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A star constellation in the shape of a lightning bolt has been named after David Bowie.

Comprising seven stars, the constellation is located near Mars and is shaped to mirror the lightning bolt on the cover of Bowie’s 1973 album Aladdin Sane.

The constellation was registered as a tribute to the late singer by the MIRA Public Observatory in Belgium and local radio station Radio Brussels.

Philippe Mollet of the MIRA Public Observatory said: “It was not easy to determine the appropriate stars. Studio Brussels asked us to give Bowie a unique place in the galaxy.