311 



Gottingen 

 Mean Time. 



Local 

 Mean Time. 



31st 



1883. 

 March, 

 h. m. 



A.M. 



4 28 



5 28 



7 28 



— 8 28 



— 9 28 



— 10 23 



_ 10 28 



— 11 6 



— 11 23 



— 11 28 



— 12 



April. 



1st 4 57 



— 5 10 



— 5 21 



— .5 26 



— 5 35 



— 5 47 



_ 5 51 

 _ 6 1 



1883. 



March. 



d. h. m. 



IMI. 



30 8 5 



— 9 5 



— 11 5 



A.M. 



31 12 5 



6 12 



— 6 26 



— 6 37 



— 6 43 



— 6 50 



— 6 56 



— 70 



— 76 



— 7 10 



— 7 15 



_ 7 20 



— 7 27 



— 2 43 



3 37 



8 34 



8 47 



8 58 



9 3 

 9 12 



9 24 



— 9 28 



— 9 38 



— 9 49 



— 10 3 



— 10 14 



— 10 20 



— 10 27 



— 10 33 



— 10 37 



— 10 43 



— 10 47 



— 10 52 



— 10 57 



— 11 4 



Arch from S.E. to N.W. through zenith (1) - 



Arch from E. to N.W., 45" alt. (-7) - - - 



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



N N W Faint .streak on N. horizon ('5). 

 Patches and streaks (-5) from E.S.E. to N.N.AV. and in 



zenith. 

 Irregular aurora (1) from E.S.E. to the zenith 



Irregular striated arch (1-5) from N.W. through zenith 1 



to E.S.E., 5" wide, drifting towards S.W. 

 The whole sky covered with faint streamers ('7) and 



curtain-shraped aurora. 



The whole sky more or less covered with irregular 

 aurora (-7 to 1-5), brightest from W.N.W. to N.E., 

 15° alt. 



Irregular and diffused arch (1) from W.N.W. through 

 zenith lo 30" alt. in E.S.E. Faint masses (-3) m N., 



5° alt. 

 Arch (1) from E.S.E. to N.N .W., 15° alt. - - 



(•5 lo 1) from E.S.E. to N.N.W., 20° alt., brightest 

 "part in N.N.W. 

 „ very faint. Striated streak ( • 5) m N.N.W., 10 to 



20° alt 

 Masses of aurora in E.S.E. (I), arch (-5) from E.S.E. to 



to N.N.W., 30° alt. ^ ^ 



Above arch diffused and irregrdar (l),alt. 60°, and masses 

 of aurora very faint. Faint aurora (-3) from E.S.E. 

 to S.W., 30° alt. 

 Arch from E.S.E. to N.N.W., very faint except at ex- 

 tremities (-7), cuitain-shaped in N.N.W. ; the other 

 arch as before. Masses of aurora (-7). 

 Streamers at N.N.W. end of above arch (1) to 30' alt. - 

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

 through zenith. Arch from E.S.E. to S.W. very fiimt 

 and 20° alt. in S.W. Another lower arch from E.S.E. 

 to E.N.E. (-3 to -7), brightest in E.S.E., 5° alt. 

 , disappeared. Two arches from E.S.E. to N.N.W.^ 

 one passing about 5° S. of zenith, the oth^r about 10 

 N E. of zenith, slightly diffused (-7). 

 Above arches in one (-7) and through zenith, where 

 about 10° in width. 



drifting towards S. lower edge very faint 

 (1-5) in E.S.E., and (1) in other parts - 



'„ through zenith and much diffused (2) irom 

 E.'S.E. to zenith, the rest (1 -5). 

 Above arch of regular brightness (1) except trom E.S.J^. 

 to 15° alt., where (2) and slightly prismatic ; lower edge 

 of arch about 70° alt. in S.W. 



about 20° in width and irregular, prismatic 

 streamers on N.E. tdgo, quivering and in rapid motion 

 (1-5 to 2-. 5), brightest on N.E. edge. 



very irregular and about 10' wide (1). 

 Bright irregular masses of aurora on horizon from 

 E S°E, towards E., prismatic and (2), about 15° alt. _ 



(•5) except in N.N.W., where (2) with 

 prismatic streamers. Bright masses (1-5) in horizon 

 from E.S.E. to E. to alt. 5°. 

 The whole sky from E.S.E. to N.W., 15 ' alt. and 5 S. of 

 zenith, more or less covered with aurora (-7). Arch 

 (2) with prismatic streamers from N.N.W. to E., alt. 7 . 

 Above aurora (-5) except iu N.W., where irregular and 



(I). ArCh(l). TVTTVTW 



Double arch 0-5) with streamers from E. to N.N.W ^ 

 15° alt. Faint (-3) masses from E.S.E. to zenith, and 

 extending to about 5° alt. S.W. 



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