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Mira, star with tail

01/10/2007 | Elhuyar

The star Mira was first seen by astronomers in 1596.

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NASA astronomers have found a caudal star through the ultraviolet light. Known as Mira, it is found in the constellation of Cetus at 350 light-years from the solar system. Seen with a typical telescope, it is a red light point, but when observing the ultraviolet light it emits, the Mira is not a point; the matter left on the journey through the galaxy is seen, dispersed in an interval of thirteen light years.

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