Evening star may refer to:

Astronomy

  • The planet Venus when it appears in the west (evening sky), after sunset
    • The ancient Greeks gave it the name Hesperus (latin Vesper)
  • Less commonly, the planet Mercury when it appears in the west (evening sky) after sunset

Plants

Arts and entertainment

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, Argyll, Scotland

See also

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