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In the winter of 1995, a series of commands are sent to Hubble's on-board computer that turn the orbiting telescope toward what is apparently an "empty" part of the sky.
1995年冬，一個系列指令發送到哈勃的電腦中，將軌道上運行的哈勃轉向了應該是“虛無”的一片太空。
Hubble's powerful gaze locks onto this single region of space for ten consecutive days, creating a series of exposures that would be known as "The Hubble Deep Field".
哈勃的強大的鏡頭，連續10天被鎖定在這個單獨區域，拍攝下了一系列的圖片后來稱這區域為“哈勃深度區”。
The Hubble Deep Field was a pretty astonishing idea.
“哈勃深度區”真是個非常令人驚異的想法。
Take a telescope out in space and point it at one part of the sky and let it sit.
將一部望遠鏡送進太空再將其對準太空中的一部分，然后就定在那。
Just take an exposure and then take another one, and then another one, and another one.
拍照，拍完一張再拍一張，拍完再拍，拍完再拍，
And then add them all up and what do you see when you do this?
然后將這些照片疊加起來，最后你做了這些后，能看到什么呢？
That's what Hubble Deep Field is.
看到的就是“哈勃深度區”。
It is deep and we would see very deep into the universe.
我們會看到宇宙中非常深的區域，
And you see galaxies, thousands and thousands of galaxies.
你會看到星系，成千上萬的星系。
A crowded dense field that looks like you're taking a picture of fireflies out in a field at night.
這個區域星系稠密到像你在夏天夜空里拍的螢火蟲。
And yet, this is a, you know, an "empty" patch of sky.
但是，你知道，這應該是太空中的“虛無”區。
Every smudge of light in this Hubble picture is a galaxy containing billions of stars.
哈勃圖片中的每一個模糊的光點就是一個包含有數十億恒星的星系。
These galaxies are captured at various stages of evolution.
圖片中的星系處于演化的不同階段。
From a time near the birth of the cosmos to the rise of spiral galaxies like our own Milky Way.
從宇宙誕生的初期到像銀河系一樣的旋狀星系的興起。
Scattered here and there in the Hubble Deep Field are the smash-ups of space.
分散在“哈勃深度區”的各個角落太空中的大對撞。
Galaxies crashing into and cannibalizing each other.
星系相互碰撞，相互吞噬。
