The star could also have Christian allegorical meaning as the Star of Bethlehem.
Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke offhandedly speculated, in his television series Mysterious World, that this pulsar was the Star of Bethlehem.
The Star of Bethlehem, the star that supposedly marked the birth of Christ
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