Abstract. 305 emission lines were found in a spectrum of a fireball of -9th magnitude. The identification of most of the lines is given. Also a detailed tracing of the spectrum in the range 3600-6600 A is presented. The tracing contains also computed synthetic spectrum and both spectra can be easily compared. The following species were found in the spectrum: Fe I, Na I, Mg I, Al I, Ca I, Ti I, Cr I, Mn I, Ni I, Mg II, Si II, Ca II, Fe II, FeO, probably also Si I, Ba II, C_2, and possibly V I, Co I, Cu I, Ti II. The presence of other chemical elements in meteor spectra is discussed.
Key words: meteors: spectra - line: identification
Note: *Table 1 and the observed spectrum given as a solid line in Fig. 4 are available via an anonymous ftp copy in electronic form at CDS, Strasbourg.
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