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"Mira was discovered (or at least noted as special for the first time) after a series of observations by the astronomer David Fabricius beginning on August 3, 1596. Observing the planet Mercury, he needed a reference star for comparing positions and picked a previously unremarked third-magnitude star nearby."

On August 3, 1596, Mercury was nowhere near Mira and could not possibly have been involved in its discovery.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.70.216.86 (talk • contribs) 16:32, 15 June 2005

Here: the discovery history.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Illythr (talk • contribs) 08:24, 24 July 2006

Not my area of expertise, but the clause "fusion of hydrogen continued along a shell surrounding the inert helium shell" strikes me as incorrect; shouldn't that be "inert helium core"? Peter Delmonte (talk) 01:02, 13 March 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

changed shell to core; seemed like a typo. --warnthepenguins —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.244.144.141 (talk) 21:32, 25 March 2008 (UTC)Reply[reply]

what does the word Mira mean? Other articles on planets etc. mention this particular question. Why not with Mira? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aquarius2283 (talk • contribs) 18:23, 3 February 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:Mira/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.

Last edited at 04:40, 13 March 2008 (UTC). Substituted at 00:10, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

The pronunciation is /ˈmi:rə/, , not /ˈmaɪrə/, somebody please change this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.24.235.200 (talk) 07:23, 5 April 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Ref, please. Lithopsian (talk) 13:15, 5 April 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

It has been proposed in this section that Mira be renamed and moved to Mira (star). A bot will list this discussion on requested moves' current discussions subpage within an hour of this tag being placed. The discussion may be closed 7 days after being opened, if consensus has been reached (see the closing instructions). Please base arguments on article title policy, and keep discussion succinct and civil. Please use ((subst:requested move)). Do not use ((requested move/dated)) directly. Links: current log • target log • direct move

Mira → Mira (star) – Confusion of given names Οοβεττττμεντττσααβ (talk) 19:43, 29 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• Mira (disambiguation) → Mira

• Question Οοβεττττμεντττσααβ, are you advocating for Mira to become a redirect to this page or do you want Mira (disambiguation) to be moved to this base name? Also, it doesn't seem like "Mira Star" is a commonly used name for this star, so the proposed destination probably should be Mira (star)? Skynxnex (talk) 20:15, 29 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
• support if: Honestly, it would be better to have a disambiguation when you search up Mira, and “Mira (star)” should be the article about the star. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:586:CD00:FF0:6D65:70D:64EB:F8D2 (talk) 21:04, 29 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
• Comment Made some changes to improve the clarity of the nomination. 162 etc. (talk) 22:01, 29 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
• Oppose No indication that the star is not the primary topic and move was proposed by an LTA. SevenSpheres (talk) 22:04, 29 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
• Support per nom. No primary topic here. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:39, 30 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
• Support the star has 3,484 views but the 2022 film has 7,221 and the give name has 2,827[1]] so it doesn't seem like there is a clear primary topic by either criteria. Crouch, Swale (talk) 17:18, 30 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
• Oppose The film's notability is unclear, and potentially non-notable. Furthermore, the user proposing the move has been blocked and it could be bad faith or advertising. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 08:23, 31 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]