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

• Uranography

Notes

1. Habrecht II, I., "Globus Coelestis, Omnes Stellas Fixas a Nobilis Tychone Brahe, alysq. . .", 1621.
2. Habrecht II, I., Planiglobium Coeleste, et Terrestre. Sive, Globus Coelestis. . ., 1628.

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.