Mira variable

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Etymology

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Named after the prototype star Mira.

Noun

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Mira variable (plural Mira variables)

  1. (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.