Mira Ceti

British

/ ˈmaɪrə ˈsiːtaɪ /

noun

a binary star one component of which, a red supergiant, is a long-period variable with an average period of 332 days

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A remarkably bright maximum of the famous variable Mira Ceti occurred in 1906.

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Mira Ceti, which in 5 months increases its brightness 1000 times, may stand as an example.

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He found that the star Mira Ceti was for several months invisible to the naked eye; then it grew brighter and brighter, and finally disappeared for months, as before.

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His first paper had been upon the variable star Mira Ceti.

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But I imagine that if they had to live within the precincts of Mira Ceti they would cry out for exemption from their own law of stellar utility.

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