What is "evening star"

n. 1 The planet Venus as seen in the western sky in the evening. 2 Less commonly, the planet Mercury as seen in the western sky in the evening. 3 An evening primrose, ''Oenothera biennis''.

n. a planet (usually Venus) seen at sunset in the western sky [syn: Hesperus, Vesper]

Evening star may refer to:

Evening Star is an ambient album by British musicians Robert Fripp and Brian Eno. It was recorded from 1974 to 1975 and released in December 1975.

Evening Star is the name of the following newspapers:

• Evening Star (Ipswich), a daily newspaper in Ipswich, England, published since 1885
• Evening Star (Dunedin), a daily newspaper published in Dunedin, New Zealand, from 1863 – 1979
• The Evening Star, former name of The Star in Auburn, Indiana, United States
• Washington Evening Star, a daily afternoon newspaper published in Washington, D.C., from 1852 to 1981
• The Evening Star, a newspaper published in the 1800s in what is now Rensselaer, New York

Evening Star is a vector graphics Train Simulation type game for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron and Amstrad CPC. This game is the sequel to Southern Belle.

"Evening Star" is a song written by Barry and Maurice Gibb, and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Rogers. It was released in June 1984 as the third single from the album Eyes That See in the Dark. The song reached #11 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

This track, along with " Buried Treasure" have backing vocals by the Gatlin Brothers. No bass guitar is credited, but it appears to be the work of Maurice Gibb, judging by the match to the demos and the slap bass sound on this song.

"Evening Star" is a song by British heavy metal band Judas Priest, originally released on their 1978 album Killing Machine, and released as a single in May 1979. Following the success of the previous single " Take On the World" it again charted in the UK but it only reached no 53.