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 		Another clue led us to look at the General Star Catalog. Using the hex numbers for the colors in the source code as catalog lookup numbers, you get:

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Pegasus, Leo Minor, Virgo, Crater, Andromeda, Cetus and Cetus


Which opens primus and leads to the next puzzle, same type of lock only not stars this time.
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 		Don't mean to sound stupid, but i plugged those in in the order that you posted and I just ended up at the kloo....help?

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 		It should have worked...I don't know.
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 		How the method for each set was found:
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The numbers for each color block were the key. In the code, by the submit boxes, there was a clue as to what would be needed. That plus the page title pointed us to the objects.

The first set of answers, helium and hydrogen:
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From the General Star Catalog, the constellations in which they reside:
pegasus
leo minor
virgo
crater
andromeda
cetus
cetus

The second set, inspiration and perspiration:
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By US Patent numbers, the last names of the inventors:
griswold
brown
byron
otis
meischke-smith
taylor
nelson

The third set of numbers, fish and nuts:
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By molecular weight for each protein:
43008
75387
564429
103853
55804
28526
74026


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