O estado da astronomía en España a comezos do século XX e a eclipse de sol do 17 de abril de 1912 en Galicia
- Docobo Durántez, J. A.
- I. Fernández
ISSN: 1135-5417
Year of publication: 2012
Issue: 31
Pages: 91-114
Type: Article
More publications in: Revista Real Academia Galega de Ciencias
Abstract
The present article is intended to celebrate the Centennial of the solar eclipse of April 17, 1912. It includes a discussion of the state of Spanish Astronomy and the important events that enriched it at the beginning of the XX century, as well as associated astronomic phenomena. Reference is made to the precedents of this resurgence some years earlier when structural changes began to occur (in many cases, thanks to personal iniciatives) that contributed important benefits for Spanish science, in general, and Spanish Astronomy, in particular