Art,
That "star" is Jupiter. Right now we are just past opposition which is
the closest we get in the two orbits, Jupiter's and ours. Makes a pretty
sight, with a pair of binoculars you should be able to see the four
brightest moons of Jupiter. Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.
Keith
 
MR ART WEIL wrote:
 
> This is a "what's it?"
>       It's been up there for quite some time now. It is very bright
> and it doesn't twinkle. It is as bright as or brighter than Venus at
> its brightest. From Southwest Ohio, it is at about 45 degrees in the
> South-east or SSE at nine PM.
>      Yeah, I know this is a shell list: and we look down rather than
> up. But this thing in the sky has me interested. I hope one of you
> has Astronomy as a minor.
>             Art