142 



1845. 



Aug. 22 



29 



Sept. 7 



28 



29 



Nov. 12 

 15 



26 



Dec. 1 



18 

 29 



1846. 



Jan. 2 



Feb. 6 



10 



Mar. 15 



19 



29 

 Apr. 20 



May 25 

 July 29 

 AusT. 24 



29 



Bradley''s Auroral Register. 



Some clouds obstruct north. Xo A.B. at 8'' ; none at 9^. 



North almost entirely filled with clouds to 9*^. Looked rather bright 

 among cloiids at 9*^. Scarcely think there was any A.B. 



Very clear. Moon. Suspected a slight A.B. at 9*", but concluded 

 that there was none. 



Mostly clear. At T*" X. very much obstructed ; no signs of an A.B. 

 At 9'' somewhat obst. ; some signs of an A.B., though scarcely 

 think there Avas any. Clear at 9^''. 



Clear. Xo A.B. to lO''. Looked rather light in X. at 10'^, but be- 

 lieve thei*e Avas no A.B. 



Very clear: no A.B. to 7'' : moon : p'y cl'r 3f^ to 5'' a.m. : no A.B. 



Xot entirely cPr to <6^ ; at 7^'' very cl'r. Xo A.B. at 10^''. Looked 

 rather light in X. ; bright moon, and favoi'able place for obs. 

 Scarcely think that there Avas an A.B. 



Hazy. Xo A.B. to lO*^. A person informs me that about 6^^ or 

 7"^ he noticed Avhat he thought Avas an A.B. Soon clouded OA'er ; 

 saAV no streamers. 



Ov't to 10^, except cl'r lo"" ab't <o\^ and a short time bet'n 7^' and 8''. 



Partially clear for a short about 6'> to ^\^. Ov't to 10'\ 



Clear. Xo A.B. to 8^''. SaAv Biela's comet this evening about 37' 

 less A.R. than Kap]>a Piscium, about the same -f- dec. It Avas 

 a nebulous looking object Avith pretty bright nucleus, with three 

 bright points like small stars, but seen only by indirect vision 

 occasionally. Tail 3' or 4' diameter (or length) — very difficult to 

 determine about the direction of it. It appeared turned toAvard 

 the sun. A small nebulous spot preceded it about tAvo or three 

 minutes in arc. 



Mostly ov't to lO''. About 11^' a naiTOAV clear streak W. of N. 

 Avhich Avas very bright. Some suspicion of A.B. 



Thin filmy clouds covered the sky. Xo A.B. to 10**. 



Ov't to lO*", except a short interval of broken clouds aboiit 7^. 



X. much obst. at 8:^^, tolerably cl'r at 9^ ; some suspicions of A.B. ; 

 but conclude there is none. Xone at 10''. 



Clear to 8^'' ; cloud in X. at 9'\ At lO'' clear; had suspicions of 

 A.B. about %^ to 10'^, but am inclined to think there Avas none. 



Clear. Xo A.B. to lO'', though it appeared much like 17th. 



Clear; rather more like an A.B. than the tAvo preceding ev'gs, but 

 A'ery doubtful about any A.B. 



Considerably hazy at 8|'', clear at 10'\ no A.B. 



Mostly clear, yet inclining to cloudiness. Part of the X. sometimes 

 obscured : no A.B. to 9|'' ; in the observatory to that time. 



Ov't. At 11'' tolerably clear in the X. ; obs. imperfect. 



Mostly ov't. At 9^'' X. considerably clear, no A.B. to 9|''. 



An A.B. sprung up about 8'' or 8|:'' — streamers rather numerous — 

 no Avell defined arch — mixed Avith so much cloud near horizon as 

 to destroy the symmetry of the arch. About 8f' ' it gathered 

 into patches of light, Avith here and there a faint streamer. Most 

 of the light Avas E. of X. ])oint. Two or three bright streamers 

 E. of X. Avere observed to move E. : none others Avere certainly 

 seen to" move. 



Almost wholly ov't at Ridgefield, Conn. At 10'' some clear space 

 in the X., and under a cloud about 5° or 6° high, thought there 

 was an A.B. — thought I saAv a streamer or tAvo, but it might 

 have been the contrast of cloud and sky. It soon clouded. (481) 



