Sidereal astronomy is focused on the study of stars.
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Sidereal
/saɪˈdɪɚ.i.əl/
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lunatelunularlunulatemeteoricmeteoriticnebularnebulosenebulousplanetalplanetarianplanetaryplanetesimalsemilunarsolarspherystar spangledstar-spangledstar-studdedstarrystellar
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3 entriessidereal daysidereal monthsidereal time
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6 entriessidereal astronomysidereal coordinatessidereal daysidereal monthsidereal navigationsidereal time
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These fringes of lamplight, struggling up through smoke and thousandfold exhalation, some fathoms into the ancient reign of Night, what thinks Boötes of them, as he leads his Hunting-Dogs over the Zenith in their leash of sidereal fire?
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The field of sidereal astronomy, therefore, was virtually untrodden when, shortly after the beginning of his telescopic work, Herschel began his first review of the heavens.
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Then, from a sufficient number of observations of synodic periods to give their mean, we obtain the sidereal period, or period with reference to the stars.
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