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" <[email protected]> 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 > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
