It could be any of the eight planets that are not earth.
Three of them are not visible to the naked eye. Since the questioner is obviously no astronomer, that narrows the answer down to one of five.
It could be ...
Mercury,
Venus,
Mars,
Jupiter, or
Saturn.
We'd have a fighting chance at a definitive answer if the date of the observation were specified.
A Martian sunset is a sunset on the planet Mars.
That would be Venus.
That actually not a star but the planet Venus.You could also be referring to the planet Mercury. It can be seen just before Sunrise and just after Sunset. As mercury is nearest planet to the Sun, it is always seen very close to the Sun in the Sky. We can't see it in the morning because the is too bright and at night it is below the horizon. Hence, it is visible only for a few moments just before Sunrise and just after Sunset very near the horizon.
Venus shows up around the eastern sky during the winter time. Edit: I don't think it can be Venus, because that planet is always fairly close to the Sun in the sky and the Sun sets in the west. The likely answer is Sirius, at least in the Northern Hemisphere.
Not just North Dakota; these days (September 2010), as soon as it gets dark enough in the evening, you can see Jupiter as a bright star rising in the east. By the way, if you look early enough, you'll see an even brighter star in the west - that is planet Venus.
In August 2010, the planets Venus, Mars and Saturn are visible low in the west at sunset, while the planet Jupiter rises in the east at about 9 PM.
A Martian sunset is a sunset on the planet Mars.
Sunset in the West was created in 1950.
west is the sunset because of the gravity of the earth! and because of its rotation
That would be Venus.
In July, 2009, a bright object low in the southeast sky after sunset is probably the planet Jupiter.
The West.
What we refer to as the evening star is usually the planet Venus, which rises in the west around sunset and shines brightly. The planet Mercury is also sometimes referred to as the evening star. Both are planets, not stars.
Venus is the planet that experiences a retrograde rotation, causing the sun to rise in the west and set in the east. This unique phenomenon is opposite to the rotation of most other planets in our solar system.
In the West
West
The sunset!