318 



Gottingen 

 Mean Time. 



Local 

 Meau Time. 



H.J;'. 



D. 



V.F. 



1883. 

 May. 

 h. m. 



A.M. 



1st 6 21 40 

 2.5 40 

 2S 



— 6 



— 6 



6 31 



G .S.3 20 



6 .^.T 

 6 36 

 6 36 40 

 6 3S 

 6 39 40 

 6 40 40 

 6 42 30 

 6 44 



6 4.5 20 

 6 47 

 6 48 



6 49 40 

 6 .50 40 

 6 53 



6 55 30 

 6 50 40 

 6 58 



6 59 



7 



7 5 

 li. m. 

 7 10 



15 

 20 

 30 



— 7 32 

 35 



45 



50 



55 

 



8 10 

 8 15 

 8 20 



8 31 

 8 41 



— 8 45 



1883, 

 April, 

 d. h. m. 



P.M. 



30 10 2 

 ■— 10 3 



— 10 5 



— JO 7 



— 10 10 



10 47 



— 12 22 



Aui'or.a in N.E. fainter - - . - . 



Disappeared except irregular patch in N.W. ('4), alt. 45^^ 

 Segment iuE.N.K., alt. .30" ('3), streamers (• 5), between 



Capella and a and /3 Geminorum. 

 Arch from 10 alt. in E.N.E. to Polaris ; faint patch as 



before in N.W. 

 Arch (-6) now extending from 10""" alt. in E.N.E. to Ca- 

 pella, passing halfway between Polaris and Ursa Major 

 Disappe.ared except patch in E.N.E. (4) 

 F.aint arch (-3) through zenith to E.N.E. 

 Fainter and 5 f.-irther to S.W. ... - 



Aurora disappeared . . . . 



„ from Ursa Major to E. horizon . - - 



Now extending to Capella ('6) - ' - 

 Fainter and more diffused .... 



Narrow streak ('9) through e, '^, -/j, UrsK Majoris. Faint 



light in S.W., 25° alt. 

 Fainter, and light in S.W. disappeared 

 Arch through Leo ("2) - 

 A good deal of diffused light S.W., S., and S.E. of zenith 



(•2), streamer (-2) in N.E. 

 Faint streamers converging in Ursa Major ('2) - 

 Above streamers disappeared leaving nebulous liglit (• 1) 

 Streamer (1) in Ophiuehus. Nebulous arch ('5) thence 

 through Ursa Minor towards Auriga. Patch in 

 W.S.W., .30°alt. (-5). 

 Arch slightly brighter, streamer disappeared 

 Now through Ursa Major about 10^ in breadth 

 Arch now through Ursa Major and Gemini 

 More diffused, extemling to Arcturus. Diffused light 



in E.N.E. 

 Disappeared. Segment of arch (1) just below /3 Gemi- 

 norum. 

 Diffused mass in E.S.E. to 10° alt., 5° wide 



Mass of .aurora as before. Arch (I'o) from S.E. to 



S.W., 14° alt. 

 Arch now ( • 5) . 



„ as above, but interrupted in the centre - 

 Curtain-shaped striated aurora from E.S.E. to N.N.W, 



up to zenith, in rapid motion (2). 

 Corona in zenith (2 '5), prismatic ... 



Sky more or less covered with aurora (1 to 2 '5), brightest 



in N.N.W. 

 Arch (1 '5) from N.N.E. to S.W., with streamers pulsating 



from N.N.E. to S.W. and faint streamers in zenith. 

 Diffused aurora from S.W. horizon to zenith (1). Faint 



aurora from zenith to N.N.E. 

 Aurora very faint ..... 



Disappeared except faint patches from S. to W..S.W., 



from 5 to 10" alt. 

 Ditto ..... 



Streak ('5) from E.S.E. to zenith ... 



„ disappeared .... 



Very faint stre.amers in N.N.W., 45° alt. ■ 



Corona in zenith (1). Streamers from 70° alt. in N.N.W. 



to 50° .alt. in E.S.E., passing 15°E.N.E.of zenith ('7). 

 Corona disappeared except a few streamers in N., 70° alt. 



(-5). 

 Fiiint masses in zenith ("3) . . - - 



Diffused arch (-7) from E.S.E. through zenith to N.N.W., 



disappearing under clouds at extremities. 

 Above arch irregular (1) and drifting towards N.E. 

 ,, through zenith, regular, and (1 ■ 5) 



