sidereal time
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But one puzzling signal showed up most days at the same sidereal time.
From Scientific American • Aug. 3, 2018
Astronomers prefer sidereal time for planning their observations because in that system, a star rises at the same time every day.
From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016
Near the instrument is a clock regulated to sidereal time....
From Pioneers of Science by Lodge, Oliver, Sir
Near the instrument is a clock regulated to sidereal time.
From Sir William Herschel: His Life and Works by Holden, Edward Singleton
The hours of the swine, like those of their masters, were not reckoned by either solar or sidereal time, but had been altered, as experiment had demonstrated, to a more efficient cycle.
From City of Endless Night by Hastings, Milo M. (Milo Milton)
