Well, it's actually Uranus. I've just taken a look at the sky for 29 August using the program Stellarium and it plots Uranus in exactly the spot (in relation to the moon) where the "star" is shown on your image.
The blue/green colour fits, as well. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ Quoting David Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Aug 31, 2007, at 12:35 AM, Doug Franklin wrote: > > > Brian Walters wrote: > > > >> Anyone know what the star is on the right? I've noticed it on > >> a few other images and I don't think it's a hot pixel. > > > > It's probably Mars, which is currently at the closest approach to > > > Earth > > it'll have for a couple of hundred years, IIRC. > > It's definitely not a hot pixel as it appears in different > locations > in several of my photos (plus I saw it in the viewfinder and it > does > span several pixels). > > I'm wondering if it might be Venus as I remember that being very > close to the moon not-so-long-ago. > > - Dave ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Get a free email address with REAL anti-spam protection. http://www.bluebottle.com/tag/1 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
