HerricJc's Auroral Register. 



57 



1843. 



Mar. 30 

 31 



April 1 

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May 1 



2 



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4 



5 



6 



7 



10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 



Clear 



Clear. 



Clear. 



Clear. 



Ov't. 



Ov't. 



Ov't, and obs. impos. to ll**, and doubtless all night, 



Ov't; sleet falling. Obs. impos. to 10*^, and doubtless all night. 



Clear. No A.B.'to 10^-\ 



Very clear. IMoon begins to interfere ; setting at 9^''. 



Very clear. Moon interferes. No A.B. 



Ov't. Obs. impos. to 10^*', and doubtless all night. 



Ov't. Obs. impos. to lO*". Clouds then breaking up.* 



Clear. Moon interferes.* (220) 



Mostly cPr until about 9*^ ; after that n'y ov't : moon : no A.B. seen. 



Chiefly clear. Moon. No A.B. seen to lO^'^. 



Moon. No A.B. to 10\ 



Moon. No A.B. to 12''. Within most of the time. 



Moon. No A.B. to 10'\ None from I'' to 2^ of 12th. 



Moon. No A.B. to \0\^. 



Obs. impos. to ] l''. Began to sprinkle about ll\ 

 Obs. impos. to 10'^, and doubtless all night. 

 Ov't and foggy. Obs. impos. to ll*", and doubtless all night. 

 Very hazy: stars vis. above alt. of 20° or 30° : no A.B. seen to lO**. 

 Ov't; gentle rain. Obs. impos. to 11 i'', and doubtless all night. 

 Ov't. Obs. impos. to 10'', and doubtless all night. 

 Ov't. Obs. impos. to ll*"-, and doubtless all night. 

 Very clear. No A.B. to midnight. 

 Clear. No A.B. to 11 ». 



Al't wholly ov't. Obs. impos. to 10|'', and doubtless all night. 

 Ov't; slight drizzle. Obs. impos. to lO'', and doubtless all night.* 

 Clear. No A.B. to 12''. Within doors most of evening. 

 Al't wholly ov't. Obs. impos. to lO^'', and doubtless all night. 

 Ov't. Obs. impos. to 10'', and doubtless all night. 

 Almost wholly ov't. Obs. impos., or nearly so, to 10''. 

 Clear. No A.B. to 10^ [No A.B. seen. 



M'y ov't : stare seen above alt. of 35° : obs. n'y impos. to 10'' at least. 

 Ov't and rainy. Obs.. impos. to 10'', and doubtless all night. 

 Clear. No A.B. to 10". 



Clear. No A.B. to 10". Within from 8" to 10". 

 Ov't. Obs. impos. to 9-^" at least. 

 Clear. Moon. No A.B. to 10". 



Sufliciently clear in N. to 8|". Moon. No A.B. seen : at 9^'' ov't. 

 Ov't. Obs. impos. to 10", and doubtless all night.* 

 Ov't, clouds broken at times. Obs. impos. to 10", and d's all night. 

 Clear in N. Moon. No A.B. to 10". 

 Nearly ov't Avith broken clouds. Obs. impos. to 10". 

 Ov't. Obs. impos. to 10", and probably all night. 

 Nearly ov't ; clear along N. horizon. Moon. No A.B. seen to 10". 

 Clear. Moon. No A.B. seen to 10". 

 Clear. Moon. No A.B. seen to 10".* 

 Som't obsc. by haze and thin clouds : moon : no A.B. seen to 10". 



April 5th.— A.B. seen at Edinburgh, April 5th and 6th.— R. D. Paul, Jameson's Edin.New Phil. 

 Jour., 1844, p. 378. No details. 



April 6th. — A.B. visible all the evening, but I did not watch it specially. I saw no streamers, 

 but only irregular spots and luminous arcuate banks. About 8h there was an arch nearly 20** 

 high. 



April a3d. — A.B. seen at Edinburgh. R. D. Paul, JamesotVs Edin. New Phil. Jour.., April, 1844, 

 p. 378 ; no details. 



May 6th. — A.B. seen in France. Comptes Pendzis, xvi, p. 1092, etc. 



May 13th. — Something like an auroral belt seen in New York City between 12h 30m and Ih 

 A. M. ; a streak spanning the hemisphere from N. W. to S.E. — X. Y. Evangelist, May IStli, 1843. 



