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
The sidereal time is equal to the angle between these lines, provided that that angle must be measured from the zenith toward the west.
From A Text-Book of Astronomy by Comstock, George C.
The result will be the distance in sidereal time the star is from your meridian i.e., the time interval from local mean noon expressed in units of sidereal time.
From Lectures in Navigation by Draper, Ernest Gallaudet
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.
