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
Clocks are set to the invariable sidereal time.
From Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work by Warren, Henry White
The hours of the swine, like those of their masters, were not reckoned by either solar or sidereal time, but had been altered, as experiment had demonstrated, to a more efficient cycle.
From City of Endless Night by Hastings, Milo M. (Milo Milton)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
