Mira variables /ˈmaɪrə/ (named for the prototype star Mira) are a class of pulsating stars characterized by very red colours, pulsation periods longer...
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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...
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semiregular variable stars, particularly the SRa and SRb sub-classes, are often grouped with the Mira variables under the long-period variable heading. In...
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astronomers, the first variable star was identified in 1638 when Johannes Holwarda noticed that Omicron Ceti (later named Mira) pulsated in a cycle taking...
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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...
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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...
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X Ophiuchi (category Mira variables)
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...
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R Doradus (category Mira variables)
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Aries (constellation) (section Variable stars)
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...
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Calabash Nebula (category Mira variables)
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...
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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...
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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...
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R Hydrae (category Mira variables)
constellation of Hydra, about 2.7° to the east of Gamma Hydrae. It is a Mira-type variable that ranges in apparent visual magnitude from 3.5 down to 10.9 over...
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R Leporis (category Mira variables)
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...
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R Trianguli (category Mira variables)
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...
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Chi Cygni (category Mira variables)
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...
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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...
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Crux (section Variable stars)
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...
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LL Pegasi (category Mira variables)
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...
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S Cassiopeiae (category Mira variables)
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...
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needed] Red giant – Type of large cool star Mira – Binary star in Cetus Mira variable – Type of variable star Carbon star – Star whose atmosphere contains...
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R Corvi (category Mira variables)
R Corvi (R Crv) is a Mira variable star in the constellation Corvus, which ranges from a magnitude of 6.7 to 14.4 with a period of approximately 317 days...
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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...
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S Cephei (category Mira variables)
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...
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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...
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R Serpentis (category Mira variables)
R Serpentis is a Mira variable type star in the equatorial constellation of Serpens. It ranges between apparent magnitude 5.16 and 14.4, and spectral...
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