THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM
» IT WILL REAPPEAR AGAIN THIS > YEAR.
It Is calculated that iv the preient yeir E 1387, the Star of BBthlehem will, again ba > visible. Tl.ia star was last seen bjf Tyoho t Brahe m 1572, and ia supposed to have 1 appeared before that at regular intervals of ' about 315 years ; so that it must have been seen m tho year 3 Be, whioh Is t generally Bald to have been the correot } year of our Lard's birth. The star is • deaoribed aa of enormous magnitude, far > .larger and brighter than the largest > planets. On ita laßt appearance it was ' aeen iv full brilliancy for about a year and ' a half, and then gradually faded away. ■ '■ i ■ — *,
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume v, Issue 1533, 15 April 1887, Page 2
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121THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM Ashburton Guardian, Volume v, Issue 1533, 15 April 1887, Page 2
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