astronomy
951 abbreviations
Abbreviation | Meaning | |
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HEASARC | (organization) High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center, a NASA organization that deals with X-ray and gamma ray telescope data | |
HESS | (telescope) High Energy Stereoscopic System, a telescope for detecting cosmic rays | |
HETE | (telescope) High Energy Transient Explorer, a space telescope that performs multi-wavelength observations of gamma ray bursts | |
HF | (astrophysics terminology) High Frequency | |
HGA | (instrumentation) High Gain Antenna | |
HH | (celestial object) Herbig-Haro object, objects formed when the ejecta from new stars collides with the interstellar medium | |
HIC | (catalog) HIPPARCOS Input Catalog, a catalog of data for the first target stars selected for observation by the Hipparcos | |
HICAT | (catalog) HIPASS catalog, a catalog of HI sources, see also NHICAT | |
HID | (astrophysics terminology) Hardness-Intensity Diagram, a type of color magnitude diagram used in X-ray and gamma ray astronomy | |
HIP | (catalog) HIPPARCOS, the catalog of data produced by Hipparcos | |
HIPASS | (Observing program) HI Parkes All-Sky Survey, survey of HI sources | |
HIPPARCOS | (telescope) HIgh Precision PARallax COllecting Satellite, a space telescope specifically designed to measure distances to stars using parallax | |
HISA | (astrophysical terminology) HI Self-Absorption region | |
HK | (catalog) Survey for metal-poor stars based on the strength of CaII H and K absorption lines | |
HLIRG | (celestial object) HyperLuminous Infrared Galaxy, a galaxy that is brighter than 1013 solar luminosities in the infrared | |
HMC | (instrumentation) Halley Multicolor Camera, an instrument on the Giotto spacecraft | |
HMPO | (celestial object) High-Mass Proto-stellar Object | |
HMXB | (celestial object) High-Mass X-Ray Binary, an X-ray-luminous binary system consisting of a compact star and a massive star | |
HPMS | (celestial object) High Proper Motion Star, a star with high proper motion | |
HR | (catalog) Hoffleit Bright Star | |
HR | (astrophysics terminology) Hertzsprung-Russell, a diagram that compares stars' colors to their luminosities | |
HRC-I | (instrumentation) High Resolution Camera, an instrument on the Chandra X-Ray Observatory | |
HRD | (instrumentation) High Rate Detector, an instrument on the Cassini spacecraft | |
HRI | (instrumentation) High Resolution Imager, an instrument on the ROSAT telescope | |
HRMS | (observing program) High Resolution Microwave Survey, a survey for microwave signals from extraterrestrial intelligence | |
HSP | (instrumentation) High Speed Photometer, an instrument formerly on the Hubble Space Telescope | |
HST | (telescope) Hubble Space Telescope | |
HTRA | (astrophysics terminology) High Time Resolution Astrophysics, the observations of phenomena that vary on timescales of one second or less | |
HUT | (telescope) Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope, an ultraviolet telescope that operated from the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle | |
HVC | (celestial object) High Velocity Cloud, an interstellar cloud with a velocity that is too high to be explained by galactic rotation | |
HVS | (celestial object) Hypervelocity Star or High Velocity Star | |
HXD | (instrumentation) Hard X-ray Detector, an instrument on the Suzaku space telescope | |
IAC | (organization) Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias | |
IAPPP | (organization) International Amateur/Professional Photoelectric Photometry | |
IAS | (organization) Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale | |
IASY | (observing program) International Active Sun Year, the name given to a series of coordinated Sun-related observational programs performed in 1969 and 1971 | |
IAU | (organization) International Astronomical Union | |
IAUC | (publication) IAU Circular | |
IAYC | (meeting) International Astronomical Youth Camp | |
IBAS | (instrumentation) INTEGRAL Burst Alert System, an instrument on the INTEGRAL satellite | |
IBIS | (instrumentation) Imager on Board the INTEGRAL Satellite, an instrument on the INTEGRAL satellite | |
IBVS | (publication) Information Bulletin on Variable Stars | |
IC | (catalog) Index Catalog | |
IC | (celestial object) Intracluster, either the regions between stars in star clusters or the region between galaxies in galaxy clusters | |
ICE | (spacecraft) International Comet Explorer | |
ICM | (celestial object) Intracluster Medium, is the superheated gas present at the center of a galaxy cluster | |
ICQ | (publication) International Comet Quarterly | |
ICRF | (astrophysics terminology) International Celestial Reference Frame, a coordinate system based on radio sources used to define the locations of objects in the sky | |
ICRS | (astrophysics terminology) International Celestial Reference System, a coordinate system based on Hipparcos observations used to define the locations of objects in the sky | |
IDA | (organization) International Dark-Sky Association, an organization that seeks to control light pollution |