Re: (meteorobs) Leonids - colors?

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• Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Leonids - colors?
• From: "Ed Majden" <epmajden@home.com>
• Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 16:03:49 -0800
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----- Original Message -----
From: Lew Gramer <dedalus@latrade.com>
So, assuming that a
> strong red impression at the end of a bright Perseid COULD be related back
> to some particular group or COMPLEX of emission lines, what are the most
> likely candidates for the species that might emit such a complex?
>
> Just a curious question, :)
> Lew Gramer
>

Lew:
    I would suspect N2 (N+) nitrogen bands, 6100-6400 A and Si II around
6350 A as a contributing factor.  One of Jiri Borovicka's papers also states
that Leonid spectra are rich in atmospheric emmissions of O, N, and N+ at
the red end.  Perseids are probably similar.
Ed

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• From: Lew Gramer <dedalus@latrade.com>

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