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Hi guys, received my Skywatcher 8" Newt on EQ stand earlier today and put it together this evening, overall I'm very happy and look forward to many enjoyable nights with it but before you go on and say "shouldn't this be in the equipment thread" .. I have yet another noob question ..

Basically I want to know what I'm looking at which is to me (in the ACT) the brightest star out there, a friend say's it's Jupiter but I don't think so because when I pointed my scope at it only an hour or so ago I see two smaller stars to the left then the main one and then one to the right, to be honest if it was any planet I'm sure my scope would make out much more detail straight off the bat .. this object is still quite small looking through my scope but bigger than your usual star .. any ideas?

Thanks!