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Jim wrote:

My bedroom window faces West, and I've noticed in the last couple of
clear nights a very bright object in the sky.

Almost certainly the planet Venus. It's really quite bright at the
moment.

And if you can get a look at it through a telescope you'll see that
it's approximately a half-circle at present, like a miniature moon.

-- Richard

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