"Neil Coward" wrote in message
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I know hardly anything about Astronomy - so forgive the stupid question
but...

What is that very bright object currently(yesterday) to the right of the
moon and which, along with the moon, is the first thing to appear in the
night sky?



Most likely Venus.


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