Researchers believe van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’ depicts actual sky scene from 1889

Researchers believe that the image depicted in Vincent van Gogh’s iconic painting “The Starry Night” did not come from the artist’s imagination, but from an actual night sky in 1889.Read more trending news A South Korean team reported Thursday that they have matched van Gogh’s masterpiece to the sky just before dawn over France’s Saint-Remy de Provence on July 22, 1889, The Associated Press reported.The team was led by Elijah Jeong-hyun Kim, the CEO of South Korean robotic telescope company SLLAB, according to Space.com. Kim’s team was following up on research that began in 1984 by art historian Albert Boime and astronomer George Abell and was continued by Harvard University astronomer Charles Whitney, the website reported.The studies did not come to a consensus about when the sky matched painting, Space.com reported.The July 22 date is about a month later than the time frame that has been accepted by art historians for decades, according to the AP. The painting, created by van Gogh at