In 1572, Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe began to study a “new star” with the help of his sister, Sophia, who was an astronomer, chemist, and historian in her own right.  That star turned out to be a Type 1A supernova which currently exists only as a remnant, a giant cloud of expanding debris made up of mostly iron particles.  In 2008, a light echo of the original supernova was discovered, providing additional data about the 1572 event.  In this project, refracted geometrical components of Danish utility covers, as well as images of Sophia Brahe, are interwoven with layers of data from the 1572 supernova.  However, the data from both the remnant and the light echo fracture Sophia Brahe’s likeness as a way to think about how her contribution to science has been degraded by time.