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 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 Keeler, James Edward

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