Astronomical News relevant to mira_kitty....

Protoplanetary Disk Found Encircling Mira B

My kitty's full name is actually "Stella Mira" ("Miracle Star"), after this very variable star! But I call her "Mira" for short.

=^..^=

I couldn't let this beautiful and stunning picture of The Colorful Clouds of Rho Ophiuchus on apod today pass by without adding a little snarky anti-astrology comment, even while admiring the fabulousness of the image.

We ophiuchans are such skeptics, y'know!

Oooh, today's apod shows the variable star Mira, a.k.a. "Stella Mira" ("wonderful star"), which is the very star I named mira_kitty after!

(perm APOD link)

( Yay, I did well on Bill's Astronomy Test! )