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 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 George C. Comstock
The driving screw having been thrown out of gear, the circle is turned until the outer vernier indicates the sidereal time, whereupon the driving screw is thrown into gear again.
From Photographs of Nebul? and Clusters Made with the Crossley Reflector by James Edward Keeler
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 George C. Comstock
