440 KXPK1HT1ON TO POINT BABROW, ALASKA. 



tmv.mls tin- zenith, an<l splitting. Al 4 n. in. there was a broad /.one from ESE. to XW. 

 (brightness 11 made up of coronal streamers east of the /enitb, not reaching lower thaii Cepheus, 

 while all the western sky was covered. At 4.15 to 4.20 there was a zone of four main bands 

 (brightness 1 to :.') from the SW. horixon nearly to the zenith, with the same starting point, but 

 curving back in the K. through Aquila. The upper baud was edged with short streamers, and 

 Ion;: si reamers began to develop in the E. At ."> to 5.20 the whole sky was covered with quiet 

 bands (brightness to 1) running WXW. to SE. At G.15 to 0.20 there were traces of a great 

 forona covering the sky. Xo more was observed. Yesterday's magnetic disturbance continued. 



March 2!>, 18S3, 3.45 </. in. 1<> 8.15 a. m. The aurora was only observed at intervals of fair 

 weather during the night. At 3.45 broad bands in the W. suddenly shot up to the zenith, with 

 rapid vibration and play of colors, and formed a corona, apparently covering the whole sky. At 

 4 a. m. the corona still persisted, and surrounded by belts of curtains covered nearly all the sky 

 (brightness 1 to 2). It was partly obscured by clouds and haze, but appeared to be iu motion, 

 shifting and waving with rapid vibration in the KE., and bright yellow patches showing through 

 the clouds. It had partly faded at 4.15 to 4.20, and was much obscured by haze and clouds. 

 Traces only were seen at the next hour. The sky was clear enough at 7.15 to 7.20 to show quiet 

 bands (brightness 1), forming a zone, occupying Orion, Taurus, Gemini, Perseus, Andromeda, 

 Lynx. Ursa Major, Cassiopeia, Cepheus, Bootes, Corona Borealis, Lacerta, Cygnus and Lyra. 

 Traces were visible at 8.15. The needles were quiet up to 4 a. m., when a violent disturbance 

 commenced and still continues. 



March 30, 1S3.'>, 7.15 a. m. to 7.20 a. m. The sky, which had been cloudy all night, cleared 

 about 7.15 a. m.. displaying a slowly waving band from Gemini through Lynx, Ursa Major, Canes 

 Veiiatiei and Bootes (brightness to 1). The needles were somewhat disturbed from -1 a. m. to 

 1 p.. m. 



A]iril 2, 1SS3, 2.15 a. m. to 7.20 a. m. There were traces of a baud in the ESE. at 2.15, which 

 at :> a. in. had developed into a broad hazy zone from the ESE., in Virgo, fading in the twilight in 

 the XX W.. reaching in breadth from H Ursa 1 Majoris to //and y Draconis. This had condensed 

 at .'5.15 to 3.20 to a broad band in the SW., through Virgo, Hydra, Leo, Gemini, Cancer, Cams 

 Minor, the upper part of Orion and Taurus, and beginning to shift and break (brightness 1). At 

 4 a. in. there was a broad, ill-defined, sinuous baud in the NE., from near <r Serpentis, through 

 Hercules. Lyra and Cygnus, into Pegasus, and a hazy band starting from the same place, running 

 through Bootes, Canes Venatici, Ursa Major, Lynx, Auriga and Perseus (brightness to 1), and 

 all had faded to traces at 4.15 to 4.20 except the baud in the E., and this even had become traces 

 at 5 to 5.20. At <i.!5 to G.20 a belt of slowly waving bands, with a few patches of streamers 

 in Aquila, ran from Taurus, through Auriga, Perseus, Andromeda and Cassiopeia, to Cyguns 

 (brightness 1). At 7.15 to 7.20 there was a short band from Ursa Major to Bootes in slow motion 

 from \Y. to E.. and a rather motionless band from Perseus and Cassiopeia to Cepheus (brightness 

 to 1). A magnetic disturbance commenced at 3 a. m.. and was not over when the aurora ended, 

 rca'-hing its maximum at 12 in. 



April .'.'. 1SS3, 1.45 n. m. i<i 7.20 a. m. A slight agitation of the needles indicated aurora, 

 which appeared at 1.45 as very faint, evanescent white streamers in the ESI-"., while the daylight 

 was still bright. There was none to be seen at 2 a. in., but at 2.15 there were traces of bands high 

 in the SW. These had developed at 3 a. m..into a narrow hazy zone AV. of the zenith from ESE., 

 in Virgo, to the-twilight XW., occupying Leo, Cancer, Gemini, Auriga and Taurus, which had 

 U at ;>.15 to .'5.20 to Ursa Major, while what had been sinuous bands in Serpentis in the 1C. began 

 t;> develop into curtains (brightness 1), with waving motion. The whole sky was covered at 4 

 a. m. with a sor! of elongated corona, approaching the horixon in the ESE. and XYV., and extend- 

 ing from below Procyon. in the SW., to n-Cygni and rr- Lyra- in the XE. (brightness to 1). It 

 was made up of rather sparsely scattered bands, rows, and curtains, which latter were best devel- 

 oped ami brightest in the S. and SE., with .some motion. It was broken and paler, reaching nearly 

 to Ihe S\\ . horixon, about 10- higher in the XE., where it consisted of long streamers. This was 

 attended with considerable magnetic disturbance. At 5 to 5.20 there was a corona, curling in 



D Major, with long streamers, reaching to the horizon in the E. and "W. They were not so 

 blight in the S.. and only reached the zenith in the N. The whole was quiet (brightness to 1), 



