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The brightest star in that part of the sky is Capella. It's the 6th brightest star in the sky, at magnitude 0.1. Another possibility is Mars, which is currently in that area of the sky, but...

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Yes, the planets do move across the sky during the night as the earth rotates, at almost the same rate as the stars. The motion of the planets against the background stars is so slow...