swap_horiz Mira Alternatives

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Betelgeuse

Betelgeuse is a massive red supergiant star located within the constellation Orion. It’s notable due to its immense size...

Orion Variable M Type Red Supergiant

9.2 Excellent

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V645 Centauri

V645 Centauri is an M-type red dwarf star located within the Alpha Centauri system, approximately 4.37 light-years from...

Centaurus Nearby M Type Red Dwarf

9.2 Excellent

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RR Lyrae

The prototype of RR Lyrae-type pulsating variable stars in Lyra, widely used as standard candles for measuring distances...

Giant Lyra A Type Pulsating

9.0 Excellent

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VY Canis Majoris

A red hypergiant in Canis Major once considered the largest known star by radius at roughly 1,400 solar radii and among...

Variable Largest Known M Type Canis Majoris

8.5 Great

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LHS 1140

A red dwarf star ~40 light-years away in Cetus, hosting LHS 1140b, a rocky super-Earth in the habitable zone discovered...

Cetus M Type Habitable Zone Red Dwarf

8.4 Great

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Gacrux

Gacrux is the nearest red giant to the Sun at about 88 light-years away, forming the top of the Southern Cross and class...

Red Giant Crux M Type

8.2 Great

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UY Scuti

A pulsating red supergiant in Scutum and one of the largest known stars by radius, with estimates placing it at roughly...

Variable Scutum M Type Red Supergiant

8.2 Great

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Mu Cephei

A red supergiant in Cepheus nicknamed the Garnet Star for its deep red color, one of the most luminous stars visible to...

Variable Cepheus M Type Red Supergiant

8.1 Great

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UV Ceti

UV Ceti is the prototype of the UV Ceti class of stellar flare stars, forming the fainter component of the L 726-8 binar...

Nearby Cetus M Type Flare Star

8.1 Great

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Mirach

Mirach (Beta Andromedae) is a red giant in Andromeda widely used by amateur astronomers as a guide star for locating the...

Navigation Red Giant Andromeda

8.0 Great

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Mirzam

Beta Canis Majoris, a blue-white giant roughly 500 light-years away that serves as the prototype for the class of pulsat...

Blue Giant Variable B Type

7.8 Good

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Caph

Beta Cassiopeiae, one of the five stars forming Cassiopeia's distinctive W-shape, a yellow-white pulsating giant about 5...

Bright Giant Cassiopeia Variable

7.7 Good

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Scheat

Scheat (Beta Pegasi) is a pulsating red giant in the Great Square of Pegasus, notable for irregular brightness variation...

Red Giant Pegasus M Type

7.7 Good

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L 726-8

L 726-8 is a binary system of two red dwarf stars about 8.7 light-years from Earth in Cetus, also designated BL Ceti and...

Binary Cetus M Type Flare Star

7.7 Good

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V354 Cephei

V354 Cephei is a red supergiant in Cepheus considered among the largest stars known, with a radius estimated at roughly...

Massive Variable Cepheus M Type

7.3 Good

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KY Cygni

KY Cygni is a heavily dust-enshrouded red supergiant in the Cygnus OB1 association, among the largest known stars with a...

Variable Cygnus Very Large M Type

7.3 Good

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Luyten 726-8A

Luyten 726-8A (BL Ceti) is the brighter red dwarf component of the L 726-8 binary system about 8.7 light-years from Eart...

Nearby Cetus M Type Red Dwarf

7.3 Good

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GJ 3293

GJ 3293 is a red dwarf star about 57 light-years from Earth with multiple confirmed super-Earth exoplanets detected via...

Cetus M Type Multi Planet Exoplanet Host

7.1 Good

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Tania Australis

μ Ursae Majoris (Tania Australis) is a red M-type giant in Ursa Major, about 250 light-years from Earth, whose Arabic na...

Bright Red Giant Ursa Major

7.0 Good

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Giausar

Lambda Draconis, a red giant star in the constellation Draco, whose IAU-approved proper name Giausar derives from an Ara...

Red Giant Draco M Type

6.7 Fair