310 



Gottingen 

 Mean Time. 



1883. 

 March, 

 h. m. 



A.M. 



29th 4 20 

 — 4 28 



Local 

 Mean Time. 



H.F. 



V.F. 



— 7 28 



— 8 28 



— 9 20 



— 9 28 



— 9 67 



— 9 19 



— 10 28 



4 28 



4 58 



5 28 



— 6 28 



— 7 23 



— 7 28 



— 7 48 



— 8 53 

 30th 9 3 



— 9 23 



— 10 28 



— 11 28 



1883. 



March. 



d. h. m. 



P.M. 



28 7 57 



— 11 



A.M. 



29 12 5 



— 12 57 



— 1 5 



— 1 34 



— 1 oti 



P.M. 



8 35 



9 5 



— 10 



— 11 



— II 



— 11 



A.M. 



30 12 3 

 — 12 40 



1 

 2 

 3 



Two parallel arches (l)aiKl striated, from E.S.E. through 

 zenith to N.N.W., pulsation from E. to N. 



Mass of striated aurora (1) with a greenish glow in 

 E.S.E., 35°alt. Irregular arch (-5) from S. to W., 

 2.5° alt. 



Arch (1) from E.S.E. to W., alt. 30' - - 



,, „ Mass of curtain -shaped folds (1 '5), 



prismatic from E.S.E. to S.E., 45^ alt. 

 Arch (2) from N.N.W. to N.E., prismatic, 20" alt. 

 Streamers (1) fiom X.W. to X.N.E. iu rapid motion, 30" 



alt. Patches aud streamers from S. to S.W., 20 alt. 

 Mass of aurora in E.S.E., 35° alt. (1) - 

 Irregular aurora (1) from E.S.E. to N.W., 70" alt., cur- 

 tain-shaped and with streamers. 

 Masses of aurora (1) from E.S.E. to X.N.W., 70° alt. 



Irregular diffused and striated arch ('5 to 1'5) from 



E.S.E. throush zenith to N.N.W., where brightest. 



Faint aurora from S.E. to S.W., 10° alt. (-3) 

 Irregular aurora ( -7) from E.S.E. to N., with streamers 



at extremities, 15° alt. Faint diffused masses in zenith 



and to 10° alt. in X.W. and S.E. (-5). 

 Bright aurora (I) from S.E. to N.W., from 15° to 6& alt. 



in S. Bright diffused arch (1"5) from E.S.E. to 



N.N.W. through zenith. Faint irregular masses, like 



small cumulus clouds, from E.S.E. towards N. to 40° 



alt. ("7). (Magnetic disturbance.) 

 Broad diffused irregular arch (I'o) from E.S.E. through 



zenith and extending to N.W. and N.N.W. horizon. 

 Streaks and streamers (1) iu and around zenith. Bright 



curtain-shaped aurora (1-5) in N.N.W. to 20° alt. 



Streak (1) in E.S.E. to 10° ah. aud iu S.W. ( 1 -5) to 



10° alt. 

 Sky from E.S.E. to N.N.W. aud zeuitli more or less 



covered with faint aurora. Streak in S. and S.W., 15° 



alt. (-5). 

 As above, except from E.S.E. to E. and from horizon to 



15° alt. Bright, vertical, prismatic streamers (2) in 



rapid motion from E. to E.S.E., 5" alt. 

 The whole very faint ------- 



Very faint masses in N.W., 15° alt (•3) 

 Curtain-shaped masses of aurora in S. and S.W., 45° 



alt. (1). 



Arch (-7 to 1) from N. to E.S.E,. 60° alt., confused, aud 



of a greenish colour, brightest in E.S.E. 

 Faint aurora (-7) from E. to N.E., alt. 5° 

 Arch (-5 to 1) from E.S.E. to N., 5° alt., streamer in 



N., and brightest in E.S.E. Faint streak (-3) in 



N.N.W. to fo° alt. 

 Faint patch ('5) on E.S.E. horizon. Streak (-7) in 



zenith. 



Arch (1) from E.S.E. to N.W., lower edge just passing 



Arcturus tLrough Leo. 

 Broad, diffused arch through zenith, about 1.5° wide from 



N.W. to S.E. (!-5). 



Arch from S.E. (hrough zenith to N.W. (1-5), of a 



serpentine shape in S.E. 

 Masses of aurora from E. and S.E. to N.W., about 4.5° 



wide, the centre passing through zenith (1 "5). 

 Arch (1 '5) from E.S.I]. to N.W. through Ursa Major - 

 Half the sky covered with aurora (1) - - - 



Arch (-5) from S.E. to N.W., 45° alt. Faint streaks in 



zenith (-3). 



405 



391-5 



316 



316 



437 

 417 



