__NOTOC__ 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 fa ...

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, Pho ...

* Less commonly, the planet Mercury when it appears in the west (evening sky) after sunset

Plants

* ''

Oenothera biennis ''Oenothera biennis'', the common evening-primrose, is a species of flowering plant in the family Onagraceae, native to eastern and central North America, from Newfoundland west to Alberta, southeast to Florida, and southwest to Texas, and widely ...

'', 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 ''The Evening Star'' is a 1996 American comedy-drama film. It is a sequel to the Academy Award-winning 1983 film ''Terms of Endearment'' starring Shirley MacLaine, who reprises the role of Aurora Greenway, for which she won an Oscar in the origin ...

'', 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 ''For All the Seasons of Your Mind'' is the second studio album by singer-songwriter Janis Ian, released in October 1967. Background Before "Society's Child" became a hit, Ian began work on her second album, which was recorded in January 1967. ...

'' 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 music, country/Folk music, folk/Rock and roll, rock band associated with Sub Pop Records, Vagrant Records and ...

'' by Blitzen Trapper * "Evening Star", a song from the album ''

Valley of the Damned ''Valley of the Damned'' is the debut studio album by British power metal band DragonForce. In 2000, while the band was still known as DragonHeart, a demo of the same name was recorded and sent to Noise Records, subsequently gaining the ban ...

'' by Dragonforce * "Evening Star", a song from the album ''

The Lay of Thrym ''The Lay of Thrym'' is the sixth full-length album by the Faroese Viking/folk metal band Týr. The name of the album comes from one of the best known poems from the Poetic Edda, called "Þrymskviða ''Þrymskviða'' (Þrym's Poem; the name ...

'' 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 Recordings ...

'' 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

Astronomy

Plants

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Other uses

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