Mira variables

A form of Mira variable — 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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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of Mira variable
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