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  • After its initial check-out in orbit, its sole instrument - an interferometric radiometer called Miras - was sent live on Tuesday this week.

    Water Conserve: Water Conservation RSS Newsfeed 2009

  • After its initial check-out in orbit, its sole instrument - an interferometric radiometer called Miras - was sent live on Tuesday this week.

    BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition 2009

  • After its initial check-out in orbit, its sole instrument - an interferometric radiometer called Miras - was sent live on Tuesday this week.

    EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed 2009

  • "Miras" and the National Institute of Manuscripts, the Ashgabat correspondent of Turkmenistan. ru reports referring to the Turkmen state news service (TDH).

    Новости 2009

  • According to the Ashgabat correspondent of Turkmenistan. ru, the book was prepared for publication by specialists of the Turkmen National Center of Cultural Heritage "Miras".

    Новости 2009

  • "Miras" and the National Institute of Manuscripts under the auspices of Turkmen president Saparmurat Niyazov.

    Новости 2009

  • Typical outbursts of known symbiotic binaries, and symbiotic Miras in particular, usually exhibit a very slow rise to maximum, taking months, and no real significant mass ejection.

    Unprecedented Eruption Catches Astronomers By Surprise | Universe Today 2010

  • By dressing the two Miras differently (in both these works), she underscores the feeling that Mira A is beyond life, particularly in her use of the white dress as a symbol of purity and pristineness, in contrast to her portrayal of herself in a brown or blue dress.

    Artists: "Second Generation" in Israel. 2009

  • In one of the paintings in the series (fig. 14), she portrays an imaginary encounter between the two Miras in an attempt to communicate with the dead sister she never knew.

    Artists: "Second Generation" in Israel. 2009

  • It is essential that any such detections be followed up spectroscopically as soon as possible, to weed out interlopers: flare stars, cataclysmic variables, Miras, and EXors the latter also being pre-main sequence but which unlike FUors soon return to their original brightness level, usually in a year or less.

    Capture A FUor! | Universe Today 2009

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