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sidereal time

NOUN
time measured by stars
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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 at any moment is the right ascension of the hour circle which at that moment coincides with the meridian.

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

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 Louis Glanzman



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