Bright star may refer to:
- Bright Star (film), 2009 feature about the life of poet John Keats
- "Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art", the sonnet from which the film takes its name
- Bright Star (radio), 1950s US drama series
- SS Bright Star, a Panamanian coaster
- Operation Bright Star, name given to a number of U.S. military operations
- Bright Star Wilderness, area in Kern County, California
- Bright Star Technology, multimedia company
- Bright Star Catalogue, astronomical catalogue
- Bright giant, a class of star
- BrightStar Gold Mine, a gold mine in Western Australia.
- List of brightest stars
Famous quotes containing the words bright and/or star:
“When her guests were awash with champagne and with gin,
She was recklessly sober, as sharp as a pin.
An abstemious man would reel at her look,
As she rolled a bright eye and praised his last book.”
—William Plomer (1903–1973)
“Our star was brighter perhaps when it had water in it.
Now there is no question even of that, but only
Of holding on to the hard earth so as not to get thrown off,
With an occasional dream, a vision ...”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)