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Old 20-08-2009, 06:13 PM
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Hi Troy,

A quick check on Stellarium V0.10.2 reveals a mag 8.8 star out beyond Callisto last night. Catalogued as Hipparchos 106710, spectral type G8/KOIII. Googling that reveals that spectral type G8 stars are white through yellow, KO stars are orange through red. So, whilst I am pretty much a novice myself, I reckon this is what you may have seen. Stellarium screen shot attached.

Welcome to IIS by the way, I trust you will get as much enjoyment and enlightenment from this site and it's members as I do!

Cheers
Chris
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