313 



Gottiugen 

 Mean Ti 'jie. 



Local 

 Meau Time. 



II.F. 



D. 



V.F. 



4tli 



9 28 



4 19 



4 28 



4 57 



4 58 



4 59 



5 



5 28 



— 6 28 



1883. 



April. 



(1. h. m. 



P.M. 



1 11 5 



— 11 37 



.4.M. 



2 12 5 



— 1 



— 2 5 



10 



12 20 



— 12 27 



— 12 34 



Ari.h (-7) from S.E. tlirougli Spica to W.N.VV. ; diffused 

 masses of aurora from E.S.E. and N. to W.N.W., 

 covering Cassiopeia. 



Diffused arcli (1) from S.E. (lirougli Leo to N.W. 



Arch (1-5) from E.S.E to N.W., about SO'" alt. in S. - 

 Corona in zenith, half tlie sky covered with aurora, (3) in 



N.W., {\) elsewhere. 

 Auroia visible through clouds in N. and N.N.W. ; streak 



through zenith (1 ). 

 Aurora ('5) from N.N.W. to zenith. Stre.'iks (1) on 



N.N.VV. horizon. 

 Mass of aurora (1) visible between clouds in S.VV., 45° alt. 



Sky overcast. 

 Masses of aurora visible through clouds from E.S.E. to S., 



50° alt. (Magnetic instruments much disturbed). 

 Faint streak from S. to S.W., 30° alt., visible between 



clouds. 



Arch (1) from E.S.E. to N.X.W., 60° alt. Streak (-5) 



in zenith. 

 Irregular arch (I) from E. to N.N.W., 45° alt., striated, 



and pulsating from E. to N. 

 Mass of aurora"( • o) from E. to E.S.E., 15° alt. 



Arch from E. to X.N.W., 60° alt. (-5 to 1), brightest 

 in E. 



Five iiregular parallel arches and about 5° apart, from 



E. to E.S.E., the centre one brightest and passing 



through zenith to N.N.W. ( "o to 1). 

 Mass of aurora (-5) in E.S.E. to 8° alt. Mass of aurora 



(1) in N.N.W. to 10° alt. Diffused arch (-5) from 



F;.S.E. through zenith to N.N.W. Arch (-3) from 



S.E. to W., 30° alt. Sky nearly covered with fainter 



aurora. 

 Bright, irregular, and diffused arch (2) with streamers in 



N.W. from E.S.E. and S.E. through zenith to N.W. - 

 Diffused arch (r.5) from E.S.E. through zenith to N.W. 



Another irregular arch {\'i>) from E.S.E. to N.N.W., 



15° alt. 

 Sky from 5° alt. to 40° alt., and from E.S.E. to W.N.W., 



covered with aurora ('7). 



Bright diffused arch (2-5) with prismatic vertical 



streamers, quivering and in rapid motion, from E.S.E. 



to W., 10° all., drifting from centre towards zenith. 

 Corona (3) and pi'ismatic. Bright prismatic folds of 



curtain-shaped aurora from E.S.E. to W. and from 



5° alt. to 60° alt. (2-5). (Vertical force slightly 



affected.) 

 Aurora less bright ('5 to 2) and .sky more or less covered 



with aurora, brightest about 5° alt. in N.N.W. and 10° 



alt. in S.E. 

 Sky covered with aurora ('7 to 1) streamers, and curtain 



folds. 



Faint auroral light (-3) all over sky. Bright band 



slightly prismatic (1'5) from E.S.E. to N.,2° alt. 

 Faint irregular masses of aurora ('3 to "7) from 3° to 5° 



alt. all round. Very faint light in zenith. 

 Faint irregular arcli ('3) from S.E. to W., alt. 7°. 



Masses of aurora on horizon from E. to N.N.P]. (1). 

 Arch (-7) from S.E. to W., 35° alt in S. ; faint patches 



in N.W. and N.E. 



430 



441 



314 



312 



256 

 238 



398 



300 



40 



37 



194 

 103 



302 



285 



412 

 330 



232 

 303 



