Isaac Habrecht II
Isaac Habrecht II (1589-1633) was a professor of astronomy and mathematics in Strasbourg. He was also a doctor of medicine and philosophy.
Uranography
Isaac Habrecht II made a celestial globe[1] and a couple of celestial planispheres.[2] He introduced some constellations that created by a Dutch cartographer Plancius. And he invented now obsolete constellation Rhombus. It followed by a French cartographer Royer. Later, it tuned into le Reticule Romboide (now Reticulum) by a French astronomer de Lacaille.
Families
- Isaac Habrecht I: his father, a horologist.
- Isaac Habrecht III: his nephew, a clockmaker.
See also
Notes
References
- Warner, D. J., (1979) Sky Explored: Celestial Cartography 1500-1800, Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York / Theatrum Orbis Terrum Ltd., Amsterdam, pp. 104–105.
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