Bright star

[Fiona26]

Taken with the Z Flip6, prefer the image actually taken at the time. Then viewing in gallery processing kicks in making the image brighter. Not sure if it's the brightest sirius star. Must say this star it's shining bright tonight. Anyone else spotted it tonight. Be great to see your captures also.

[NAZ78SW]

Maybe Sirius or Venus.

[barber3]

I saw this earlier when. I was walking g the dog

[Glenntech]

If its looking east
Then it's the planet Jupiter you can see

[Windroid]

Jupiter indeed, if its the brightest in the sky

[smithy602179]

Try raw setting you might have star map on it . It will confirm what you're looking at .

[Babishko]

Judging from your photo Fiona, I can see the Pleiades cluster top left. This allows me to see that your object is in the constellation Taurus. Judging from the magnitudes of the other stars in your picture, Alderbaran (A) and Betelgeux (B), it would appear that the brightest star in your picture is in fact the planet Jupiter. You could confirm this by noting how it moves from night to night. Look at it in binoculars, and you may see it's attendant moon's close to it as pinpricks of light.

[Fiona26]

You certainly know your stars Babishko. Thank you

[Babishko]

Thank you Fiona. The one star to watch in the entire sky is Betelgeux. It is a Red Super Giant star that is the most likely visible star to collapse and go supernova in our lifetime. The light energy emitted from this will make the star so bright that it will become dazzling and cast shadows at night and even be visible in the daytime.

[Fiona26]

I may have to invest in a telescope 👍