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Comas Solà, Josep

Barcelona 1868 - Barcelona 1937. Astronomer

He was director of the Observatori Fabra in Barcelona. He discovered 11 asteroids and 2 comets. In 1905 he received the Janssen prize from the Astronomical Society of France and was chosen member of the Astronomical Society of London.

Main works

  • Fotografia del cel (1898)
  • Astronomía y ciencia general (1907)
  • Álbum fotográfico de la zona eclíptica (1915)
  • Astronomía (1910, 1920, 1927)
  • El cielo (1927)


Image gallery

Comas Solà as a young man with his family in Picamoixons (Tarragona). Archive: Petit Family. Comas and Solà as a child with his parents. Comàs i Sola and Teresa Patxot. Archive: Petit Family. Comàs i Sola at the wheel of his vehicle. Archive: Petit Family. Portrait of Josep Comas Solà. Archive: Petit Family. Comas Solà, Josep Portrait of Josep Comas Solà. Archive: Petit Family. Portrait of Josep Comas Solà. Archive: Petit Family.