[imardmd1]

And yes, the view south would give a nightly-appearing star that hovered within a narrow arc of when it "rose" and "set" with its mean longitude not changing very mych for them, but perenially incing away over the horizon. So it was longer than two years; yea, generations that these sky-wise expert observers saw, recorded, and followed the regression of the Sign of The Cross down he westerly and southwise course of the Euphrates that arose in their homeland.

For your information, the constellation can still be seen from Brownsville, Texas; but its appearance is still moving south, Brownsville is still almost the same latitude as Dubai! Also, as an intertesting aside, the people of Ankara do not call their huge poultry bird a "turkey.' To them, it is a "Hindi." (I had Turkish citizens as fellow graduate students back in the 1960s and '70s, inviting them to my home for Thanksgiving. They loved a feast of Hindi and stuffing.)

[mdmathis6]

You are arguing from a naturalized astronomical point of view...I’m saying it was supernatural...as in something that was in a fixed geosynchronous orbit...because as the Magi came to Bethlehem the star was seen directly over the house...not continuously off in the distance as would a normal star or constellation. The magi were said to have rejoiced to “see the star’ and it went before them and stood over the house where Jesus and mary stayed. A star constellation wouldn’t do that.