10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MIRA CETI»
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1
Change and Continuity in Early Modern Cosmology
... exchanges with Hevelius—which would continue for another 3 decades—
returned again and again to the variable star now known as Mira Ceti. None of
this could be predicted, of course, in September 1648. Traditional narratives
about the ...
absolute bolometric magnitude of the Mira Ceti stars exceeds — 3, reaching even
— 7 or — 8 for some members. This suggests that the Mira Ceti stars represent
quite massive and, therefore, quite young stars. The Mira Ceti stars show ...
International Astronomical Union, George H. Herbig, 1957
3
Paper Galaxy: Out-of-This-World Projects to Cut, Fold and Paste
Mira Ceti is a miraculous pulsating star that disappears and then reappears every
330 days. 1. Refer to the General Instructions section of the book for copying
patterns. To make the icosahedron base, copy the base pattern to project paper ...
It was suggested by a recent mysterious revival in the brightness of the great
dying red star Mira Ceti, in the constellation Whale. One explanation of this
brightness is that a crust is beginning to form on the surface of the star as it cools.
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The Milky Way and Beyond: Stars, Nebulae, and Other Galaxies
Mira Ceti, which is also called Omicron Ceti, was the first variable star (apart from
novae) to be discovered, lying in the southern constellation Cetus, and the
prototype of a class known as long-period variables, or Mira stars. There is some
...
6
Understanding the Heavens: Thirty Centuries of Astronomical ...
Catalogue of 1564 stars. The accuracy he reached was of 50" (against 1'40" for
Tycho, 40" for Flamsteed). * Holwarda, Philocides (1618-1651). Recognition,
after Fabricius, of the variability of Mira Ceti (first variable star discovered as such,
...
7
A Concise History of Solar and Stellar Physics
2.7 VARIABLE AND UNUSUAL STARS There are a number of stars in the sky
that exhibit changes in their brightness.27 A remarkable variable star is that
known as Mira Ceti. "the wonderful." David Fabri- cius of East Friesland (
Germany) saw ...
Jean Louis Tassoul, Monique Tassoul, 2004
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The Moon that Wasn't: The Saga of Venus' Spurious Satellite
constellation the Whale (Cetus), the Mira Ceti. First observed by the German as-
tronomer David Fabricius in 1596, the phenomenon was discussed by the French
natural philosopher Isma ̈el Boulliau in his Ad astronomos monita duo of 1667 ...
Helge Kragh, Kurt Möller Pedersen, 2008
9
Descartes-Agonistes: Physcio-mathematics, Method & ...
A slightly different account of the timing of Holwarda's observations, making use
of the work of Michael Hoskin (1977), is offered by Donahue (2006), 590–91,
according to which Holwarda re-observed Mira Ceti in 1640 while his book
reporting ...
10
Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe
The longest periods are those of 30 Hydrae Hevelii, 495 days; X Cygni, 406 days;
Variabilis Aquarii, 388 days; Serpentis S., 367 days; and Mira Ceti, 332 days.
lnseveral of the variable stars it is well established that they increase in brilliancy
...
Alexander von Humboldt, Benjamin Horatio Paul, William Sweetland Dallas, 1870
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MIRA CETI»
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Mira Ceti is used in the context of the following news items.
The Rabbi and Halley's Comet
He noted that the variable star Mira Ceti has its brightest maxima separated by approximately 60 years, and suggested that this may have been ... «Huffington Post, Mar 13»
How to See a Cosmic Bunny and Dove in Night Sky
It is often compared to Mira Ceti, the "Wonderful Star" of Cetus, the Whale, because, like Mira Ceti, R Leporis appears to pulsate in size and has ... «Space.com, Jan 13»
Forgotten Star Patterns of the Winter Night Sky
One interesting variable star is labeled R. It is often placed in the same class as Mira Ceti, the Wonderful Star, because it has an irregular ... «Space.com, Dec 11»
