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
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.
Convert this sidereal time interval into a mean time interval by always subtracting for the proper number of hours, minutes and seconds as per Table 8, Bowditch.
From Lectures in Navigation by Draper, Ernest Gallaudet
When time is calculated by the stars it is called sidereal time; when by the sun, solar, or apparent time.
From Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained by Jones, Thomas P.
