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What painting is very similar to Van Gogh's "Starry Night"?
The Starry Night
Simon Singh, in his book "Big Bang", says that "Starry Night" has striking similarities to a sketch of the "Whirlpool Galaxy", drawn by Lord Rosse 44 years before Van Gogh's work. The painting has been compared to an astronomical photograph of a star named V838 Monocerotis, taken by the Hubble in 2004. The clouds of gas surrounding the star resemble the swirling patterns Van Gogh used in this painting. Art historian Joachim Pissarro cites "Starry Night" as an exemplar of the artist's fascination with the nocturnal.