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
So far as this lecture is concerned, we will omit any mention of sidereal time, i.e., time by the stars.
From Lectures in Navigation by Draper, Ernest Gallaudet
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 middle of this period may be taken as the time at which the star crossed the meridian and at this moment the sidereal time is equal to the right ascension of the star.
From A Text-Book of Astronomy by Comstock, George C.
