[mobertol]

Just googled it as I was in doubt about the evening star name -this is a good explanation:Try and work out which way your family home is orientated and then you'll see the night sky you remember in the same direction i think. I always remember seeing Orion and the Great Bear outside the front of our house.

Venus is both the "Morning Star" and the "Evening Star". After the Sun and the Moon, Venus is the brightest object in the sky, so it is very noticeable.

Venus's orbit is closer to the sun than the Earth's so it will always appear to be near the sun. It can never be more than 40 degrees away. The key is which side of the sun it is on.

For about a an extended period it is west of the sun and will appear on the horizon before the sun rises in the morning (The Morning Star). Then it goes behind the sun and disappears. At mum and dad's inTenerife i've seen it as the morning star over the sea -spectacular.
Later it reappears east of the sun and is seen in the evening after the sun set (The Evening Star). Finally it passes in front of the sun and is overwhelmed by the sun's light.

Mar's is considerably further away from the Sun than earth and can be pretty much anywhere in the night sky, not just near the sun.