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===Cultural legacy=== [[File:Stjarneborg.jpg|thumb|A modern reconstruction of [[Stjerneborg]] observatory in [[Ven (Sweden)|Hven Island]], originally constructed in 1589, now a museum]] Tycho's discovery of the new star was the inspiration for [[Edgar Allan Poe]]'s poem "[[Al Aaraaf]]". In 1998, ''[[Sky & Telescope]]'' magazine published an article by [[Donald Olson (astronomer)|Donald Olson]], Marilynn S. Olson and Russell L. Doescher arguing, in part, that Tycho's supernova was also the same "star that's westward from the pole" in Shakespeare's ''[[Hamlet]]''.{{Sfn|Olson|Olson|Doescher|1998}} Tycho is directly referenced in [[Sarah Williams (poet)|Sarah Williams]]' poem [[wikisource:Twilight Hours (1868)/The Old Astronomer|The Old Astronomer]]: "Reach me down my Tycho Brahé,{{snd}}I would know him when we meet". Though, the poem's oft quoted line comes later: "Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light; / I have loved the stars too truly to be fearful of the night." [[Alfred Noyes]] in his ''Watchers of the Sky'' (the first part of ''The Torch-bearers'' of 1922) included a long biographical poem in honour of Brahe, elaborating on the known history in a highly romantic and imaginative way. The lunar crater [[Tycho (lunar crater)|Tycho]] is named in his honour,<ref>Kenneth R. Lang. 2003. ''The Cambridge Guide to the Solar System''. Kenneth R. Lang. Cambridge University Press, p. 163.</ref> as is the crater [[Tycho Brahe (Martian crater)|Tycho Brahe]] on Mars and the minor planet [[1677 Tycho Brahe]] in the asteroid belt.<ref>Lutz D. Schmadel. 2012. ''Dictionary of Minor Planet Names''. Springer Science + Business Media, p. 129.</ref> The bright supernova, SN 1572, is also known as [[Tycho's Nova]]{{sfn|Krause|Tanaka|Usuda|Hattori|2008}} and the [[Tycho Brahe Planetarium]] in Copenhagen is also named after him,<ref>Lutz D. Schmadel. ''Dictionary of Minor Planet Names''. Springer Science + Business Media. p. 96.</ref> as is the palm genus ''[[Brahea]]''.{{sfn|Henderson|Galeano|Bernal|2019|p=54}} In 2015, the planet [[55 Cancri c|Brahe]] was named after him as part of the [[NameExoWorlds]] campaign. [[Brahe Rock]] in [[Antarctica]] is named after Tycho Brahe. In [[The Expanse (novel series)|''The Expanse'' (novel series)]] and [[The Expanse (TV series)|''The Expanse'' (TV series)]] "Tycho" is the name of a company known for its large-scale building projects all around the Solar System. The company has their own space station named "Tycho Station". In the 1996 video game [[Descent II]], the players' 7th destination planet is named Tycho Brahe. Author [[Jerry Holkins]]' comic alter ego and online handle for [[Penny Arcade]] is named after the astronomer Tycho Brahe.
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