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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5028. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Stars, Individual Stellar Objects

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The star o Ceti, a red giant, is believed to have been the first variable star ever discovered. It is the type-star of the most common class of long-period pulsating variables, which are usually described as Mira-type stars. Its variability was first recorded by the German theologian David Fabricius (1564-1617) in 1596, and was first studied in detail about 40 years later. It is visible to the un...

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