396 K\PEi>rnoN TO POINT HAKUOW, ALASKA. 



Cygims, Andromeda. Cassiopeia, Aries, and Taurus. At. -1 a. in. the JMIIC \vaK rather lover, occu- 

 pying Aquila and the square of Pegasus, and much brighter (3) with motion beginning to develop 

 at the KSK. end. It rose rapidly, being at 3.10 at the position of the '2 o'clock aurora, with very 

 rapid waving and gyratory motion (brightness 2 to 3). At 3.15 it crossed the zenith, reaching cast 

 to Ursa Major and Ciemini, much paler (1 to 2) and quieter. There was a large magnetic disturb- 

 ance, ehielly affecting the horizontal force, which tell very low. Ai 1 a. in. only traces of aurora 

 were visible. At 5 a. in. there was a band (brightness 2) from Lyra to 1 rsa Major ac.ros- the NIC., 

 and at G a. in. a broad band ran from Pegasus through Cygnus, Cepheus, ami I.' rsa Major to Leo. 

 Another band of the same color and brightuess (1 to 2) from Andromeda through Cassiopeia and 

 Auriga to Gemini, both having a rapid lengthwise motion from W. to E., resembling steam or 

 smoke driven by a brisk wind. From 7 a. m. to 1.15 p. in. there were merely traces of aurora visi- 

 ble, though the sky was clear. The traces a 1.15 were low in the SSE. and developed into a palo 

 streak across the xenitli, fading at dawn. 



Xoremlfi- 2S K,nl 29, 18S2, 10 p.m. to 10.15 a. m. The whole night was clear. At 10.15 an arch 

 was observed in the northeast with an altitude of about 25, its extremities being Zs'NW. to E. by S. 

 The color was a faint yellow (brightness 1). At 11.15 the arch was in a similar position, but some- 

 what higher. At 12.15 it was still in the same position, bnt had developed streamers at the Js'NW. 

 end reaching to Ursa Major. No aurora was visible at 1 a. in., but at 1.10 ;o 2.15 there was a 

 narrow arched band (brightness 1) from a point in Bootes near the horizon N. through Leo Minor, 

 ending in Gemini below Castor and Pollux, at an altitude of about 25. From this time to 5 a.m. 

 there was no aurora, but at 5 a band (brightness to 1) crossed the zenith from XNW. to S., from 

 Vnlpecula through Cygnus, Cassiopeia, Cepheus, andCainelopardalis, eliding in Auriga and Lynx. 

 At (5 the arch was yellow and made of streamers, waving from E. to W., and varying slightly in 

 brightness (1 to 2). Faint traces only were visible at 7 a. m. from Hercules to Bootes. At S a. in. 

 there was a motionless band from Pegasus through Taurus and Orion to Canis Minor. Traces only, 

 soon disappearing, were visible at 10.10 a. m., and no more aurora was seen. The magnetic needles 

 were comparatively undisturbed all night. 



\<>i-riniif>- .10, 1SS2, 12.15 . MI. to 11.30 a. m. The whole night was clear. About midnight, 

 "Washington time (between 7.30 and 7. 40 p. m. local), there was a low arch in the NE. (brightness 

 1 to 2) from Taurus, where it was very faint through Gemini, Leo Minor, where it was brightest, 

 and Coma Berenices, sending up faint streamers in the last two constellations. At 1 to 1.15 a. in. 

 there was a broad twisted band, white and quiet (brightness 2 to 3), from a point in Taurus near the 

 horizon in the ESE. across the zenith, through Andromeda, Cassiopeia, Cepheus, and Draco, to a, 

 point in Bootes, close to the horizon in the NNW. At 2 a. in the aurora was unchanged in bearing, 

 altitude, and brightuess, but started from Orion in the ESE., and was split in two parts, one on each 

 side of Polaris, while from the southeast end a band was beginning to shoot up towards the north- 

 east. This had developed into an arched band through Gemini and Ursa Major, at an altitude of 

 about -i(P, reaching Bootes in the N., while the western bands had almost faded out. At 2. 15 these 

 bands had developed into a /one of the ordinary type from the same points of the horizon, reaching 

 W. to Cygnus and Lyra and E. below (Iemini. The eastern bands were the brightest (2 to .''>), and 

 in the ESE. showed a taint yellow and rose tinge. At 3 a. in. the zone was mostly reduced to a 

 broad band, brightest in the lower edge (2 to 3), along the SW. horizon, with an altitude of about 

 25'- at its highest point, running from Orion's belt below the square of Pegasus to a point in Ser- 

 pens in the NW. This continued at 3.15, and in addition a zoue of paler bands (1 to 2) covered 

 most of the sky as far K. as [Trsa .Major and Gemini. The southeast base of the zone was very 

 broad, some 20" of the azimuth, la. m. found the aurora in essentially the .same position, but much 

 paler (0 to 1 ), and it was still more faded and broken at 1.15. At 5 a. m. there wore two bright (2 to 3) 

 yellowish bands from Pegasus in the NYV., one through Cygnus, Cassiopeia, and (iemini to Canis 

 Minor in the S. across the zenith; the other through Taurus to Orion in the ,SW., but' showing 

 rapid motion from X\V. to S. At (i there was a quiet, greenish band (brightness 1) from Pegasus, 

 through Pisces, to Orion. Traces only were visible, at 7 a. m., but at, 7.15 a brilliant corona (2 to3) 

 formed, with its center a little X. of the zenith. The streamers were bright yellow, and moved 

 round the center, vibrating from "\Y. to K. and from E. to W., keeping the .same relative position. 

 Other bands and streamers moved in almost every direction. Traces of this corona wore still visible 



