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

Sykes pointed to the delicate instrument that could add, subtract, divide, and multiply, in fractions and whole numbers, as well as measure the light years in sidereal time.

From The Space Pioneers by Glanzman, Louis

For the last two days we have been discussing Time - sun time or solar time and star time or sidereal time.

From Lectures in Navigation by Draper, Ernest Gallaudet