It was just after sundown with light from horizon to horizon. too bright to show any stars or planets. i live in the flight path of departing flights from a local airport. while watching a departing 737 i noticed a small point of neon white light in the northwestern sky approximately sixty degrees above the horizon. it was a steady light and appeared initially to be stationary. while observing other departing aircraft it seemed to have moved a few degrees higher, away from the setting sun. the departing aircraft passed quite close to the object from my point of view, although altitude of the object was something i could not determine. while observing this light i took numerous pictures with my iphone. a high altitude jet with contrail, moving south south west to north north east came within the frame of the object. i took a couple of pictures with both the aircraft and object together in the same frame. also, i was able to take pictures of departing aircraft with the object within the frame. the object appears lower than the jet with contrail as the jet is fuzzier and the object clearer. while continuing to observe this object and taking a pictures occasionally, i could tell it was traversing the sky and directly above my position. finally after approximately thirty minutes, the light just disappeared. it was gone.

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