What planet is the bright star?

Question

There is a bright star that I see every evening, what planet is that?

Answer 1

venus

Answer 2

Venus is both the Evening Star and the Morning Star. This is so because it's orbit is closer to the Sun than ours. If the bright "star" you're thinking of has this unusual characteristic, it's Venus. If not, it's probably Jupiter. Look at it through binoculars. If it has a crescent shape, it's Venus. If it has 3-4 dots around it, it's Jupiter.

Answer 3

If it's in the western sky around sunset, you're looking at Venus. Find a pair of binoculars - Venus is an interior planet (closer to the sun than the Earth) so it goes through the same phases as the moon (full, crescent, new) and you can often see that with a decent pair of binoculars.

Answer 4

It's Venus out in the west for 1 1/2 to 2 hours after sunset.

Answer 5

It's Venus, also called either the morning star, or the evening star, because Venus is closer to the sun than Earth, we never see them being far apart in the sky, which we can do with Mars, as it is further away.

Answer 6

Venus is setting about two hours later than the sun just now. It's an evening star, at present. When the sun is just below the horizon, Venus is about 30 degrees above it.

Answer 7

Either Venus or Mars - those are the most easily seen planets by the human eye. Venus is the brightest planet in the sky however, so it is most likely that.

Answer 8

Alpha Centaurus

Answer 9

venus is one of the brightest objects in the night sky