Art Meets Astronomy

Astronomers Claim to Pinpoint the Real Sky Behind 'Starry Night'

In a letter from early June 1889, Vincent van Gogh told his brother Theo he had watched the countryside from his asylum window before sunrise, with a morning star that looked very big. Now astronomers think they have matched that Saint-Rémy-de-Provence sky to his famous painting, though skeptics aren't sold.