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autoguiding
  خودراهبرد، راهبرد خودکار   
xodrâhbord, râhbord-e xodkâr

Fr.: autoguidage   

The act or process of guiding a telescope automatically.

autoguider.

guiding
  راهبرد   
râhbord

Fr.: guidage   

A → technique used in astronomical → observations to keep the → telescopetracking in pace with the → rotational motion of the → Earth. Guiding consists of maintaining the → image of a star motionless during the observation. See also → guiding accuracy, → guiding telescope, → offset guiding, → autoguiding.

Verbal noun of → guide.

guiding accuracy
  رشمندی ِ راهبرد   
rašmandi-ye râhbord

Fr.: précision du guidage   

The accuracy (expressed in arcseconds) with which a → telescope follows the → rotational motion of the → Earth.

guiding; → accuracy.

guiding center
  مرکز ِ راهبرد   
markaz-e râhbord

Fr.: centre de guidage   

In the → epicyclic theory of → galactic rotation, the center of the → epicycle.

guide; → center.

guiding telescope
  دوربین ِ راهبرد   
durbin-e râhbord

Fr.: lunette de guidage   

A telescope which is attached to a second telescope being used for photographic purposes. The guiding telescope, mounted parallel to the optical axis of the main telescope, is used by the observer to keep the image of a celestial body motionless on a photographic plate.

guiding; → telescope.

offset guiding
  راهبرد ِ اپ-نه   
râhbord-e apneh

Fr.: guidage décalé   

Guiding an astronomical exposure on a star, when the object of interest is nearby, but invisible.

offset; → guiding.