The list of astronomy acronyms and abbreviations.

All astronomy related acronyms and abbreviations.

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Laser:
Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
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CCD:
Charge Coupled Device(Atomic Physics, Astronomical, Molecular Physics)
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AGU:
American Geophysical Union(Geophysics, Earth sciences, Physics)
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ESO:
European Southern Observatory(Observatory, Optics, Physics)
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VLA:
Very Large Array(Telescope, Physics, Celestial objects)
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FOS:
Faint Object Spectrograph(Analytical Chemistry, Instrument)
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GHRS:
Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph(Analytical Chemistry, Instrument)
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VLT:
Very Large Telescope(Telescope, Optics, Physics)
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AFGL:
Air Force Geophysics Laboratory(Earth sciences, Geophysics, RESEARCH)
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AMPS:
Atmosphere, Magnetosphere & Plasmas in Space(Plasma Physics, Physics)
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Atmospheric Magnetospheric Plasma System(Plasma Physics, Physics, SPACE)
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APh:
Astroparticle Physics(Physics, SPACE, Astrophysics)
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ASPP:
Atmospheric and Space Plasma Physics(Plasma Physics, Geoscience)
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AuJPA:
Australian Journal of Physics Astrophysical Supplement(AUSTRALIAN)
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CDM:
Cold Dark Matter(Physics, SPACE, Astrophysics)
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CHIPS:
Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer(Plasma Physics, Physics)
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CQGrS:
Classical and Quantum Gravity Supplement(Quantum Mechanics, Physics)
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CQGra:
Classical and Quantum Gravity(Quantum Mechanics, Physics, SPACE)
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CRPL:
Cosmic Ray Physics Laboratory(RESEARCH, Physics, SPACE)
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CoASP:
Comments on Astrophysics and Space Physics(Physics, SPACE, Astrophysics)
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