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Evening star may refer to:
Astronomy
* The planet
Venus
Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is sometimes called Earth's "sister" or "twin" planet as it is almost as large and has a similar composition. As an interior planet to Earth, Venus (like Mercury) appears in Earth's sky never f ...
when it appears in the west (evening sky), after sunset
** The ancient Greeks gave it the name
Hesperus
In Greek mythology, Hesperus (; grc, Ἕσπερος, Hésperos) is the Evening Star, the planet Venus in the evening. He is one of the ''Astra Planeta''. A son of the dawn goddess Eos (Roman Aurora), he is the half-brother of her other son, ...
* Less commonly, the
planet Mercury when it appears in the west (evening sky) after sunset
Plants
* ''
Oenothera biennis'', a medicinal plant
* ''
Mentzelia pumila'', and other species of ''Mentzelia''
Arts and entertainment
* "
Song to the Evening Star" ("''O du mein holder Abendstern''"), an aria from Richard Wagner's 1845 opera ''Tannhäuser''
* ''The Evening Star'', an engraving of a painting by
Sir Thomas Lawrence
Sir Thomas Lawrence (13 April 1769 – 7 January 1830) was an English portrait painter and the fourth president of the Royal Academy. A child prodigy, he was born in Bristol and began drawing in Devizes, where his father was an innkeeper at t ...
for The Amulet, 1833 in combination with a poem by Letitia Elizabeth Landon.
* ''The Evening Star'', an engraving of a painting by
John Boaden
John Boaden (1792/93 – 4 April 1839) was an English portrait painter.
Life
Boaden was the son of the theatre critic James Boaden. A painter of portraits and theatrical subjects, he exhibited 40 works at the Royal Academy between 1810 and 1833, ...
for The Amulet, 1836, in combination with a poem by Letitia Elizabeth Landon.
* "Evening Star", a
poem by Edgar Allan Poe
* ''
The Evening Star'', a 1996 sequel to the film ''Terms of Endearment''
*
''Evening Star'' (Fripp & Eno album), 1975
*
''Evening Star'' (Joshua Breakstone album), 1988
*
"Evening Star" (Kenny Rogers song), 1984
*
"Evening Star" (Judas Priest song), from their 1978 album ''Killing Machine''
*"Evening Star", a song from the album ''
For All the Seasons of Your Mind'' by Janis Ian
* "Evening Star", a song from the album ''
Destroyer of the Void
''Destroyer of the Void'' is the fifth studio album by Blitzen Trapper
Blitzen Trapper is a Portland, Oregon-based experimental country/folk/ rock band associated with Sub Pop Records, Vagrant Records and Lojinx. Formed in 2000, the band curren ...
'' by Blitzen Trapper
* "Evening Star", a song from the album ''
Valley of the Damned'' by Dragonforce
* "Evening Star", a song from the album ''
The Lay of Thrym'' by Týr
* "Evening Star", a song from the 1992 album ''
Death or Glory?'' by Roy Harper
* "Evening Star", a song from the 2009 album ''
The Underfall Yard
''The Underfall Yard'' is the sixth studio album by the English progressive rock band Big Big Train, and their first to feature vocalist and multi-instrumentalist David Longdon. It was released on 15 December 2009, by English Electric Recordin ...
'' by Big Big Train
*
''Evening Star'' (video game), a 1987 train simulator
*
''The Evening Star'' (''Traveller''), a 1979 role-playing game supplement for ''Traveller''
Other uses
*
''Evening Star'' (newspaper), a list of newspapers
*
BR 92220 ''Evening Star'', the last steam locomotive to be built by British Railways
*
British Rail Class 66
The Class 66 is a type of six-axle diesel-electric freight locomotive developed in part from the , for use on the railways of the UK. Since its introduction the class has been successful and has been sold to British and other European railway co ...
no. 66779, the last Class 66 built for the British market. Named in fitting with the last BR steam locomotive built.
* ''Exercise Evening Star'', the annual demonstration of emergency response to a submarine nuclear accident at Faslane,
HMNB Clyde
His Majesty's Naval Base, Clyde (HMNB Clyde; also HMS ''Neptune''), primarily sited at Faslane on the Gare Loch, is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy (the others being HMNB Devonport and HMNB Portsmouth). It ...
, Argyll, Scotland
See also
*''
The Evening and the Morning Star'' (1832–1834), the first newspaper of the Latter Day Saint movement
* "To The Evening Star", a poem by William Blake from ''
Poetical Sketches
''Poetical Sketches'' is the first collection of poetry and prose by William Blake, written between 1769 and 1777. Forty copies were printed in 1783 with the help of Blake's friends, the artist John Flaxman and the Reverend Anthony Stephen Mat ...
'', 1783
*
Luceafărul (poem) ("The Evening Star"), an 1883 poem by Mihai Eminescu
* "Abendstern" ("Evening Star"), a poem by Johann Mayrhofer set to music by Franz Schubert; see
List of songs by Franz Schubert
*
Arwen
Arwen Undómiel is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium. She appears in the novel ''The Lord of the Rings''. Arwen is one of the half-elven who lived during the Third Age; her father was Elrond half-elven, lor ...
, an elf-maiden in J. R. R. Tolkien's writings is also referred to as "Undomiel", elvish for "Evenstar"
*
Morning star (disambiguation)
*
Evenstar (disambiguation)
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