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16th Jan 2016

David Bowie has now got his own lightning bolt-shaped constellation

Carl Kinsella

“And the stars look very different today.”

Belgian radio station Studio Brussel have registered a constellation in David Bowie’s honour with the MIRA Public Observatory.

A website called Stardust for Bowie has been set up for fans of the iconic rockstar to add their favorite Bowie songs onto a Google Sky map with a brief comment.

Here’s what the cluster of stars looks like:

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Very fittingly, the constellation is in the direction of Mars. What a tribute to a truly galactic personality of music and art.

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