Van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’ may show the Hyades in a July 1889 sky

Elijah Jeong-hyun Kim’s team matched five painted stars to the Hyades, Scientific American reports. Science News reports the team’s proposal of a July 22, 1889, sky. The date challenges the usual mid-June dating based on van Gogh’s letter to his brother, but astronomer Donald Olson disputes the proposed view and Venus’s placement. A proposed sky date does not establish when the painting was finished.