For thousands of years, planets were just bright lights in the sky, one-dimensional points that wandered among the fixed stars.

几千年来，行星只被认为是天空中的亮光，或是游荡在静止恒星之间的一维点。

All the other stars are called fixed stars, because they do not move round the sun.

其他星星则都被称作恒星, 因为它们没有围绕太阳进行运动。

The fixed stars form sets or groups, to which names have been given.

些恒星可以构成星群或星团, 而它们也都有自己的称。

Most asteroids and comets are discovered using autonomous software, for example, looking for moving objects among the tens or hundreds of thousands of fixed stars in digital images.

大多数的小行星和彗星都是通过自动化软件现的，例如，数码照片中寻找成千上万颗恒星中移动的物体。

He states that our sun is no different from the visible fixed stars.

他指出，我们的太阳与那些可见的恒星并无二致。

The lustre of the fixed stars was diminished to a sort of blueness.

恒星的光泽减弱为一种蓝色。

Although I believed them to be among the number of fixed stars, they nevertheless intrigued me because they appeared to be arranged exactly along a straight line and parallel to the ecliptic.

尽管我起初认为它们是恒星中的一员，但它们仍引起了我的兴趣， 因为它们似乎精确地排列成一条直线， 并与黄道平行。

Though called a fixed star, it is, like all fixed stars, moving with inconceivable velocity; but no magnifying will show that velocity as anything but rest'.

虽然称为恒星， 但它和所有恒星一样， 以不可思议的速度运动； 但没有放大镜会显示速度不是静止的'。

And he's also looking for any discernible parallax, which would indicate that it's moving relative to the sphere of the fixed stars.

他还寻找任何可察觉的视差，表明它相对于固定恒星的天球在移动。

For him, the hooded figure became an anchor point, a fixed star in the constellation of his memory.

对他而言，那个罩着斗篷的身影成了记忆中的锚点，如同星座中一颗恒定的星辰。

He also noted that, if he increased the power of the telescope he was using, the new object increased in size more than the fixed stars.

他还注意到， 如果他增强所用望远镜的放大倍数，个新天体的大小增长幅度会超过那些固定的恒星。