Update 1/7/25 @ 10:30 a.m. – Reader Mike Smith made a comment on our social media post indicating that the “star” was the planet Venus. He added, “Really great app is Stellarium. You point it at the sky and it tells you what you are looking at. Jupiter is currently very visible at night as well.”

Tom Ganser writes. “On January 3, 2025, at about 6:30 p.m., looking west from Acorn Ridge in Prairie Village, this is all I could see high up in the totally black sky dome – a bright crescent moon and one equally bright star friend.  A remarkable sight.”

Our thanks to Tom Ganser for this striking image.

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