STAR MYSTERY
WHAT HAPPENS TO MIRA? London, Oct. 22. Astronomers ar e keeping the star Mira under close observation in the hope of solving a mystery which has puzzled them for over 300 years. The star is usually invisible to the naked eye. but at intervals of about ten months something happens in the 'star which causes it to become so bright as to be conspicuous to the naked eye. The star, which is in the head of the stellar sea monster Cetus, was visibl 8 only through telescopes a few weeks ago, but it can now be seen with the naked eye. At previous maxima In recent years it has been progressively brighter, on the last occasion exceeding the third magnitude. This tim e it mayreach the second magnitude. One theory is that periodical vol-canic-like eruptions take place in the star, which is som e 600,000.000 miles from the earth. Mira lies just below the celestial equator, and on an imaginary line from the Polo Star through th e stars which form the eastern boundary of Cossiopeia and Andromeda.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 24 November 1927, Page 8
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180STAR MYSTERY Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 24 November 1927, Page 8
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