Venus has been very bright over the past month, that is probably what you are seeing. Don't trust google sky maps 100%.
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If its Venus i wouldn't be surprised. But i've been stargazing a long time and this is brighter than i've ever seen. And im pretty sure i saw venus later on, much less bright than my object, in a position that suggested it wasn't the object. As in would have had to move faster in that direction than the moon orbits the earth.
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You probably saw jupiter later on as it sets after venus currently. Venus is the brightest thing in the sky that I have seen recently, and confirmed by [url=http://www.nightskyinfo.com/?ModPagespeed=noscript]this article[/url].
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Ah, that makes a lot of sense. I'll keep an eye on it, just in case its something else, but for all intents and purposes its probably Venus. Thanks for the help! :D [spoiler]Damnit, i was totally hoping for some crazy space-alien shit[/spoiler]