Western Star

What is that bright star in the Western night sky as seen from Palmdale, CA?

I see the star in northern Los Angeles county around 8:30 PM in the west, at about 10 degrees from the horizon.

If the star is extremely bright, it is almost certainly planet Venus.

Venus and Mercury always appear near the horizon in the west in the evenings, and in the east in the mornings. They appear to follow the sun because their orbits are along our line of sight towards the sun (they are inside of earth's orbit).

Venus is the brightest thing in the night sky right now.

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