Photo by SDSS, DSS Consortium, NASA/ESA/STScl

Belgian radio station Studio Brussels and MIRA Public Observatory have honored David Bowie with a constellation in the night sky, DDB Brussels reports. They registered seven stars in the shape of the iconic lightning bolt adorning Bowie's face on the cover of his 1973 album Aladdin Sane. The constellation is fittingly "in the vicinity of Mars." Studio Brussels and MIRA have also created a website called Stardust for Bowie where fans can add their favorite Bowie songs to a Google Sky representation of the constellation.

Philippe Mollet from MIRA explained the inspiration for the constellation:

It was not easy to determine the appropriate stars. Studio Brussels asked us to give Bowie a unique place in the galaxy. Referring to his various albums, we chose seven stars - Sigma Librae, Spica, Alpha Virginis, Zeta Centauri, SAA 204 132, and the Beta Sigma Octantis Trianguli Australis - in the vicinity of Mars. The constellation is a copy of the iconic Bowie lightning and was recorded at the exact time of his death.

In other Bowie news, video game company Square Enix is giving away free copies of the 1999 game Omikron: The Nomad Soul, as NME points out. Bowie contributed music to the game, some of which ended up on his album Hours. In addition, Bowie made cameo appearances as characters within the game and even had input on its storyline.

Tomorrow, Arcade Fire and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band will pay tribute to Bowie with a parade through the streets of New Orleans. In the spring, Carnegie Hall will host two David Bowie tribute concerts.

Read our Afterword column on David Bowie, as well as thoughts from Nile Rodgers, Bradford Cox, Carlos Dengler, Thurston Moore, and Jonathan Lethem.