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OCR: puzzle Her perception Aries as e key component of Var Gogh' picture required both the skilled eve the trained observer and the imaginative one of the artist Through the Abells met Edwin Krupp director af the Griffith Observa tory who shared their cross -disciplinary interests as well as their enthusiasm for the project Krupp is a specialist in archaeoastronomy and his knowledge Q the fornulations af the ancient astronomers provided unique perspective for examining the more recent attempt of Van Gogh. He generously undertook t inform me na wealth f astronomical data and discovered the critical constellation in Van Gogh's Terrace ofthe Nigha Cafe. Above all, the day he used the Zeiss Planetarium Projector to turn the astronomical clock back to the wee hours af June 1889, and recreate the nig ...