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Evening Star or evening star may refer to:
Astronomy
* The planet
Venus
Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is often called Earth's "twin" or "sister" planet for having almost the same size and mass, and the closest orbit to Earth's. While both are rocky planets, Venus has an atmosphere much thicker ...
when it appears in the west (evening sky), after sunset
** The ancient Greeks gave it the name
Hesperus
In Greek mythology, Hesperus (; ) is the Evening Star, the planet Venus in the evening. A son of the dawn goddess Eos ( Roman Aurora), he is the half-brother of her other son, Phosphorus (also called Eosphorus; the "Morning Star"). Hesperus' Rom ...
(latin ''Vesper'')
* Less commonly, the
planet Mercury when it appears in the west (evening sky) after sunset
Plants
* ''
Oenothera biennis'', a medicinal plant
* ''
Mentzelia decapetala'', ''
Mentzelia pumila'', and other species of ''Mentzelia''
Arts and entertainment
*
''The Evening Star'' (painting), an 1830 landscape painting by J.M.W. Turner
* "
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 people, 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 a ...
for The Amulet, 1833 in combination with a poem by Letitia Elizabeth Landon.
* ''The Evening Star'', an engraving of a painting by
John Boaden for The Amulet, 1836, in combination with a poem by Letitia Elizabeth Landon.
* "Evening Star", a
poem by Edgar Allan Poe
* ''
The Evening Star
''The Evening Star'' is a 1996 American comedy drama film directed by Robert Harling, adapted from the 1992 novel by Larry McMurtry. It is a sequel to the Academy Award-winning 1983 film ''Terms of Endearment'' starring Shirley MacLaine, who r ...
'', 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 1967 album ''
For All the Seasons of Your Mind'' by Janis Ian
* "Evening Star", a song from the 2010 album ''
Destroyer of the Void'' by Blitzen Trapper
* "Evening Star", a song from the 2003 album ''
Valley of the Damned'' by DragonForce
* "Evening Star", a song from the 2011 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'' by Big Big Train
*
''Evening Star'' (video game), a 1987 train simulator
*
''The Evening Star'' (''Traveller''), a 1979 role-playing game supplement for ''Traveller''
*
Evening Star Studio, a video game company
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 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
*
Lady Eveningstar, Maya Queen
See also
*''
The Evening and the Morning Star
''The Evening and the Morning Star'' was an early Latter Day Saint movement newspaper published monthly in Independence, Missouri, from June 1832 to July 1833, and then in Kirtland, Ohio, from December 1833 to September 1834. Reprints of edited ...
'' (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
The following is a list of the complete secular vocal output composed by Franz Schubert (31 January 1797 – 19 November 1828).
It is divided into eleven sections, and attempts to reflect the most current information with regards to Schubert's c ...
*
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)
Morning Star, morning star, or Morningstar may refer to:
Astronomy
* Morning star, most commonly used as a name for the planet Venus when it appears in the east before sunrise
** See also Venus in culture
* Morning star, a name for the star Siri ...
*
Evenstar (disambiguation)
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