Scientists turn art detectives to date Van Gogh's Starry Night to an actual 1889 sky.

Scientists turn art detectives to date Van Gogh's Starry Night to an actual 1889 sky.

A team of South Korean researchers presented a new date for the night sky depicted in the famous masterpiece of the Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh "Starry Night". Art historians have long assumed the stars were a figment of the artist's imagination or dated the scene to June 1889 based on the artist's location and other details, but astronomical details like the slivered crescent moon don't add up.