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Omicron Ceti, better known as Mira, "The Wonderful". This is the prototype of long period variables and one of the earliest variables ever discovered.
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Mira ( Omicron Ceti) is a well-known variable in the called . It was discovered in 1596 by David Fabricus, an amateur Dutch . Mira (meaning "wonderful") was named by Johannes Hevelius in 1662.
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Mira ( Omicron Ceti) is a well-known variable red giant star in the constellation called Cetus. It was discovered in 1596 by David Fabricus, an amateur Dutch astronomer. Mira (meaning "wonderful") was named by Johannes Hevelius in 1662.
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In 1572, and again in 1604, supernovae appeared in the sky, and in 1596 David Fabricius discovered that the star Omicron Ceti disappeared periodically. This star was then named Mira ("Miraculous Star").
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Among the most dramatic and fascinating stars of the sky are the "long- period variables," the "LPVs," epitomized by the first one found, Mira ( Omicron Ceti, in 1596), so much so that these ultra-variables are also called "Miras.
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Its common name is omicron Ceti. Its discovery is credited to in 1596. Mira typically ranges from 9.3 to 3.4 over a 333 day period, but William Herschel observed it brighter than magnitude 1.0.
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79 Ceti is located around 117 light-years from Sol, in the northeastern corner (2:35:19.9-3:33:38.2, ICRS 2000.0) of Constellation Cetus, the Whale or Sea Monster -- east of Mira ( Omicron Ceti), south of Delta Ceti, ...
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 See also: Star, Mira, Variable star, Planet, Constellation
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