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
Today we are going to talk about star time, or, using the more common words, sidereal time.
From Lectures in Navigation by Draper, Ernest Gallaudet
The equation of time and the sidereal time of mean noon complete the ephemeris proper.
From Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science by Newcomb, Simon
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.
