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
So far as this lecture is concerned, we will omit any mention of sidereal time, i.e., time by the stars.
From Lectures in Navigation by Ernest Gallaudet Draper
Near the instrument is a clock regulated to sidereal time....
From Pioneers of Science by Sir Oliver Lodge
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 Simon Newcomb
