EXPEDITION TO POINT P.A1J1JOW, ALAHKA. 3V;5 



moonlight in the S. At 3 a. m. tin-re were (races of aurora in the NE., which at :;.15 liad developed 

 iuto an arched hand (brightness "2) with faint tinges of red and yellow from a point in Monoceros 

 close to the horizon in the ESE. through Leo to a point in Bootes near the N. horizon. At 1.10 

 then- was an arched band (brightness 1), curved into an ellipse in the NE. sonic Hi c.r l.~i above 

 the horizon, in Canis Minor, Cancer, Leo Minor, and Canes Venatici. This had nearly laded at 

 4.15. and none was observed at 5 a. ru. At G ail arch crossed the southern horizon from .SE. to S\V. 

 with .streamers on the SE. half, running from Canis Minor, through Orion and Taurus, to Andromeda. 

 The streamers crossed rapidly from W. to E., with play of colors, yellow, green, and red (bright- 

 ness about 2). At 7 a. m. there was a band (brightness 1 to 2) from Cygnus through Corona 

 Borealis to Bootes, but at 7.15 there was only a faint small arch in Ursa Major. At S there weio 

 merely faint traces over the NE. horizon, and no more, was observed till 12.17 p. in., when there was 

 a co-.ona of long, slender white streamers, a few of them brighter than the rest, stretching about 

 30 above, the horizon (brightness tol). The whole aurora, was much dimmed by the exceedingly 

 brilliant moonlight. The magnetic needles were almost undisturbed up to 7 a. in., when a disturb- 

 ance, chiefly affecting the intensity with decrease of horizontal and increase of vertical force, com- 

 menced, lasting till 3 p. m. 



November 20, 12.30 a. m. to 4 a. m. Preliminary evanescent streamers wen- noticed in < 

 Major high in the NNE. at 8.4,5 p. m. (3.30 local); but no more aurora was seen till at the 1 a. m. 

 observation, when pale streaks were observed in the X., developing at 1.15 into a pale zone of the 

 ordinary type, white and quiet (brightness to 1), across the. zenith, converging at points in Bootes 

 in the NNW. and Cetus in the, SE. close to the horizon. There were three main bands in the zone, 

 one through Ursa Major and Auriga, one through Ursa Minor, and one through Cassiopeia and 

 Andiomeda. At 2 a. in. the western band alone of this zone still remained, and there were besides 

 three or four arched bands of short bright streamers in the NE. in Canis Minor, Cancer, Leo, and 

 Coma Berenices, with considerable vibration from N. to S. (brightness 2 to 3), tinged with green, 

 yellow, and red, while pale streaks and streamers near the zenith moved rather rapidly, tending to 

 form an imperfect corona. At 2.10 the eastern aurora had subsided into pale bands, and one ser- 

 pent ine streak (0 to 1) ran from Ursa Major through Polaris to the square of Pegasus approxi- 

 mately parallel to the. magnetic meridian. There was considerable magnetic disturbance with 

 increase of the horizontal force and slight diminution of the other two elements. The aurora had 

 mostly faded at 2.15. At .'3 a. m. there was a pale band in the place of the eastern aurora described 

 at 2 o'clock. At 3.15 to 17 there was an arched band with a reversed curve at the SE. end from 

 Canis Minor through Gemini into Ursa Major, gradually breaking into streamers at the northern 

 end. The magnetic needles were comparatively quiet. At 4 a. m. the sky was overspread with 

 polar bands of cloud, which allowed only indistinct traces of aurora to be seen, and during the rest 

 of the night similar clouds prevented the observation of aurora. The aurora was much dimmed 

 by the moonlight. 



Xorrmbn- 27, 1882, :; a.m. io 4.10 a. m. At 3 a. m. part of the pale, narrow, quiet band was 

 rved through the thin clouds in the NE. at right angles to the magnetic meridian. At 4 a. m. 

 there was a broad hazy band (0 to 1) from the NW. to SE., visible only from Cyguus through Cas- 

 siopeia, and had moved 20 eastward at 4.10, leaving only traces through the clouds at 4.15. Ai, 

 5 a. m. a pale yellowish band (0 to 1), motionless, ran from Leo through Ursa Major to Draco. At <i 

 there was a pale motionless arch from Cygnus through Andromeda to Perseus, and a patch in 

 Auriga (brightness to 1). Clouds prevented further observation. Tire magnetic needles v, ere 

 comparatively quiet most of the night. There was a slight disturbance at 3.05, the horizontal force 

 rising and then falling below the normal, and another at 10.12, the horizontal force falling slightly. 

 :-mb<-r 27 anil 2S, 1SS2, 0.15^. m. to 1.15j>. w. At 9.15 p. m. on the 27th there were faint 

 horizontal streaks through Taurus, Gemini, and Leo in the NE. No more aurora was observed, 

 the sky being partly obscured by streaks of cloud, until 1 a. m., when the sky was clear, and 

 v.-cre noticed in the N. and E., which developed at 1.15 into a broad hazy twisted band 

 i from a point in Bootes below Arcturus close to the horizon NNW. through Draco, 

 I'rsa Minor, Perseus, and the Pleiades, ending in the lower part of Taurus close to the horizon 

 ESE. I'Yoiii 2 to 2.15 a. m. there was a rather broad zone of the usual type (brightness 2) from a 

 point in Scrpens close to the horizon NN\V., to a similar point in Orion ESE.. occupying Lyra, 



