Facilitating the more natural aiming of telescopes

A computer readable medium storing a computer program product for implementing a computer implemented method for facilitating the more natural aiming of an optical observation device, the computer implemented method comprising:

• measuring an azimuth of the optical observation device, an elevation of the optical observation device, and a rotation of the optical observation device relative to an observer, wherein a field of view observed through the observation device appears with an optical translation relative to an observation of the field of view with an unaided eye of the observer;
• receiving input from the observer to move the field of view in an optical view direction;
• wherein the optical view direction is relative to the field of view;
• converting the optical view direction to an optical translation direction, wherein the optical translation direction is calculated based on a celestial coordinate system, and wherein the celestial coordinate system is inherent in a design of a mounting of the optical observation device;
• and
• moving the optical observation device in the optical translation direction, wherein the field of view moves in the optical view direction.

A data processing system comprising:

• a bus;
• a processor connected to the bus;
• a memory connected to the bus, wherein the memory stores computer readable instructions which, when executed by the processor, implements a computer implemented method of for facilitating the more natural aiming of an optical observation device, the computer implemented method comprising:
• measuring an azimuth of the optical observation device, an elevation of the optical observation device, and a rotation of the optical observation device relative to an observer, wherein a field of view observed through the observation device appears with an optical translation relative to an observation of the field of view with an unaided eye of the observer;
• receiving input from the observer to move the field of view in an optical view direction;
• wherein the optical view direction is relative to the field of view;
• converting the optical view direction to an optical translation direction, wherein the optical translation direction is calculated based on a celestial coordinate system, and wherein the celestial coordinate system is inherent in a design of a mounting of the optical observation device;
• and
• moving the optical observation device in the optical translation direction, wherein the field of view moves in the optical view direction.