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扫现天空人玛丽亚·米切尔 　　作为2009国际天文年的其中一个基础项目,“她是天文学家”(She is an Astronomer: breaking down misconceptions)致力于推动天文学领域的性别平等。一直以来,女性天文学家对天文学作出了极大贡献,然而为人熟知的少之又少。在她们当中最不可忽略的当数美国第一位女性天文学家玛丽亚?米切尔。可以说,现今有许多女性活跃于美国天文界,或多或少要归功于这位长期投身于天文事业的女性。 　　 　　October 1st, 1847 　　In 1847, 29-year-old Maria Mitchell stood on the roof of her parents’ Nantucket home, focusing her telescope on a faraway star. Suddenly she realized that the blurry light was not a star at all, but a comet. 　　The first person to record a comet sighting, she immediately captured the imagination of America and of the world. In 1865, she was appointed the first professor at the newly founded Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. She would live, study, and teach there for the next 23 years. Aware of her status as a pioneer woman scientist, Maria Mitchell became an active supporter of the woman’s rights movement. She continued her astronomical research until her death in 1888. 　　 　　1847年10月1日 　　1847年,29岁的玛丽亚?米切尔站在位于(美国马萨诸塞州)楠塔基特岛的父母家的天台上,用望远镜注视着一颗遥远的星星。突然,她发现那点模糊的光根本不是一颗星星,而是一颗彗星。作为第一个写下彗星目击记录的人,玛丽亚?米切尔立刻引起了美国以及全世界的关注。1865年,她被任命为纽约州波基普西市新成立的瓦萨学院的第一位教授。在接下来的23年里,她会在那里生活、学习和任教。玛丽亚?米切尔意识到自己是女性科学家的先驱者,积极地支持女权运动。直到1888年去世为止,她一直坚持不懈地进行天文学研究。 　　 　　The evening of October 1st, 1847 began as most evenings did for Maria Mitchell. From the small 　　1)observatory on the roof of her home in Nantucket, the 2)amateur astronomer “swept” the night sky, as was her habit, searching for anything new or different. 　　At 10:30 that night, Maria spotted a blurry, 3)fuzzy body in the upper right hand corner of her telescope’s field. 　　She ran downstairs to tell her father, a cashier at the Nantucket Pacific Bank and a skilled amateur astronomer himself. William Mitchell followed his daughter to the rooftop, where he carefully compared the small object in the telescope with the stars near it and the 4)chart on the table. He confirmed what Maria had 5)suspected: she had discovered a comet. 　　Once reported to and 6)acknowledged by leadin