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 equation of time and the sidereal time of mean noon complete the ephemeris proper.

From Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science by Newcomb, Simon

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 Comstock, George C.

Exercise 9.—Set such a clock to sidereal time by means of the transit of a star over your meridian.

From A Text-Book of Astronomy by Comstock, George C.