Astronomers and scholars have long speculated about the famous Star of Bethlehem. On August 12, 3 B.C. the brilliant planets Venus and Jupiter were in close conjunction near the bright star Regulus in the constellation Leo in the pre-dawn hours. Could this have been the famous Star? Who knows? I'll leave that to your own speculation, but here is a map created from my Starry Night program which shows a guide to the night sky at 5:00AM on that morning, as viewed from Jerusalem. One thing is certain, the view of those luminous planets would have been beautiful in those starry skies.
Astronomers and scholars have long speculated about the famous Star of Bethlehem. On August 12, 3 B.C. the brilliant planets Venus and Jupiter were in close conjunction near the bright star Regulus in the constellation Leo in the pre-dawn hours. Could this have been the famous Star? Who knows? I'll leave that to your own speculation, but here is a map created from my Starry Night program which shows a guide to the night sky at 5:00AM on that morning, as viewed from Jerusalem. One thing is certain, the view of those luminous planets would have been beautiful in those starry skies.
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