Max Wolf
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Max Wolf was a German astronomer and pioneer of astrophotography who lived from 1863 to 1932. He's important because his innovative use of photography to observe the night sky helped transform astronomy from a visual discipline into a modern science based on photographic evidence.
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- Born
- 1863-06-21
- Died
- 1932-10-03
- Works
- 24
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- Die differentialgleichung der mittleren anomalie und die wahrscheinlichkeit der convergenz in der darstellung ihres integrals .
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Maximilian Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf (21 June 1863 – 3 October 1932) was a German astronomer and a pioneer in the field of astrophotography. He was the chairman of astronomy at the University of Heidelberg and director of the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory from 1902 until his death in 1932.
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1863 births1932 deaths19th-century German astronomers20th-century German astronomersCorresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1917–1925)Corresponding Members of the USSR Academy of SciencesDiscoverers of asteroidsDiscoverers of astronomical objectsDiscoverers of cometsDiscoverers of supernovaeDiscoveries by Max WolfForeign associates of the National Academy of Sciences