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...

Outburst Triggered by an Intense Mass-loss Episode of a Heavily Obscured Mira Variable". The Astrophysical Journal. 935 (1): 36. arXiv:2205.09139. Bibcode:2022ApJ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Chi Cygni (Latinised from χ Cygni) is a Mira variable star in the constellation Cygnus, and also an S-type star. It is around 500 light years away. χ...

the equatorial constellation of Ophiuchus, abbreviated X Oph. It is a Mira variable that ranges in brightness from an apparent visual magnitude of 5.9 down...

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...

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...

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...

R Trianguli (abbreviated as R Tri) is a short-period oxygen-rich Mira variable in Triangulum with a period of 266.9 days, discovered by T. H. E. C. Espin...

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...

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...

band, its magnitude range is 1.57 to 3.02. It is listed as a possible Mira variable, but with the extremely long period of 1,994 days. Jan Herman and Harm...

Cephei (S Cep), also designated as HD 206362, is a carbon star and Mira-type variable in the constellation Cepheus. Based on the measurement of its annual...

star of spectral type M6e and it is classified as a Mira variable. U Andromedae is the variable star designation of this star. Its brightness varies...

Cepheid type variable stars. BH Crucis, also known as Welch's Red Variable, is a Mira variable that ranges from magnitude 6.6 to 9.8 over 530 days. Discovered...

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...

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...

(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...

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...