Mira

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Mira is a famous red giant variable star in the constellation Cetus, known for its dramatic changes in brightness over time.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mira canonical 3
Mira B 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mira variable ⓘ
long-period variable star ⓘ
pulsating variable star ⓘ
red giant star ⓘ
star ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Omicron Ceti ⓘ
ο Ceti ⓘ
linked to: Omicron Ceti
apparentMagnitudeRange about 2.0 to 10.1 ⓘ
catalogDesignation HD 14386 ⓘ
HIP 10732 ⓘ
HR 681 ⓘ
color red ⓘ
constellation Cetus ⓘ
coreComposition carbon-oxygen core ⓘ
declination −02° 59′ ⓘ
discoveredAsVariableBy David Fabricius ⓘ
discoveryOfVariabilityYear 1596 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth about 300 light-years ⓘ
about 92 parsecs ⓘ
effectiveTemperature about 3000 K ⓘ
evolutionaryStage asymptotic giant branch star ⓘ
futureEvolution will become a white dwarf ⓘ
hasCompanion Mira B ⓘ
linked to: Mira
hasFeature comet-like tail ⓘ
extended gaseous envelope ⓘ
heliocentricRadialVelocity about 63 km/s ⓘ
isPrototypeOf Mira variables ⓘ
locatedIn Milky Way ⓘ
Orion Arm ⓘ
luminosity about 8000 times solar luminosity ⓘ
mass about 1.2 solar masses ⓘ
massLoss strong stellar wind ⓘ
MiraBInstanceOf white dwarf star ⓘ
namedBy Johannes Hevelius ⓘ
nameLanguage Latin ⓘ
nameMeaning wonderful ⓘ
observedInUltravioletBy GALEX ⓘ
properMotion high ⓘ
radius about 300 solar radii ⓘ
rightAscension 02h 19m ⓘ
spectralType M7IIIe ⓘ
systemType binary star system ⓘ
tailLength about 13 light-years ⓘ
variabilityCause radial pulsations ⓘ
variabilityPeriod about 332 days ⓘ
variableType Mira-type variable ⓘ
visibleToNakedEyeAtMaximum true ⓘ
visibleToNakedEyeAtMinimum false ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cetus → hasBrightStar → Mira ⓘ
Mira → hasCompanion → Mira B ⓘ
linked to: Mira