The bright star due west over the Rocky Mountains

A great thing about living in this area of Colorado is that there’s a bright star that shines due west over the Rocky Mountains. Every night I open up the shades so I can see it. The only thing that’s on my bucket list is to spend as much time as possible in the mountains to see all of stars up close.

The star is the white dot in the center and bottom one-third of the image, above the roof. It looks more impressive in person. The big white blob in the upper-left is the Moon.