325 



Gottingen 

 Mean Time. 



Local 

 Mean Time. 



H.F. 



V.F. 



1883. 

 August, 

 h. m. 



A.M. 



26th 8 22 



— 8 23 



— 8 24 



— 9 24 



28th 7 20 



— 7 26 



— 8 26 



— 9 24 



— 10 23 



— 10 2G 



29th 6 27 



— 7 20 



— 7 27 



— 8 20 



— 8 27 

 _ 9 20 



— 9 27 



1883. 



August. 



d. h. m. s. 



P.M. 



25 11 59 30 



(1. h. m. 



— 12 



A.M. 



26 12 2 



— 12 5 

 d. h. m. s. 

 —12 57 30 



d. h. m. 



— 1 4 



— 1 57 



— 2 4 



— 3 1 



p.m. 



— 9 57 



— 10 4 



— 11 3 



A.M. 



27 12 1 



- 1 1 



P.M. 



d. h. m. s. 



— 10 57 30 



d. h. lu 



— 11 3 



A.M. 



28 12 3 



d. h. m. s. 



— 1 1 30 



— 203 

 d. h. m. 

 _ 2 3 



P.M. 



— 10 4 



— 10 57 



— U 4 



— 11 57 



A.M. 



29 12 4 



— 12 57 



— 1 4 



The whole sky from horizon to zenith, E.S.E. to N.N.W., 

 more or less covered with curtain-shaped aurora from 

 (1 to 2), brightest from E.S.E. to E.N.E., where slightly 

 prismatic, to alt. 10.° 



Corona in zenith (1) - 



Serpentine arch (1-5) from E.S.E. to N.N.W., 45° alt. - 



Above arch from E. to N.N.W. and less bright except in 

 N.N.W. Arch (-7) from E.S.E. to W., 40° alt. 



Arch (1 to 1-5) fromE. to N.N.W., 30° alt., brightest 

 in N.N.W. 

 „ very faint -------- 



Faint streaks (• 5) through zenitli . - - 



Aurora (1) from E. to E.N.E., 10° alt. - 



Faint arch (-7) from E.S.E. to N., alt. 15° - 



Patch on E. horizon, and masses of light along N. horizon 



(2) to about 15° alt. 

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

 N.N.W. to E., 45° alt., (3) in X.N.W. horizon, else- 

 where about (1"5). 

 Arch (-1) from E.S.E. through zenith, streamers 6°N.E. 

 of zenith and from N.N.W, horizon to 45° alt. (2). 



Irregular arch (1 to 1"5) from E.S.E. through zenith to 

 N.N.W., brightest in E.S.E. 



Ditto (1) - 



Arch (1) from E.S.E. to N.W., 45° alt. Irregular diffused 

 mass (1) from E. to zenith. 



.A-rch (1) from E.S.E .to N.N.W., 30° alt. Mass of aurora 

 (•5) in zenith. Faint streamers from E. to N.W., from 

 20° to 50° alt. 



Streak (1-5) in N.N.W., from 10° to 30° alt. - 



„ faint (-5), and from 10° to 20° alt. 



Faint streak (-5) in E.S.E., from 10° to 30° alt. 



Arch (-5) from E.S.E. to W.N.W., 45° ait. Bright 



irregular aurora (2) from E.S.E. to zenith, with slightly 



prismatic streamers. 

 Arch as before. Folds of curtain-shaped aurora (1'5) 



from E.S.E. to zenith. 

 Arch (-7) from E.S.E. to W.N.W., striated and 70° alt. 



in S. 

 Ditto ------- 



Faint aurora ("5) from E.S.E. to 60° all. Faint masses 



(•5) in W.N.W. 

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



in E.S.E., and partly visible between clouds in zenith - 



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



Arch (• 5 to 1) from E-S.E. to W.N.W., 45° alt., disappear- 

 ing under clouds. 



Arch as before. Irregular aurora from E.S.E. to zenith, 

 striated and diffused (1 '5). 



Diffused mass of light in E. and streamers (2) also visible 

 through clouds about 10° S. of zenith to 45° N.W. (1 "5). 



Mass of aurora (-5) from E.S.E. to E., 20° alt. - 



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340 

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885 

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