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Today, Venus is referred to as the "Christmas Star" because it will be the brightest object in the sky, besides the moon and sun, Throop said. PHOTO: Starry sky (Picture Alliance/DPA via Getty Images)
The colourful star lantern known as a paról is a cherished and ubiquitous symbol of Christmas for Filipinos, its design and light recalling the star. In its basic form, the paról has five points and two "tails" that evoke rays of light pointing the way to the baby Jesus, and candles inside the lanterns have been superseded by electric ...
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On Wednesday, December 4, stargazers are in for a treat as the two brightest objects in the sky, Venus and the moon, will appear close together, according to Space.com.
Astronomers believe the Star of Bethlehem or "Christmas Star" could have been a real event explained by something as simple as Jupiter in opposition, which happens this year on Dec. 7.
Historical brightest stars, the brightest star in Earth's night sky at each period within the last or next 5 million years; Limiting magnitude; List of variable stars; List of semiregular variable stars; List of stars that have unusual dimming periods; List of brightest natural objects in the sky; List of largest stars; List of most massive stars
Star of Bethlehem, said to have revealed the birth of Jesus and showed the wise men the way to Bethlehem; Froebel star, a Christmas decoration made from paper; Moravian star, a Christmas decoration; Poinsettia, a plant species of the diverse spurge family; A star-shaped tree-topper "Christmas Star", a song in the 1992 film Home Alone 2: Lost in ...
In 2016, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) [2] to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin, dated July 2016, [3] included a table of 125 stars comprising the first two batches of names approved by the WGSN (on 30 June and 20 July 2016) together with names of stars adopted by the IAU Executive Committee ...