The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Sidereal Time

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Time measured by the daily motion of the stars-by the daily motion of that point in the equator from which the true right ascension of the stars is counted, this point being the vernal equinox, and its hour angle is called sidereal time.

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