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Death Of Brahe​ This is the tombstone of Tycho Brahe in Prag where his remains rest today.

It has been said the Brahe had died of complications with his bladder, when he did not let his urine from politeness at a dinner in Prag 1601, eleven days before his death. However, most recent studies starting 1996 from opening the grave of Tycho Brahe and analysing his hair, has shown that it is very likely that Tycho Brahe died from Mercury poisoning.

The last of Tycho Brahe’s surviving relatives to carry the name Brahe was his grandson Otto Tyge. His family name died and so did Otto in 1662. Tycho Brahe’s family died out on the male line with the death of Lieutenant-Colonel Preben Brahe in 1786. The Swedish Brahe dynasty is another line. It originated on the mother’s side from the Danish line and took the Brahe name.

Named after Tycho
 * -Tycho crater on the Moon
 * -Tycho Brahe crater on Mars.
 * -The name of an Australian powersynth band: Tycho Brahe (http://www.tycho.com.au/)
 * -An old name of an Irish synthpop band, now called Tychonaut (http://www.tychonaut.com).
 * -Tycho Brahe, pseudonym of Jerry Holkins and a character from the popular webcomic Penny Arcade.
 * -The AI Tycho from Bungie's computer game Marathon.
 * -Brother-Captain Tycho of the Blood Angels Chapter of Space Marines in Games Workshop's sci-fi miniatures-based wargame, Warhammer 40,000.
 * -a Scandlines ferry connecting Helsingør in Denmark and Helsingborg in Sweden.