An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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فرهنگ ریشه‌شناختی اخترشناسی-اخترفیزیک



star trail
  رد ِ ستاره  
radd-e setâré
Fr.: traînées stellaires  

A curved → path left by a star on an → imaging detector attached to a → telescope when the telescope does not keep up with the → rotation of the → Earth.

See also:star; → trail.