该星体距离地球大约一万光年，位于半人马座。
The star is about 10,000 light-years from Earth, in the constellation Centaurus. [Photo of the massive star.]
但它们还是要花上20年，才能抵达半人马座阿尔法星。
But it would still take 20 years for them to get to Alpha Centauri.
这颗行星围绕着一颗距我们约五十光年的人马座恒星运转。
This planet is orbiting a star in the Pegasus constellation some 50 light years away.
向西南方向去观测那仅仅位于在地平线之上美丽的人马座。
Look in the southwest to see the beautiful constellation Sagittarius just above the horizon.
这种机器人同时也能够安装在轮式平台上，像半人马座那样。
The robot could also be mounted, Centaur-like, on a wheeled platform.
银心附近的星座包括人马座、天秤座、天蝎座、盾牌座和蛇夫座。
Constellations near the Galactic Center include Sagittarius, Libra, Scorpius, Scutum, and Ophiuchus.
离太阳最近的恒心是半人马座（即比邻星），它与太阳相距4光年。
The nearest star to our own is Proxima Centuari and it lays just over 4 light-years away.
(半人马座距离太阳约4光年)回旋标星云距离地球5000光年。
半人马座是已知的漫游在我们银河系光环中的200多个星团中最大的。
Omega Cen is the largest of 200 or so known globular clusters that roam the halo of our Milky Way galaxy.
它也被称为M20，位于5000光年之外有着丰富星云的人马座方向上。
Also known as M20, it lies about 5, 000 light-years away toward the nebula rich constellation Sagittarius.
这是欧米茄半人马座核心部位的照片，其亮光来自200百万颗闪烁的恒星。
The light of two million stars combines to form this image of the core of Omega Centauri.
在崇高界委员会的一致同意后，半人马座科学董事会建在半人马星座空间内。
After unanimous agreement within the Circle of the Empyreal council, the Sagittarius Science Directorate is founded within Centaurus space.
它属于半人马座星系团，后者是我们附近宇宙中最大质量的星系团组合之一。
It is associated with the Centaurus cluster, one of the most massive assemblages of galaxies in the nearby universe.
经过几个月的观测之后，他注意到一个来自人马座方向的无法识别，但一直持续不断的噪声源。
After months of observations, he noticed that one unidentified yet persistent source of noise was coming from the direction of the constellation Sagittarius.
这第13个星座称为【蛇夫座】，它坐落的地点位于天蝎座的尾端和人马座的前端。
The thirteenth house is called Ophiuchus, and it falls in that area between the end of Scorpio and the beginning of Sagittarius.
人马座a本身很显然是两个星系碰撞后产生的，碰撞剩余的残片正持续地被黑洞吸入。
Centaurus a itself is apparently the result of a collision of two galaxies and the left over debris is steadily being consumed by the black hole.
值得庆幸的是，如果半人马座阿尔法星系存在生命，它们遭受此厄运的可能性微乎其微。
Fortunately, if life has taken root in the Alpha Centauri system, it is not likely to suffer this fate.
图2：人马座欧米茄球状星团的聚合恒星展现出最新的第三代广域照相机强大的拍摄能力。
2: Massed stars in the Omega Centauriglobular cluster showcase the abilities of the new Wide Field Camera 3.
往壮丽的南天星座半人马座方向看，两种图都显示出隐藏在尘埃后面光学望远镜看不见的恒星和结构。
Looking toward the grand southern constellation Centaurus, both views reveal stars and structures hidden from optical telescopes by obscuring dust.
这幅高清望远镜图像显示的是距地15 000光年的半人马座欧米伽球状星团（NGC 5139）。
Featured in this sharp telescopic image, globular star cluster Omega Centauri (NGC 5139) is some 15, 000 light-years away.
位于人马座的此星云距离地球5800光年，它是一个新星团的孕育场，八百万年前新星团由云团演变而来。
Located 5, 800 light-years from Earth in the Centaurus constellation, this nebula is a stellar nursery of new star clusters born from a cloud 8 million years ago.
月球环形山观测与遥感卫星（LCROSS）项目中，“半人马座”火箭被撞击进入月球南极的一个环形山内。
The Lunar CraterRemote Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) mission involved deliberately crashing a spent Centaur rocket into a crater near the Moon's south pole.
但这并不代表半人马座阿尔法星不具有某种适宜居住的环境——它最好是类似于我们地球的行星，而不是卫星。
That's not to say that Alpha Centauri doesn't have a habitable world of some kind—it would just have to be a planet like our own, rather than a moon.
日本的天文学家说，最知名星云之一的人马座三裂星云，它的壮丽景观可正是由两朵气体和尘埃云的碰撞造成的。
Astronomers in Japan say one of the best-known nebulae-the Trifid, in the constellation sagittarius-owes its splendor to a smashup between two clouds of gas and dust.
在LCROSS探测器自身也对月球进行撞击之前，它的探测仪器对半人马座火箭撞击造成的月球土尘羽流进行检测。
The resulting plume of lunar soil was examined by instruments on the LCROSS probe before it too crashed into the moon.
因为它能察觉红外线的本领，NIFS穿越气体和尘埃掩盖的恒星，12000光年外的人马座有颗叫W33A的恒星。
With its ability to detect infrared light, NIFS pierced the gas and dust obscuring the star, known as W33A and located about 12,000 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius.
因为它能察觉红外线的本领，NIFS穿越气体和尘埃掩盖的恒星，12000光年外的人马座有颗叫W33A的恒星。
With its ability to detect infrared light, NIFS pierced the gas and dust obscuring the star, known as W33A and located about 12,000 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius.
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