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Bill Ward
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Hi,

The emissions below 4000A are well know (Fe, Mg and Ca+, running left to right in the spectra). The point is that they are only seen (in this sample) in the Geminid and not the others. When fully calibrated and instrument corrected the Mg peak is the strongest in the entire spectrum. This “line” is actually an unresolved triplet centred around 3833A.

Bill.