd 4 28 



1883. 



March. 



d. h. m. 



A.M. 



18 4 5 



P.M. 

 — 10 



— 10 30 



— 11 5 



A.M. 



19 12 



— 1 



2 



— 4 



21 



o 



5 



10 



P.M. 



8 5 



— 10 



11 



— 3 36 



— 4 



P.M. 



8 5 



H.F. 



D. 



V.F. 



Faint arch (-3) from E.S.E. to N.W., 50" alt. Faint 

 streaks from N. to W., alt. 8° (-5). 



Band from E.S.E. (1), lower edge just passing Arcturus 



about half the moon's breadth above Alcorand throuo-h 



Cassiopeia to N.W. 

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



N.N.W. 

 Irregular and striated arch (1) from E.S.E. to N.N.W., 



80- alt., passing 2^ S.W. of Capella and 3° S.W. of /3 



Ursre Majorisand through Bootes. 

 Faint irregular arch (-5) from E.S.E. to N.N.W., 75'" 



alt. 

 Irregular aurora (1) from E.S.E. to N.N.W., fiom60^ to 



70"' alt. 

 Faint aurora {-5) on horizon from E.S.E. to N.N.E., and 



a few streaks in zenith ('5 to 1). 



Faint aurora (-5) from X.X.W. horizon to 15'' alt. 



Diffused light from S.E. through zenith towards N.W 

 Arch (1) from S.E. to S.W.,25^ alt 

 Above arc!) striated and with a 



sating from S. to W., 45'' alt. 



>f.X.\V. 

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



to zenith (1). 



greenish glow, pul- 

 Strearaers (1) in 



Streak from N.W. 



Diffused light from S.E. to Cassiopeia, upper edge 



through the moon, Procyou, and Betelgeuse ; lower 



edge througli Arcturus and Alcor (1). 

 Two bands from S.S.E., one about 6"" above the Moon 



to Cassiopeia, the other about 7' S. of the Moon and 



just through Orion (1). 

 The sky from 35" alt., to Rigel is covered with light in 



the shape of hands and clouds, the most northern being 



the brightest (1 '5). 

 Irregular arch (1) from E.S.E. to N.W., T below the 



Moon. Cui-tai U-shaped aurora parallel to horizon (2), 



slightly prismatic from S. to S.W., from 15^ to 20° 



alt.. 

 Arch (-5) S.E. to S.W., 20" aft. Mass of aurora (1) in 



N.W. from 8" to 15'" alt. 

 Irregular arch (2) with a greenish glow from S.E. 



through zenith to N.N.W. Much aurora, like 



cumulus clouds, irom S. to N.W. (1). (Magnetic 



disturbance.) 

 Band (1) from S.E. through W. to E.N.E., GO"" alt. 

 Irregular arch (1) from E.N.E. to N.N.W., 10' alt., and 



a few streamers in N.W. 15"" alt. (1). 

 Patches (1) from N.N.W. to E.S.E., 3" to 15" alt., highest 



in N.N.AV. 

 Imperfect arch (-5) from S.E. to S.W., 15'" alt. - 

 Irregnlar am-ora (1) from S.E. to N.W., 25° alt., pulsating 



and with a greenish glow. 

 Faint streaks in zenitli and N.N.W., 15" alt (-5). 



P.right irregular aurora (1-5) from S.S.E. to S.S.W., 



with streamers in rapid motion, slightly prismatic, 



and drifting towards S.E., 10" alt. 

 Bright irregular diffused arch (1) from 40" alt. in E.S.E. 



through zenith to 30" alt. in N.N.W. 



Bright irregular aurora (I) of a greenish colour from 

 E. lo N.N.W., 15" alt. Faint streak in E.S.E. 



Irregular arch (1) from E.S.E. to N.N.W., 70" alt. 



