The Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh created his famous painting the starry sky in a mental hospital  The whirlpool in this painting has caused a long-standing controversy  Many psychologists believe the whirlpool is an extension of Vincent van Gogh's fragile state of mind at the time  The European Space Agency has released a map of the sky based on the Plonk satellite survey  Miraculously, the picture bears a striking resemblance to the starry sky
The creation of Starry Night predates the satellite mapping of the starry night.
 Some artists believe that the natural starry sky was the inspiration for Vincent van Gogh's work