Dear Colleagues, I did a quick check on both the red and blue DSS plates, II generation, and the object seems to be quite red (more evidend in the red plate than the blue one). So, as already happened in the past, it could well be ared star. More objective info are required. Regards, Gianluca -- *********************************************************************** * Gianluca Masi "Two things fill the soul * * Via Madonna de Loco, 47 with awe and reverence [...]: * * 03023 Ceccano (FR) the starry sky above me and * * ITALY the moral law within me" * * e-mail: gianmasi@fr.flashnet.it * * web: http://vsnet.eurolink.it/comets/ I. Kant * * Minor Planet Center Obs. Code: 470 - Ceccano * * Center for Backyard Astrophysics - Italy * * VSNET Collaboration Team member * ***********************************************************************