Cyprián Karásek Lvovický

Cyprián Karásek Lvovický (of Lvovice) (Czech: Cyprián Karásek Lvovický ze Lvovic, German: Cyprian von Leowitz, Latin: Cyprianus Leovitius) (born July 1514/1524, Hradec Králové – died 1574, Lauingen) was a Bohemian astronomer, mathematician and astrologer.

His first published work was "Tabulae eclipsum", predicting (within a few minutes) the start and the duration of lunar eclipses until 1605, including towns where it would be observable.

In 1564, by order of Maximilian II, he published detailed ephemeris tables for the sun, moon and other celestial bodies covering the years 1564 - 1574 in 10-day intervals and titled "De coniunctionibus magnis insignoribus superiorum planetarum, solis defectibus, et de cometis effectum historica expositione".

In this book, recorded astronomical phenomena were linked with historical events (e.g. death of John of Luxembourg with a comet appearing in 1347).

Lvovický married Diana Clelius (died 24 November 1581, aged 47), widow of Heinrich Elephantius, a former councilor to Elector Otto-Henry.