Mira | M star, R star, or N star | disk | | | greater than 1000 Kelvin | | naked eye star | determined from proper motion and radial velocity | which depends on luminosity class | 0.2 magnitudes or greater | | | from the point of view of Earth's orbit | | some difficulty in distinguishing between various kinds | from the point of view of Earth | for many centuries | or center of gravity | | 70 pc | which is diffused out from the hotter core | | | half the stars in the solar neighborhood are members of star systems | -has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press | Mira | | 331 days | asterism | | 5 mag | gravitational contraction and or fusion | which takes place primarily within the core | David Fabricius | star catalog | | | | | brighter than 5 | hydrogen, helium | greater than 0.08 the sun's mass | | - R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, or Z and the genitive of the latin constellation name
- RR, RS, RT, RU, RV, RW, RX, RY, or RZ and the genitive of the latin constellation name when the single letter designations are exhausted
- AA...AZ, BB...BZ, etc. (omitting J), which ends with QQ...QZ and the genitive of the latin constellation namewhen the RR...RZ designations are exhausted
- V 335, V 336, etc., when the double letter designations are exhausted
| within a period of decades | omicron Cet | A irregular long-period intrinsic variable. It was named Mira ("wonderful") in 1596 by Fabricius, who made the first recorded observations of its brightness fluctuations. Mira is a double star with a faint B companion which is itself variable. | 1596 | III | 2 |