Please ask the experts to answer: What astronomical phenomenon is Bai Hongguan's "Taibai offending the old star"?

White and red view: "Rainbow" is actually "halo", which is an optical phenomenon in the atmosphere. The appearance of this phenomenon is often a sign that the weather will change, but the ancients regarded this natural phenomenon as a sign that abnormal things will happen on the earth.

Too white to commit a crime: Venus is close to Jupiter