astronomy
951 abbreviations
Abbreviation | Meaning | |
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1RXH | (catalog) 1st ROSAT X-ray HRI, a catalog of sources detected by ROSAT in pointed observations with its High Resolution Imager | |
1RXS | (catalog) 1ROSAT X-ray Survey, a catalog of sources detected by ROSAT in an all-sky survey | |
2dF | (instrumentation) Two-degree Field, spectrograph on the Anglo-Australian Telescope | |
2dFGRS | (observing program) Two-degree-Field Galaxy Redshift Survey | |
2MASP | (catalog) Two-Micron All Sky Survey Prototype, an early version of the 2MASS catalog | |
2MASS | (observing program/catalog) Two-Micron All Sky Survey, an all-sky survey in the near-infrared; also, the catalog of sources from the survey | |
2MASSI | (catalog) Two-Micron All Sky Survey, Incremental release, one of the versions of the 2MASS catalog | |
2MASSW | (catalog) Two-Micron All Sky Survey, Working database, one of the versions of the 2MASS catalog | |
2SLAQ | (observing program) 2dF-SDSS LRG And QSO survey | |
6dF | (instrumentation) Six-degree Field, spectrograph on the UKST | |
A&A | (publication) Astronomy & Astrophysics, a European scientific journal | |
AAA | (organization) Amateur Astronomers Association of New York | |
AAO | (organization) Australian Astronomical Observatory (prior to 1 July 2010: Anglo-Australian Observatory) | |
AAS | (organization) American Astronomical Society | |
AAT | (telescope) Anglo-Australian Telescope | |
AAVSO | (organization) American Association of Variable Star Observers | |
ABBA | ADC Backend For Bolometer Array | |
ABRIXAS | (observing program) A BRoadband Imaging X-ray All-sky Survey | |
AC | (catalog) Catalogue Astrographique | |
ACE | (spacecraft) Advanced Composition Explorer | |
ACIS | (instrumentation) Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer, an instrument on the Chandra X-Ray Observatory | |
ACM | (meeting) Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors | |
ACP | (instrumentation) Aerosol Collector and Pyrolyser, an instrument on the Huygens probe | |
ACS | (instrumentation) Advanced Camera for Surveys, an instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope | |
ACV | (celestial object) Alpha Canes Venatici, a class of rotating variable stars with strong magnetic fields named after Alpha Canum Venaticorum (Cor Caroli), the archetype for the class | |
ACYG | (celestial object) Alpha CYGni, a class of rotating variable stars named after Alpha Cygni (Deneb), the archetype for the class | |
ADAF | (astrophysics terminology) Advection Dominated Accretion Flow, a mechanism by which matter is slowly accreted onto a black hole | |
ADC | (organization) Astronomical Data Center | |
ADEC | (organization) Astrophysics Data Centers Executive Council, an organization that provides oversight for the Astrophysics Data and Information Services | |
ADF | (organization) Astrophysics Data Facility | |
ADIS | (organization) Astrophysics Data and Information Services | |
ADS | (catalog) Aitken Double Stars | |
ADS | (organization) Astrophysics Data Service, an organization that maintains an online database of scientific articles | |
AFGL | (organization) Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, a research laboratory now part of the United States Air Force Research Laboratory | |
AFOEV | (organization) Association française des observateurs d'étoiles variables | |
AG | (organization) Astronomische Gesellschaft | |
AGAPE | (observing program) Andromeda Galaxy and Amplified Pixels Experiment, a search for microlenses in front of the Andromeda Galaxy | |
AGB | (celestial object) Asymptotic Giant Branch, a type of red giant star | |
AGK | (catalog) Astronomische Gesellschaft Katalog | |
AGN | (celestial object) Active Galactic Nucleus | |
AGU | (organization) American Geophysical Union | |
AIM | (spacecraft) Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere, a spacecraft that will study the Noctilucent clouds | |
AIPS | (software) Astronomical Image Processing System | |
AJ | (publication) Astronomical Journal | |
ALaMO | (organization) Automated Lunar and Meteor Observatory | |
ALEXIS | (instrumentation) Array of Low Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors | |
ALMA | (telescope) Atacama Large Millimeter/Sub-millimeter Array | |
ALPO | (organization) Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers | |
AMANDA | (telescope) Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array, a neutrino telescope | |
AMASE | (software) Astrophysics Multi-spectral Archive Search Engine |