# Eduard Heis > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Eduard_Heis > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Eduard_Heis.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Heis > Source revision: 1345510357 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|German mathematician and astronomer}} thumb|Eduard Heis '''Eduard Heis''' (18 February 1806, [Cologne](/source/Cologne) – 30 June 1877 in [Münster](/source/M%C3%BCnster)) was a German mathematician and [astronomer](/source/astronomer). He completed his education at the [University of Bonn](/source/University_of_Bonn) in 1827, then taught mathematics at a school in Cologne. In 1832 he taught at [Aachen](/source/Aachen), and remained there until 1852. He was then appointed by [King Frederick William IV](/source/Frederick_William_IV_of_Prussia) to a chair position at the [Academy of Münster](/source/University_of_M%C3%BCnster) in 1852. In 1869 he became [rector](/source/Rector_(academia)) of the academy. While at the academy he made a series of observations of the night sky, including the [Milky Way](/source/Milky_Way), [zodiacal light](/source/zodiacal_light), [star](/source/star)s, and [shooting stars](/source/meteor). These were published in the following works, among others: * ''Atlas Coelestis Novus'', Cologne, 1872. * ''Zodiakal-Beobachtungen''. * ''Sternschnuppen-Beobachtungen''. * ''De Magnitudine'', 1852. His star atlas, which was based on [Argelander's](/source/Friedrich_Wilhelm_Argelander) ''Uranometria Nova'' (1843), helped define the selection of [constellation](/source/constellation)s in the northern sky that was officially adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1922.{{Cite web|title=Eduard Heis and the Atlas Coelestis Novus|website=Star Tales|url=http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/argelander-heis.html#heis|access-date=2023-01-10}} His other publications included a treatise on the eclipses during the [Peloponnesian War](/source/Peloponnesian_War), [Halley's Comet](/source/Halley's_Comet), and some mathematical text books. He was also the first person to record a count of the [Perseid meteor shower](/source/Perseid_meteor_shower) in 1839, giving an hourly rate of 160. Observers have recorded the hourly count every year since that time. ==Awards and honors== * [Order of the Red Eagle](/source/Order_of_the_Red_Eagle), 1870. * Awarded doctor ''[honoris causa](/source/honoris_causa)'' by Bonn University, 1852. * Foreign associate, [Royal Astronomical Society](/source/Royal_Astronomical_Society) of London, 1874. * Honorary member, Leopoldine Academy, 1877. * Honorary member, Scientific Society of [Brussels](/source/Brussels), 1877. * The crater [Heis](/source/Heis_(crater)) on the [Moon](/source/Moon) is named after him. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{NIE Poster|year=1905|Heis, Eduard|Eduard Heis}} * {{CathEncy|wstitle=Eduard Heis|author=J. G. Hagen}} *[http://www.atlascoelestis.com/Heis%20eclipticus.htm Atlas Coelestis Eclipticus, Coloniae ad Rhenum, 1878 da www.atlascoelestis.com] *[http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/argelander-heis.html#heis The ''Atlas ‍Coelestis ‍Novus'' of Eduard ‍Heis] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Heis, Eduard}} Category:1806 births Category:1877 deaths Category:19th-century German astronomers Category:German Roman Catholics Category:19th-century German mathematicians Category:Scientists from Cologne Category:Scientists from the Rhine Province Category:University of Bonn alumni Category:Academic staff of the University of Münster --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Eduard Heis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Heis) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Heis?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.