We are at Royal Islander right now and I pointed this "star" out to my wife a couple of nights ago. It is in the southwest sky (to the left of where the sun sets) and definitely the brightest object in the sky (other than the moon). When I pointed it out to the wife, you could see no other stars but this object was very bright. Don't know what it is but I see this same bright object in the same general position from my home in south Georgia. I have always wondered what it is and reading all the comments, I guess I still do.