![057-Mira [057] Mira –This illustration by Don Dixon presents a view of the Mira (Omicron Ceti) binary system from the interior of a cavern on a nearby airless world. The primary red giant, Mira A, fills a significant portion of the sky with a diffused orange-red glow, illustrating the immense physical scale of an asymptotic giant branch star. Its white dwarf companion, Mira B, appears as a brilliant, multi-pointed light source, its high surface temperature creating a stark visual contrast against the cooler, distended primary and the rugged, silhouetted foreground terrain. ; gouache on illustration board, 1976 © Don Dixon](057-mira-dixon.jpg)
[057] Mira –This illustration by Don Dixon presents a view of the Mira (Omicron Ceti) binary system from the interior of a cavern on a nearby airless world. The primary red giant, Mira A, fills a significant portion of the sky with a diffused orange-red glow, illustrating the immense physical scale of an asymptotic giant branch star. Its white dwarf companion, Mira B, appears as a brilliant, multi-pointed light source, its high surface temperature creating a stark visual contrast against the cooler, distended primary and the rugged, silhouetted foreground terrain. ; gouache on illustration board, 1976 © Don Dixon
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![057-Mira [057] Mira –This illustration by Don Dixon presents a view of the Mira (Omicron Ceti) binary system from the interior of a cavern on a nearby airless world. The primary red giant, Mira A, fills a significant portion of the sky with a diffused orange-red glow, illustrating the immense physical scale of an asymptotic giant branch star. Its white dwarf companion, Mira B, appears as a brilliant, multi-pointed light source, its high surface temperature creating a stark visual contrast against the cooler, distended primary and the rugged, silhouetted foreground terrain. ; gouache on illustration board, 1976 © Don Dixon](../index.html#img=057-mira-dixon.jpg)