Talk:Mira

Mercury & discovery
"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

"helium shell" should be "helium core"?
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)
 * 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)

Mira Means what as far as names go
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)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 00:10, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

Phonetics
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)
 * Ref, please. Lithopsian (talk) 13:15, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Requested move 29 January 2024

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) BilledMammal (talk) 12:56, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

Mira → Mira (star) – Confusion of given names Οοβεττττμεντττσααβ (talk) 19:43, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Mira (disambiguation) → Mira

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
 * Question, are you advocating for Mira to become a redirect to this page or do you want 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 ? Skynxnex (talk) 20:15, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
 * 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)
 * Comment Made some changes to improve the clarity of the nomination. 162 etc. (talk) 22:01, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
 * 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)
 * Support per nom. No primary topic here. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:39, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Support the star has 3,484 views but the 2022 film has 7,221 and the give name has 2,827] so it doesn't seem like there is a clear primary topic by either criteria.  Crouch, Swale  ( talk ) 17:18, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
 * 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)
 * Oppose. The star is primary topic by long-term significance. &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 21:04, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Oppose per Zxcvbnm. –  21:21, 7 February 2024 (UTC)