请听天文课讲座的部分内容。
我们将迈入天文学的新时代。
天文学家们知道冥王星和海王卫一拥有几乎相同的体积、质量和密度。
Astronomers know that Pluto and Triton have nearly the same size, mass, and density.
甚至是小型的月食都会令他兴奋，而且应该会令任何一位业余的天文爱好者着迷。
Even small eclipses get him juiced and should be fascinating to any amateur astronomer.
我的理想是当一个天文学家。
一万个小时后，你学到的知识足以让你成为一名天文学家或工程师。
In 10,000 hours you could have learned enough to become an astronomer or engineer.
天文学的例子还有哪里出错呢？
这是一个很好的例子，说明了光谱学在天文学中有多么重要。
This is a good example of how important spectroscopy is in astronomy.
天文学家很高兴知道他们对于月球的假设是正确的。
Astronomers were glad to know that their suppositions about the moon were correct.
现在天文学家认为那是一颗在高空燃烧的流星。
Now astronomers think it was a meteor that burned up high in the atmosphere.
当天文学家发现了这颗恒星，他们就会观察它周围的行星。
When astronomers have found the star, they look at the planets around it.
天文学家最终确实发现了太阳黑子与磁场的关系。
Astronomers did eventually figure out what sunspots had to do with magnetic fields.
那么你会有天文数字的系统状态。
我在大学里选了一门天文学的课程。
一个天文单位是地球与太阳之间的距离。
An astronomical unit is the distance between Earth and our sun.
没有理解这些，天文学是相当困难的。
一个天文单位等于地球到太阳之间的距离。
One astronomical unit is the distance between the Earth and the sun.
大型天文台也看中了加那利群岛宁静的天空。
Large astronomical observatories also take advantage of the calm Canary Island sky.
它可能会在距离太阳3万个天文单位的地方被发现。
It could be found up to 30,000 astronomical units from the sun.
存在于x射线天文学中的，很令人着迷的应用，即，x射线双星。
I want to discuss a fascinating application that we have in X-ray astronomy.
他是那些天文学家中最优秀的一个。
天文学是研究宇宙的科学。
这可能并不是许多天文学家所预期的。
另一个则是需要在天文望远镜的视场和放大率之间进行取舍。
Another is the trade off between a telescope's field of view and its magnification.
这张照片是在智利的一座高山顶上用巨型天文望远镜摄下的。
The photo was taken with a giant telescope on a mountaintop in Chile.
学习天文学对了解地球有重要的作用。
A knowledge of astronomy is essential to understanding the Earth.
我们的想法是将天文物理和环境科学结合起来，这是一个新的领域。
Our wish was to link astrophysics with environmental science, which is quite an unexplored area.
最近引起天文学家兴趣的是，火星表面是否存在液态水。
What has intrigued astronomers recently is whether there might be liquid water on the surface.
他们说其实这个决定不被特定的天文学家和公众们所支持。
They say this was hugely unpopular with certain astronomers and with the public in general.
由于天文满月，复活节的日期不会是每年的同一天。
It does not always occur on the same date as the astronomical full moon.
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