u/5napOut

I'm currently in Tokyo, it's 9:47 pm and I noticed this remarkably bright star in the sky. The picture doesn't really do it justice.

Looking from central Tokyo in South Western 253° direction. Venus nor Jupiter should be in this direction right now if I'm to believe the skymap app. Could be Alphard but it's really particularly bright as a stationary object.

Could it just be a star I'm seeing?

Can stars appear to us as bright as planets?