Stevie, my best guess is that it is a planet. I am sure you could look up an online star chart (linux has a free one you can download if you happen to be using linux) and input your location and see which star matches up with this stars location.
If it was a supernova that could actually be seen in the sky, I am pretty sure you would have heard of it. I would have hoped that I would have heard about it! They aren't a common thing to be visible by the naked eye, last one being in 1987 I think.
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