Mira Ceti

British  

/ ˈmaɪrə ˈsiːtaɪ /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

The variability of Mira Ceti was first observed by David Fabricius in the sixteenth century.

From The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' by Orchard, Thomas Nathaniel

The period of the fluctuations of Mira Ceti is about eleven months, during the greater part of which time the star is of the ninth magnitude, and consequently invisible to the naked eye.

From The Story of the Heavens by Ball, Robert S. (Robert Stawell), Sir

This star, Mira Ceti, which is one of the most curious of its type, varies from the second to the ninth magnitudes: we cite it as one example; hundreds of others might be instanced.

From Astronomy for Amateurs by Welby, Frances A. (Frances Alice)

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

From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by Gore, J. Ellard

Those which are found to exhibit periodical fluctuations of brightness; of which Algol and Mira Ceti are notable examples.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir