[time-nuts] Sidereal time

[Lux, Jim (337C)]

Sure it is.. In observatories, for instance, they'll have a sidereal time
display, because that's what's important.  You know that Sirius crosses a
N/S line at a particular sidereal time (or more correctly, isn't that the
right ascension.. When the body crosses the meridian)


On 1/15/10 2:07 AM, "Steve Rooke" <sar10538 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Brian,
> 
> I really love this group, it appeals to the technophile inside me and
> it's interesting to see the answers that are given.
> 
> You should have know that posting to a nuts group would mean you would
> get lots of highly technical responses but frequently the questions
> posed are not answered as things go off in a tangent. Perhaps we
> should have asked you how accurately bang on the "sidereal second??"
> you wish this clock to be or perhaps you just wish it to tick over the
> sidereal time without some frame of reference?
> 
> Sounds like an interesting idea, sorry but I cannot answer your
> questions conclusively but it looks sound to me. What you are doing is
> fitting a sidereal day into a wall clock day display by driving the
> clock with fast seconds so it's 24 hours is over in 23 hours 56
> minutes and 4.091 seconds. If that's what you want to do, it sounds
> great even though I'm not sure that a sidereal day is normally
> presented that way.
> 
> 73,
> Steve
>