I am in N Austin Look to the west fairly low. What looks like a super bright star, brighter than i have ever seen. Zoom into this star with a camera, I wish I had a telescope. Cam anyone tell me what that is
Although I like the previous response, it's actually the planet Venus, which is relatively close to us right now. Thus, it's unusually bright. We've been dance with Venus for a few months now. There was a fantastic convergence between Venus, Jupiter and the Moon on December first. I shot a few pictures: The Link
It's Bevo with a cape and a miner's hat light, making his final approach on Mike Leach. Poor Mike. He won't know what stomped the ever-living crap out of him.