Following
Following , noun
1.
One's followers, adherents, or dependents, collectively. — Macaulay
2.
Vocation; business; profession.
Following , adjective
1.
Next after; succeeding; ensuing; as, the assembly was held on the following day.
2.
(Astronomy) (In the field of a telescope) In the direction from which stars are apparently moving (in consequence of the earth's rotation); as, a small star, north following or south following. In the direction toward which stars appear to move is called preceding.
The four principal directions in the field of a telescope are north, south, following, preceding.