上海市民办中芯学校天文台重新开放啦！近日，我校天文台经过整修，引进了全新的高质量望远镜。由此，中芯大家庭可以一起探索浩瀚星空。
SMIC Private School is excited to announce the re-opening of the SMIC Observatory. Recently, our observatory has been renovated and a new high-quality telescope has been installed. The SMIC telescope is as impressive as it gets for a school telescope, and now our community can marvel at the starry sky together.
01中芯学校天文台望远镜介绍
Specifications of the SMIC telescope
这是中芯学校首次引入高端望远镜米德仪器 LX200-ACF。米德仪器 LX200-ACF是反射式望远镜，光线通过镜面聚焦在内。该望远镜的直径约为35厘米（14英寸），焦距为3.5米，根据所用的不同目镜，可将观测物放大80到300倍，极其适合观测月球和行星。
This is the first year that SMIC has had its fabulous telescope MEADE LX200-ACF. It’s a reflector telescope, meaning that the light gets focused in it by mirrors. The diameter of the telescope is about 35 centimeters (14 inches) and its focal length is 3.5 meters. This means that we can get magnification from 80 to 300 times, depending on the eyepiece lens that we use. Our telescope is perfect for looking at the Moon and planets.
该望远镜可由计算机控制和编程。观测者可使用遥控器将其指向不同的行星和恒星，配合高质量的CCD相机，可以用望远镜拍摄月球及行星的照片，并将照片存储在计算机中。此外，天文台的太阳过滤器可供观测太阳黑子。
Our telescope is computerized and programmable. This means we can use a remote control to point it at different planets and stars, lists of which we can modify. We have a high-quality CCD camera to take pictures of the Moon and planets with the telescope and store the photos on computers. We have a solar filter to observe sunspots too.
中芯师生使用望远镜观测
02中芯学校天文台活动
Activities at the SMIC Observatory
中芯学校新设有一门微型课程——天文学。参加天文学微型课程的学生们将用米德仪器望远镜为自己最喜欢的月球陨石坑拍摄照片，并在科学嘉年华上展示对陨石坑的研究。
There is a new mini-course at our school – Astronomy. The students enrolled in the Astronomy mini-course have taken pictures of their favorite craters on the Moon using MEADE telescope and CCD camera with an impressive magnification. They presented their research about the craters at the Science Carnival.
我校计划将在本学年结束前向全校学生开放天文台。如果家长允许，学生们可以在天黑后来到天文台进行观测。在今年的四月、五月和六月，我们将能观测到水星、金星、火星、天王星和月球。家长们也将受邀一同观测。
We plan to open the observatory to the rest of the SMIC students before the end of the school year. As long as permission is given by parents, the students can come to the observatory after dark. In April, May, and June, we will be able to see Mercury, Venus, Mars, Uranus, and the Moon. Parents will be invited too.
天文学微型课程的同学们使用望远镜与CCD相机拍摄的月坑。
Astronomy mini-course students took these pictures of lunar craters using our telescope and CCD camera.
由望远镜及DSLR相机所摄月球照片
Pictures of the Moon taken with a DSLR camera mounted to the telescope
同学们通过视频采集软件，使用望远镜的CCD相机拍摄图片。
Students taking pictures with the telescope's CCD camera via video capturing software.
中芯学校校董庄小凤在天文台
The Chancellor and the telescope
03遨游浩瀚星空
Wandering in the starry sky
在不久前举行的中芯学校天文台开幕式上，许多老师出席并观测、欣赏了放大数倍的月球、火星、木星、金星和天王星。未来，我校师生将有更多的机会观测星空，探寻宇宙奥秘。
All staff have the opportunity to use the observatory as well. Many teachers were present at the grand opening of the SMIC observatory and enjoyed seeing the Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Venus, and Uranus with large magnification. We will definitely have more nighttime sessions for more staff members to check out the observatory and the night sky.
让我们在中芯学校开启探索星空之旅！
We look forward to stargazing with our dear SMIC community!