Hubble
Space Telescope II 哈勃太空望遠鏡 II (12/8/2003)
哈勃太空望遠鏡發射至今已有13年了，在這些年日中，位於太空的哈勃也不難沒有老化，所以我們每隔幾年便派出穿梭機去進行維修任務，圖中的是2002年3年的維修任務，你可以看到太空人爬上哈勃上，準備安裝新儀器。
Caption::
In STS-109 sbuttle mission, astronauts John M. Grunsfeld (top) and Richard
M. Linnehan participate in a 6 hour, 48 minute space walk designed to
install a new Power Control Unit (PCU) on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST).
The two went on to replace the original unit launched with the telescope
in April 1990. Grunsfeld is on the end of Columbia's Remote Manipulator
System (RMS) robotic arm, controlled from inside the crew cabin by astronaut
Nancy J. Currie. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.
Credit::
NASA
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Bronze
Saints 青銅聖鬥士 (11/8/2003)
「令全世界都哭之奇蹟傑作」－聖鬥士星矢冥王十二宮編！若大家的年齡相近二十歲，都應該會聽過星矢這個名字，一套轟動一時的卡通片。但當年有一個遺憾，星矢最精彩的部份－冥王編，並沒有拍成卡通，星矢迷等了十三年（又是十三？）居然等到這一天，去年的十一月九日，星矢重新登上銀幕，那就是冥王十二宮編。這圖是新出的十二宮編特刊的封面，青銅們都穿上女神之血的新生聖衣。
Caption::
If you are age 20 or above, you should know what is Saint Seiya, the very
famous anime boardcasted in the early 1990s. However, at that time, the
anime is not complete, missing out the most important part - Hades Chapter.
After waiting for 13 years, we are so surpise that Hades chapter come
out again in Nov 9, 2002. This image is the cover of the new book of Saint
Seiya Hades Chapter, the bronze Saints are wearing the Goddness blood
reborn new cloth.
Credit::
Kurumada
Masami, Shueisha and Toei Animation
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Mars
火星 (10/8/2003)
又是火星？對，又是火星。沒法子啦，快要到火星大衝，所以都要貼多些火星的相上來。之前都未貼過一張完整的火星的相，今次這張是由哈勃太空望遠鏡拍的，兩端白色的是火星極冠，即我們的南北極，而在極冠以外還有著白色的霜凝結在那裏，而我們在望遠鏡中看到的火星也會是這個樣子（當然不及哈勃那麼清楚）。
Caption::
Frosty white water ice clouds and swirling orange dust storms above a
vivid rusty landscape reveal Mars as a dynamic planet in this sharpest
view ever obtained by an Earth-based telescope. The Earth-orbiting Hubble
telescope snapped this picture on June 26, when Mars was approximately
43 million miles (68 million km) from Earth -- its closest approach to
our planet since 1988. Hubble can see details as small as 10 miles (16
km) across. Especially striking is the large amount of seasonal dust storm
activity seen in this image. One large storm system is churning high above
the northern polar cap [top of image], and a smaller dust storm cloud
can be seen nearby. Another large duststorm is spilling out of the giant
Hellas impact basin in the Southern Hemisphere [lower right].
Credit::
NASA
and the Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI)
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Very
Large Telescope 甚大望遠鏡 (9/8/2003)
早兩天提及到智利的亞他加馬，是全世界最乾旱的地方，正因為這特點，天文學家就看中了這個地方，在那裏興建了一個大型天文台。這天文台名為甚大望遠鏡(真不明白它為何不改過個好一點兒的名字)，為南歐天文台所建，由四個直徑8米的天文望遠鏡組成，至今已經有不少發現。
Caption::
Water from springs, snowmelt, and scant summer rain creates high-altitude
lakes, luring migratory flamingos to roost. On frigid nights ice forms
like lace around their legs, the morning sun sets them free.2 days ago,
I mentioned Chile's Atacama Desert, the driest place on the Earth. Because
of it's so dry, astronomer love its stable weather and built an large
observatory there - the Very Large Telescope. This observatory is operated
by European Southern Observatory, it composed of 4 8-m telescope, and
have a lot of breakthrough in the years.
Credit::
ESO
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NGC
6397 (8/8/2003)
這是一張哈勃的新相，圖中的天體叫 NGC
6397，如果大家不是第一次來這網站，應該都不是第一次看這一類的天體了。對了，這是一個球狀星團，一個擁有很多恆星的小地方，正因為球狀星團的密度那麼高，恆星之間也多容易發生碰撞。
Caption::
This Hubble Space Telescope view of the core of one of the nearest globular
star clusters, called NGC 6397, resembles a treasure chest of glittering
jewels. The cluster is located 8,200 light-years away in the constellation
Ara. Here, the stars are jam-packed together. The stellar density is about
a million times greater than in our Sun's stellar neighborhood. The stars
in NGC 6397 are also in constant motion, like a swarm of angry bees. The
ancient stars are so crowded together that a few of them inevitably collide
with each other once in a while. Near misses are even more common.
Credit::
NASA
and the Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI)
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