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Sidereal Time

Greenwich Mean Sidereal Time · itself a running clock

The clock astronomers actually keep — time measured against the distant stars rather than the sun. Because Earth moves along its orbit each day, a sidereal day runs 3m 56s short of a solar one, so star time gains a whole day on the calendar every year and any star returns to the same place at the same sidereal time all year round.

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