I don’t personally keep track of the stars or anything, but i feel like this year the planets have really been lighting up. I first caught venus shining and mistook it for a helicopter, then all the planets were visible at the same time, and now jupiter is probably the brightest I’ve ever seen a star tonight. Not exactly sure why they’re showing out this year but it is beautiful.
Exact same thing happened to me about 2 weeks ago - Venus was one of the only objects I could see aside from the moon. Genuinely thought it was a helicopter for about 5 minutes.
Got to stare at a celestial object for longer than I have in a while though, so I'll call that a win.
you can spot aldebaran (a star in taurus, 65 light years away), jupiter under it, mars in that spot between the roof and the tree, orion’s belt, and next to it bellatrix and betelgeuse