Mira Ceti
Britishnoun
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Mira Ceti, which in 5 months increases its brightness 1000 times, may stand as an example.
From Are the Planets Inhabited? by Maunder, E. Walter (Edward Walter)
His first paper had been upon the variable star Mira Ceti.
From Sir William Herschel: His Life and Works by Holden, Edward Singleton
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.
From Famous Men of Science by Bolton, Sarah K.
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
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