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Mira variable

Noun

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Mira variable (plural Mira variables)

(astronomy) Any of a class of pulsating variable stars characterized by very red colours, pulsation periods longer than 100 days, and amplitudes greater than one magnitude in infrared and 2.5 magnitude at visual wavelengths.

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It is a Mira variable with a minimum magnitude of 10 and normal maximum magnitude of 6; it periodically brightens to magnitude 4.4. Source: Internet

It is divisible in binoculars.sfn R Equulei is a Mira variable that ranges between magnitudes 8.0 and 15.7 over nearly 261 days. Source: Internet

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