{"id":1736,"date":"2016-02-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skymania.com\/spa_responsive\/mira-on-the-rise-2\/"},"modified":"2017-12-07T17:32:39","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T17:32:39","slug":"mira-on-the-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.popastro.com\/variablestar\/2016\/02\/07\/mira-on-the-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Mira on the rise"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tOmicron Ceti (Mira), having passed through minimum in late 2015, is now brightening towards its spring maximum.<\/p>\n

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\n\tObservations in early February by Jonathan Shanklin and Tony Markham show it to have become bright enough to be visible in commonly used binocular sizes such as 7×50 and 10×50.<\/p>\n

\n\tUnfortunately for UK based observers, the peak brightness isn’t due to be reached until early April … and Mira will be lost in the evening twilight during the first half of March. Observers at more southerly latitudes wil be able to follow Mira for longer.<\/p>\n

\n\tYou can monitor the brightness changes in the coming weeks using this finder chart. A wider angle view of the area around Mira can be found in this SPA guide<\/p>\n

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Omicron Ceti (Mira), having passed through minimum in late 2015, is now brightening towards its spring maximum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-variable-stars"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t