Re: Perseid spectrum captured

> Hi Martin,
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> I gather in this wavelegth range the usual suspects are Na, Mg, Ca, Fe plus
> O and N from the heated atmosphere. Presumably things like the Cn and CN
> molecules etc you see in comet coma spectra are destroyed before we get to
> see a meteor.

What's "Cn"?

Anyway, I'd guess that molecules would vibrate down in the IR, not in the
visible, right? (Dunno much about this mind you, but it's like IR bend and
stretch and stuff, innit?)

Thanks for the answer; keep up the intertesting work.


Martin
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