The list of astronomy acronyms and abbreviations.
All astronomy related acronyms and abbreviations.
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FWHM: | Full Width At Half Maximum(Instrument, Astronomical instrument, Optics) |
FWZI: | Full Width at Zero Intensity(Instrument, Astronomical instrument) |
GCMS: | Gas Chromatograph and Mass Spectrometer(Instrument) |
GIMI: | Global Imaging Monitor of the Ionosphere(Instrument) |
HASI: | Huygens Atmosphere Structure Instrument(Instrument) |
HDS: | High Dispersion Spectrograph(Instrument, Astronomical instrument) |
HMC: | Halley Multicolor Camera(Instrument, Astronomical instrument) |
HRD: | High Rate Detector(Instrument, Astronomical instrument, Celestial objects) |
HRI: | High Resolution Imager(Instrument, Astronomical instrument) |
HXD: | Hard X-ray Detector(Instrument, Astronomical instrument, Celestial objects) |
IBAS: | INTEGRAL Burst Alert System(Instrument, Astronomical instrument) |
IBIS: | Imager on Board the INTEGRAL Satellite(Instrument) |
IRAC: | Infrared Array Camera(Instrument, Astronomical instrument) |
IRCS: | InfraRed Camera and Spectrograph(Instrument, Astronomical instrument) |
ISGRI: | INTEGRAL Soft Gamma-Ray Imager(Instrument, Astronomical instrument) |
LAD-C: | Large Area Debris Collector(Instrument, Astronomical instrument) |
LASCO: | Large Angle and Spectrometric COronagraph(Instrument) |
LETGS: | Low Energy Transmission Gratings Spectrometer(Instrument) |
MIPS: | Multi-band Imaging Photometer(Instrument, Astronomical instrument) |
MOLA: | Mars Observer Laser Altimeter(Instrument, Astronomical instrument) |
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