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
Clocks are set to the invariable sidereal time.
From Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work by Warren, Henry White
The driving screw having been thrown out of gear, the circle is turned until the outer vernier indicates the sidereal time, whereupon the driving screw is thrown into gear again.
From Photographs of Nebul? and Clusters Made with the Crossley Reflector by Keeler, James Edward
Having set the clock approximately to sidereal time, observe one or two more stars in the same way as above.
From A Text-Book of Astronomy by Comstock, George C.
