western star

[iansterling]

i live in the midlands and at the moment at around 19.30pm at night there is a very bright star in the west fairly low down can someone tell me what it is please.
thanx in anticipation.

[kempie]

That would be the planet Venus.

[ChuckFickens]

Aha..... Todays "what is that bright light" question ;)

Yep it's Venus

[R1Geezer]

for the bazillionth time it's Kin VENUS, it ain't a star!, give it a few weeks and it'll be seen in the morning just before sunrise!

[colin-b]

the star you see is not venus..it is a star,called sirius

[CT]

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090306.html