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THE first Perseid meteor spectrum was photographed by S. Blajko at Moscow on a blue-sensitive plate on August 12, 19041,2; but up to 1934 only two additional examples of such photographs had been secured. The emission lines of Fe I, Ca I, Ca II, Mg I, Mn I and Al I were identified in the early photographic spectra, the H and K lines of Ca II generally being the strongest feature.
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MILLMAN, P. The Typical Perseid Meteor Spectrum. Nature 172, 853–854 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/172853b0
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