Hi chnswam. I've notice these stars also and I have aimed my telescope at them and they appear to be stars. I also have notice it happenes most when the star is just above the horizon say about 45 degrees or less, once up higher I haven't seen any.. don't get me wrong I have seen many unexplained things in the night sky that still have me saying what the heck was that..I've read it has to do with dust particles and or moisture in the atmosphere.. the other night I looked at the sky just after Orion had appeared. a star appeard and it was blinking red and green I when inside to a program I have on the computer and the star was Sirius one of the brighter stars..maybe you saw something else which I would believe, but all of the green and red blinking stars that I have aimed my scope at appeared to be just stars.. you can get the software i use free it will show you what is in your night sky at that time and will help you find the constellation.... depending on the time of year some constellation can not be seen. here's the link to the software it's called Stellarium and it's free
http://files.uberdownloads.com/apps/...p?mode=preview
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