Mira variables /ˈmaɪrə/ (named for the prototype star Mira) are a class of pulsating stars characterized by very red colours, pulsation periods longer...

variable red giant (Mira A) along with a white dwarf companion (Mira B). Mira A is a pulsating variable star and was the first non-supernova variable...

astronomers, the first variable star was identified in 1638 when Johannes Holwarda noticed that Omicron Ceti (later named Mira) pulsated in a cycle taking...

semiregular variable stars, particularly the SRa and SRb sub-classes, are often grouped with the Mira variables under the long-period variable heading. In...

Look up mira in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mira is a star in the constellation Cetus Mira may also refer to: Mira (1971 film), a Dutch-Belgian film...

Catalogue of Variable Stars does not define a long-period variable star type, although it does describe Mira variables as long-period variables. The term...

there are over 52,011 known variable stars, with more being discovered regularly, so a complete list of every single variable is impossible at this place...

secondary is a star of magnitude 7.4. There are several variable stars in Lepus. R Leporis is a Mira variable star. It is also called "Hind's Crimson Star" for...

Mira B, also known as VZ Ceti, is the companion star to the variable star Mira, separated by around 100 AU. Suspected as early as 1918, it was visually...

of variable stars, including R and U Arietis, Mira-type variable stars, and T Arietis, a semi-regular variable star. R Arietis is a Mira variable star...

likened to a Mira variable when its variations are relatively regular, although its amplitude of only 1.5 magnitudes is smaller than Mira variables. The star...

variations, with the latest variant having four models: Mira, Mira AVY, Mira Gino, and Mira VAN. The Mira is the latest successor to the line of cars begun...

home to several variable stars. R Hydrae is a Mira variable star 2000 light-years from Earth; it is one of the brightest Mira variables at its maximum...

first defined in 1922 to represent a number of long-period variables (meaning Mira variables) and stars with similar peculiar spectra. Many of the absorption...

Catalogue of Variable Stars (GCVS4.2)". Retrieved 10 April 2012. Samus, N. N.; Durlevich, O. V.; et al. (2012). "General Catalog of Variable Stars (GCVS...

motion. The central star is QX Puppis, a binary composed of a very cool Mira variable and an A-type main-sequence star. Violent gas collisions that produced...

Aqr) is a variable star in the constellation Aquarius. R Aquarii is a symbiotic star believed to contain a white dwarf and a Mira-type variable in a binary...

"Identification of a Constellation from a Position". Retrieved 2006-12-26. "AAVSO Website". American Association of Variable Star Observers. Retrieved 9 March 2014....

is 344 light-years away. Centaurus is home to many variable stars. R Centauri is a Mira variable star with a minimum magnitude of 11.8 and a maximum...

Leonis, Chertan. Leo is also home to a bright variable star, the red giant R Leonis. It is a Mira variable with a minimum magnitude of 10 and normal maximum...

S Cassiopeiae (S Cas, HD 7769) is a Mira variable and S-type star in the constellation Cassiopeia. It is an unusually cool star, rapidly losing mass and...

its original luminosity. Variables of this type are double star systems with one red giant, which probably is a Mira variable, and one a hot compact object...

LL Pegasi (AFGL 3068) is a Mira variable star surrounded by a pinwheel-shaped nebula, IRAS 23166+1655, thought to be a preplanetary nebula. It is a binary...

(α) and Beta (β) reticuli. The reddish star R Reticuli is a Mira variable. This variable was discovered by C. Ragoonatha Chary at the Madras Observatory...

binary system itself, with an apparent magnitude of 6.07. R Equulei is a Mira variable that ranges between magnitudes 8.0 and 15.7 over nearly 261 days. It...

same) passes into it. Mira ("wonderful", named by Bayer: Omicron Ceti, a star of the neck of the asterism) was the first variable star to be discovered...

of 40 years. Guandalini and Cristallo calculated the luminosity of Mira variables based on their periods. Using a period of 427.07 days, they calculated...

C5,2e-C71e Mira variable, Vmax = 8.8m, Vmin = 13.5m, P = 406 d BE Lyn BE 79889 45649 09h 18m 17.18s +46° 09′ 11.3″ 8.80 A3 δ Sct variable, Vmax = 8.57m...

between extremes of magnitude 7.2 and 14 every 14 months. S Orionis is a Mira variable that pulsates with an approximately 420‑day cycle, and varies in radius...

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