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==List== The following list contains selected Mira variables. Unless otherwise noted, the given magnitudes are in the [[Apparent magnitude#Standard reference values|V-band]], and distances are from the [[Gaia_(spacecraft)#Data_releases|Gaia DR2 star catalogue]].<ref>{{Citation|url=http://webviz.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-3?-source=I/345/gaia2|title=Gaia DR2|author=Gaia Collaboration|publisher=VizieR|year=2018|access-date=20 April 2019}}</ref> {| border="1" class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! Star<br> ! Brightest<br>[[Apparent Magnitude|magnitude]]<br> ! Dimmest<br>magnitude<br> ! Period<br>(in days)<br> ! Distance<br>(in [[parsec]]s) ! Reference |- | [[Mira]] | 2.0 | 10.1 | 332 | {{val|92|12|9}}<ref name=aaa474_2_653>{{Cite journal| first1=F. | last1=van Leeuwen |date=November 2007 | title=Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction | journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics | volume=474 | issue=2 | pages=653–664 | bibcode=2007A&A...474..653V | doi=10.1051/0004-6361:20078357 |arxiv = 0708.1752| s2cid=18759600 }}</ref> | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=9237] |- | [[Chi Cygni]] | 3.3 | 14.2 | 408 | {{val|180|45|30}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=13285] |- | [[R Hydrae]] | 3.5 | 10.9 | 380 | {{val|224|56|37}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=15960] |- | [[R Carinae]] | 3.9 | 10.5 | 307 | {{val|387|81|57}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=5754] |- | [[R Leonis]] | 4.4 | 11.3 | 310 | {{val|71|5|4}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=17032] |- | [[S Carinae]] | 4.5 | 9.9 | 149 | {{val|497|22|20}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=5755] |- | [[R Cassiopeiae]] | 4.7 | 13.5 | 430 | {{val|187|9|8}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=6331] |- | [[R Horologii]] | 4.7 | 14.3 | 408 | {{val|313|40|32}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=15900] |- | [[U Orionis]] | 4.8 | 13.0 | 377 | {{val|216|19|16}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=23067] |- | [[RR Scorpii]] | 5.0 | 12.4 | 281 | {{val|277|18|16}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=32826] |- | [[R Serpentis]] | 5.2 | 14.4 | 356 | {{val|285|26|22}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=34592] |- | [[T Cephei]] | 5.2 | 11.3 | 388 | {{val|176|13|12}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=8355] |- | [[R Aquarii]] | 5.2 | 12.4 | 387 | {{val|320|31|26}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=846] |- | [[R Centauri]] | 5.3 | 11.8 | 502 | {{val|385|159|87}}<ref name="aaa474_2_653" /> | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=7298] |- | [[RR Sagittarii]] | 5.4 | 14 | 336 | {{val|386|48|38}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=27710] |- | [[R Trianguli]] | 5.4 | 12.6 | 267 | {{val|933|353|201}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=36594] |- | [[S Sculptoris]] | 5.5 | 13.6 | 367 | {{val|1078|1137|366}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=34011] |- | [[R Aquilae]] | 5.5 | 12.0 | 271 | {{val|238|27|22}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=1140] |- | [[R Leporis]] | 5.5 | 11.7 | 445 | {{val|419|15|14}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=17280] |- | [[W Hydrae]] | 5.6 | 9.6 | 390 | {{val|164|25|19}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=15965] |- | [[R Andromedae]] | 5.8 | 15.2 | 409 | {{val|242|30|24}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=1] |- | [[S Coronae Borealis]] | 5.8 | 14.1 | 360 | {{val|431|60|47}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=106019] |- | [[U Cygni]] | 5.9 | 12.1 | 463 | {{val|767|34|31}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=10924] |- | [[X Ophiuchi]] | 5.9 | 8.6 | 338 | {{val|215|15|13}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=20493] |- | [[RS Scorpii]] | 6.0 | 13.0 | 319 | {{val|709|306|164}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=32827] |- | [[RT Sagittarii]] | 6.0 | 14.1 | 306 | {{val|575|48|41}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=27712] |- | [[RU Sagittarii]] | 6.0 | 13.8 | 240 | {{val|1592|1009|445}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=27713] |- | [[RT Cygni]] | 6.0 | 13.1 | 190 | {{val|888|47|43}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=10932] |- | [[R Geminorum]] | 6.0 | 14.0 | 370 | {{val|1514|1055|441}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=14295] |- | [[S Gruis]] | 6.0 | 15.0 | 402 | {{val|671|109|82}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=14671] |- | [[V Monocerotis]] | 6.0 | 13.9 | 341 | {{val|426|50|41}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=18833] |- | [[R Cancri]] | 6.1 | 11.9 | 357 | {{val|226|32|25}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=4805] |- | [[R Virginis]] | 6.1 | 12.1 | 146 | {{val|530|28|25}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=37809] |- | [[R Cygni]] | 6.1 | 14.4 | 426 | {{val|674|47|41}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=10921] |- | [[R Boötis]] | 6.2 | 13.1 | 223 | {{val|702|60|52}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=4304] |- | [[T Normae]] | 6.2 | 13.6 | 244 | {{val|1116|168|129}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=19963] |- | [[R Leonis Minoris]] | 6.3 | 13.2 | 372 | {{val|347|653|137}}<ref name="aaa474_2_653" /> | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=17234] |- | [[S Virginis]] | 6.3 | 13.2 | 375 | {{val|729|273|156}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=37810] |- | [[R Reticuli]] | 6.4 | 14.2 | 281 | {{val|1553|350|241}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=27299] |- | [[S Herculis]] | 6.4 | 13.8 | 304 | {{val|477|27|24}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=14813] |- | [[HD 148206|U Herculis]] | 6.4 | 13.4 | 404 | {{val|572|53|45}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=14815] |- | [[R Octantis]] | 6.4 | 13.2 | 407 | {{val|504|46|39}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=20343] |- | [[S Pictoris]] | 6.5 | 14.0 | 422 | {{val|574|74|59}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=26335] |- | [[R Ursae Majoris]] | 6.5 | 13.7 | 302 | {{val|489|54|44}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=37105] |- | [[R Canum Venaticorum]] | 6.5 | 12.9 | 329 | {{val|661|65|54}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=5018] |- | [[R Normae]] | 6.5 | 12.8 | 496 | {{val|581|10000|360}}<ref name="aaa474_2_653" /> | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=19961] |- | [[T Ursae Majoris]] | 6.6 | 13.5 | 257 | {{val|1337|218|164}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=37107] |- | [[R Aurigae]] | 6.7 | 13.9 | 458 | {{val|227|21|17}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=3763] |- | [[RU Herculis]] | 6.7 | 14.3 | 486 | {{val|511|53|44}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=14824] |- | [[R Draconis]] | 6.7 | 13.2 | 246 | {{val|662|58|49}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=13673] |- | [[V Coronae Borealis]] | 6.9 | 12.6 | 358 | {{val|843|43|39}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=10604] |- | [[T Cassiopeiae]] | 6.9 | 13.0 | 445 | {{val|374|37|31}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=6333] |- | [[R Pegasi]] | 6.9 | 13.8 | 378 | {{val|353|35|29}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=25123] |- | [[V Cassiopeiae]] | 6.9 | 13.4 | 229 | {{val|298|15|14}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=6335] |- | [[T Pavonis]] | 7.0 | 14.4 | 244 | {{val|1606|340|239}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=24723] |- | [[RS Virginis]] | 7.0 | 14.6 | 354 | {{val|616|81|64}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=37819] |- | [[Z Cygni]] | 7.1 | 14.7 | 264 | {{val|654|36|33}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=10929] |- | [[S Orionis]] | 7.2 | 13.1 | 434 | {{val|538|120|83}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=23065] |- | [[T Draconis]] | 7.2 | 13.5 | 422 | {{val|783|48|43}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=13675] |- | [[UV Aurigae]] | 7.3 | 10.9 | 394 | {{val|1107|83|72}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=3797] |- | [[W Aquilae]] | 7.3 | 14.3 | 490 | {{val|321|22|20}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=1145] |- | [[S Cephei]] | 7.4 | 12.9 | 487 | {{val|531|23|21}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=8354] |- | [[R Fornacis]] | 7.5 | 13.0 | 386 | {{val|633|44|38}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=14224] |- | [[RZ Pegasi]] | 7.6 | 13.6 | 437 | {{val|1117|88|76}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=25140] |- | [[RT Aquilae]] | 7.6 | 14.5 | 327 | {{val|352|24|21}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=1151] |- | [[V Cygni]] | 7.7 | 13.9 | 421 | {{val|458|36|31}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=10925] |- | [[RR Aquilae]] | 7.8 | 14.5 | 395 | {{val|318|33|28}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=1149] |- | [[S Boötis]] | 7.8 | 13.8 | 271 | {{val|2589|552|387}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=4305] |- | [[WX Cygni]] | 8.8 | 13.2 | 410 | {{val|1126|86|75}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=10966] |- | [[W Draconis]] | 8.9 | 15.4 | 279 | {{val|6057|4469|1805}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=13678] |- | [[R Capricorni]]<ref>Discovered in 1848 by Hind. {{Cite book|page=[https://archive.org/details/patrickmooresdat00moor/page/n334 323]|title=Patrick Moore's Data Book of Astronomy|url=https://archive.org/details/patrickmooresdat00moor|url-access=limited|author=Patrick Moore and Robin Rees|edition=second|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=2011|isbn=978-1139495226}}</ref> | 8.9 | 14.9 | 343 | {{val|1407|178|142}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=5639] |- | [[UX Cygni]] | 9.0 | 17.0 | 569 | {{val|5669|10000|2760}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=10957] |- | [[LL Pegasi]] | 9.6 K | 11.6 K | 696 | {{val|1300}}<ref name="lombaert">{{cite journal|bibcode=2012A&A...544L..18L|title=Observational evidence for composite grains in an AGB outflow. MgS in the extreme carbon star LL Pegasi|journal=Astronomy & Astrophysics|volume=544|pages=L18|last1=Lombaert|first1=R.|last2=De Vries|first2=B. L.|last3=De Koter|first3=A.|last4=Decin|first4=L.|last5=Min|first5=M.|last6=Smolders|first6=K.|last7=Mutschke|first7=H.|last8=Waters|first8=L. B. F. M.|year=2012|doi=10.1051/0004-6361/201219782|arxiv = 1207.1606 |s2cid=119022145 }}</ref> | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=25383] |- | [[TY Cassiopeiae]] | 10.1 | 19.0 | 645 | {{val|1328|502|286}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=6362] |- | [[IK Tauri]] | 10.8 | 16.5 | 470 | {{val|285|36|29}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=35245] |- | [[CW Leonis]] | 11.0 R | 14.8 R | 640 | {{val|95|22|15}}<ref name="sozetti">{{cite journal|arxiv=1706.04391|bibcode=2017MNRAS.471L...1S|title=Evidence for orbital motion of CW Leonis from ground-based astrometry|journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters|volume=471|issue=1|pages=L1–L5|last1=Sozzetti|first1=A.|last2=Smart|first2=R. L.|last3=Drimmel|first3=R.|last4=Giacobbe|first4=P.|last5=Lattanzi|first5=M. G.|year=2017|doi=10.1093/mnrasl/slx082|doi-access=free }}</ref> | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=17154] |- | [[TX Camelopardalis]] | 11.6 B | 17.7 B | 557 | {{val|333|42|33}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=4564] |- | [[LP Andromedae]] | 15.1 | 17.3 | 614 | {{val|400|68|51}} | [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=264] |}
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