R Leonis, a variable star in Leo, is currently below naked-eye magnitude, but you can easily find it with binoculars or a ...

R. M. SCOTT has an article on the long-pariod variable stars in the Telescope of September-October, which provides a popular description of the type of star of which Mira is a prototype.

helping to form the next generation of stars and planets,” Lucas said. “This was thought to occur mainly in a well-studied type of star called a Mira variable. However, the discovery of a new ...

Mira, another giant red star ... The period of change in all similar variable stars, called Cepheids, is directly related to their true luminosity, a remarkable pattern that enabled astronomer Edwin ...

helping to form the next generation of stars and planets," he said. "This was thought to occur mainly in a well-studied type of star called a Mira variable. "However, the discovery of a new type ...