1·Saturn still shines in the night though, farther eastward along the ecliptic plane.
尽管如此，土星仍然在黄道平面向东更远的地方发光。
2·The ecliptic plane is defined as the imaginary plane containing the Earth's orbit around the sun.
黄道平面是一个假想的平面，理论上它包含了地球环绕太阳运行的轨道。
3·The idea was to take pictures of the night sky along what’s known as the ecliptic plane, the band in the sky where most of the other planets orbit, and see if anything moved.
这个想法是沿着所谓的黄道面拍摄夜空，这个地带是空中的这个范围中大部分其他的行星轨道，观察是否有东西移动。
4·Of course, defined by the path of the Sun through planet Earth's sky, the ecliptic plane rides low during July nights in the northern hemisphere's summer skies.
当然，可由此从行星地球的天空中辨认太阳的运行轨迹，黄道平面在北半球夏季七月的天空中的位置很低。
5·Astronomically, the Twenty-four Solar Terms are defined according to the position of the sun on the ecliptic.
二十四节气在天文学上是以视太阳在黄道上的位置来确定的。