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== Comets and novae == Wolf started his career as a comet hunter and continued to discover them throughout his life. He discovered or co-discovered several [[comet]]s, including [[14P/Wolf]] and [[43P/Wolf-Harrington]]. Wolf won a competition with [[E. E. Barnard]] on who would be the first to observe the return of [[Halley's Comet]] (P1/Halley) in April 1910.<ref name=bruce /> He discovered [[EL Aquilae|Nova Aquilae 1927]], a classical nova. He discovered or co-discovered four supernovae: [[SN 1895A]] (a.k.a. VW Vir), [[SN 1909A]] (a.k.a. SS UMa), [[SN 1920A]], and, with [[Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth|Reinmuth]], [[SN 1926A]].
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