The Astronomican is a psychic beacon located on Terra, which Navigators use to pilot Imperial spaceships through the otherwise unnavigable chaos of Warpspace. As the beam generated is psychic it exists within the psychic universe of the Warp. It is the duty of the Adeptus Astronomica to maintain all aspects of the Astronomican, including training those who will power it.

星炬是位于泰拉上的一个灵能灯塔，导航者们用它来引导帝国宇宙飞船穿越亚空间中原本无法航行的混乱。由于产生的光束是灵能的，它存在于亚空间的精神宇宙中。星炬庭有责任维护星炬的各个方面，包括培训那些为其提供动力的人。

The Astronomican sitting atop the Hollow Mountain 坐落于空洞山脉的星炬

Overview 概述

The Astronomican was originally constructed in M30 in preparation for the Great Crusade. The Emperor brought in large numbers of Tech-Priests and drafted much of Terra's population for the gargantuan task of constructing the Chamber of the Astronomican at the Forbidden Fortress. At the time of its construction, the Astronomican was the single largest structure on Terra, though this would later be surpassed by the Imperial Palace. In the days of the Great Crusade, the Astronomican was powered by the Emperor's own psychic might directly. Without the beacon of the Astronomican to guide their ships through the Warp, Imperial armies would not have been able to enact the Great Crusade.

星炬最初是在M30建造的，为大远征做准备。帝皇带来了大量的技术神甫，并征召了泰拉的大部分人口，以完成在禁忌要塞建造星炬的艰巨任务。在建造时，星炬是泰拉上最大的建筑，尽管后来被皇宫超越。在大远征的日子里，星炬直接由帝皇自己的灵能力量提供动力。如果没有星炬的灯塔来引导他们的船只通过亚空间，帝国军队就无法发动大远征。

In the climactic Siege of Terra at the end of the Horus Heresy, the Astronomican was initially captured and shut down by traitor forces. However, a contingent of Dark Angels under Corswain managed to recapture the beacon and attempted to reactivate it in order to give Roboute Guilliman's fleet of reinforcements a way to Terra. The Dark Angels proved unsuccessful in reactivating the Astronomican as the Death Guard under Typhus launched a counterattack to retake the Hollow Mountain. The loyalist effort seemed hopeless until Euphrati Keeler led a mass prayer amongst Terran refugees which saw huge swathes of them give their lives in order to restart the beacon and push back the Traitor host.

在荷鲁斯异端最后的高潮泰拉围城中，星炬最初被叛徒部队占据并关闭。然而，考斯韦恩率领的一支黑暗天使小队设法夺回了灯塔，并试图重新激活它，以便为罗伯特·基里曼的增援舰队提供一条通往泰拉的道路。事实证明，黑暗天使在重新激活星炬方面并不成功，因为泰丰斯手下的死亡守卫发动了反击，夺回了空心山脉。忠诚派的努力似乎毫无希望，直到幼发拉底·琪乐领导泰拉避难者进行了一场大规模祷告，他们中的大部分人为了重新启动灯塔并击退叛徒而献出了生命。

After the Heresy, the Emperor became interred within the Golden Throne and required increasing numbers of Psyker sacrifices to maintain the Astronomican. Today, the Astronomican is powered by ten thousand psykers trained by the Adeptus Astronomica. The omnipotent will of the Emperor constantly directs this energy across around fifty thousand light years of the Galaxy. Although the Emperor does not provide the energy of the beacon, only He has the psychic power to handle such immense energy and direct it across the Galaxy. The psykers who power the Astronomican are recruited into the organisation through the Adeptus Astra Telepathica. They are initiated into the Adeptus Astronomica as Acolytes, and taught how to use their powers, philosophy, the meaning of their lives, and the Lore of the Astronomican. Some achieve a mystic state, gaining the status of Chosen. It is these Chosen who are eventually called to serve in the Chamber of the Astronomican. Here they fuel the Astronomican beacon with their psychic energies; as their powers are drained the Chosen slowly fade and die. Up to one hundred Psykers die each day powering the Astronomican.

叛乱之后，帝皇被安置在黄金王座内，并要求越来越多的灵能者献祭来维持星炬。今天，星炬由星炬庭训练的一万名灵能者提供动力。帝皇的全能意志不断地将这种能量引导到银河系大约五万光年的范围内。虽然帝皇没有提供灯塔的能量，但只有他有灵能力量来处理如此巨大的能量并将其引导到整个银河系。为星炬提供动力的灵能者通过星语庭招募到该组织中。他们作为侍从被引入星炬庭，并被教导如何使用他们的力量、哲学、生命的意义和星炬的知识。有些人达到了神秘的状态，获得了受选者的地位。正是这些被选中的人最终被召唤到星炬庭任职。在这里，他们用他们的灵能能量为星炬灯塔供能；随着他们的力量被耗尽，受选者慢慢衰弱并死亡。每天有多达一百名灵能者为星炬提供动力。

However, the psychic power they generate through their sacrifice is directed by the mind of the Emperor across about fifty thousand light years of the Galaxy. Because Terra is situated in the galactic west, the Astronomican does not cover the extreme eastern part of the Galaxy. Warp travel beyond the Astronomican's reach is severely limited - this creates the effective borders of the Imperium. Because of this, destroying the Astronomican would most likely halt all Imperial Warp travel within the Galaxy, effectively bringing the Imperium to its knees.

然而，他们通过牺牲产生的灵能力量是由帝皇的精神引导的，横跨银河系约五万光年。由于泰拉位于银河系的西部，星炬没有覆盖银河系的最东部。超出星炬范围的亚空间航行受到严重限制—这创造了帝国的有效边界。因此，摧毁星炬很可能会停止银河系内的所有帝国亚空间航行，有效地使帝国屈服。

Navigators, as well as other psykers, can sense the Astronomican. It is described as a sensation of silvery light and a chorus of many heavenly voices, beginning first with a solitary voice and progressively growing into an angelic choir. It is suggested that "pious marines" who can hear the Astronomican can fall into a meditative trance when they focus on it. Space Marine Captain Gabriel Angelos occasionally entered a sort of battle trance when he heard the Astronomican while fighting, improving his prowess in combat for the duration.

导航者和其他灵能者都能感觉到星炬。它被描述为一种银色的光的感觉和许多天堂般的声音的合唱，最初是一个孤独的声音，逐渐成长为一个天使般的合唱团。有人认为，当“虔诚的战士”听到星炬的声音时，他们可以进入冥想心流状态。星际战士连长加百列·安杰罗在战斗中听到星炬之声后，偶尔会进入一种战斗心流状态，在这段时间内提高了他的战斗能力。

The Astronomican, unbeknownst to the Imperium, is what is drawing the Tyranid Hive Fleets to threaten the Galaxy and all of the Imperium.

帝国不知道的是星炬正是吸引泰伦虫巢舰队威胁银河系和整个帝国的原因。

Right after the 13th Black Crusade and the appearance of the Great Rift, the Astronomican went out, causing unrest and horror throughout the Imperium. This period, later called the Days of Blindness, varied wildly. On some worlds there were mere days of blindness; on others, months. It is presumed that some Imperial planets are still deprived of the Emperor's Light. On Terra the blindness lasted thirty-three days.

在第13次黑色远征和大裂隙出现后，星炬熄灭了，在整个帝国引起了动荡和恐慌。这一时期，后来被称为盲目之日，变化很大。在某些世界里，只有盲目之日；其他的大概几个月。据推测，一些帝国行星仍然被剥夺了帝皇之光。在泰拉上，盲目持续了三十三天。