In the spring of 5 B.C., Chinese skywatchers recorded a nova along the meridian of the bright star Altair. Another group of skywatchers saw the nova rising in the East and followed it to Bethlehem, where it stood directly overhead. Thus the wise men used the Star of Bethlehem to find the Christ Child.
Finding the Star of Bethlehem has been an age-old mystery. Yet with the clues provided by the story of the wise men and the Chinese skywatchers, we can find an area of the sky…
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