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 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 Comstock, George C.
Now let us examine time by the stars - sidereal time.
From Lectures in Navigation by Draper, Ernest Gallaudet
Near the instrument is a clock regulated to sidereal time....
From Pioneers of Science by Lodge, Oliver, Sir
