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

Now let us examine time by the stars - sidereal time.

From Lectures in Navigation by Draper, Ernest Gallaudet

In the 17th century it was a favourite device to make a clock show sidereal time as well as mean solar time.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various

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