The list of astronomy acronyms and abbreviations.
All astronomy related acronyms and abbreviations.
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HST: | Hubble Space Telescope(Astronomical satellite, Telescope, Satellite) |
PI: | Principal Investigator(Celestial objects, Astronomy, Army) |
UARS: | Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite(SpaceCraft) |
LLNL: | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory(RESEARCH, Celestial objects) |
USGS: | United States Geological Survey(Geological, Geology, Hurricane management) |
VLBI: | Very Long Baseline Interferometry(Astronomical instrument, Instrument) |
ACS: | Advanced Camera for Surveys(Astronomical instrument, Instrument) |
CCD: | Charge Coupled Device(Atomic Physics, Astronomical, Molecular Physics) |
ISAS: | Institute of Space and Astronautical Science(SPACE, Astrophysics) |
ACE: | Advanced Composition Explorer(SpaceCraft, Scientific satellite, Satellite) |
AGU: | American Geophysical Union(Geophysics, Earth sciences, Physics) |
EGRET: | Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope(Telescope, SPACE, Astrophysics) |
ESO: | European Southern Observatory(Observatory, Optics, Physics) |
GRO: | Gamma Ray Observatory(Observatory, Telescope, Celestial objects) |
STIS: | Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph(Astronomical instrument) |
AAS: | American Astronomical Society(Celestial objects, Astronomy, Organization) |
ADC: | Astronomical Data Center(Celestial objects, Astronomy, Organization) |
ADS: | Astrophysics Data System(SPACE, Astrophysics, Astronomy) |
FOC: | Faint Object Camera(Astronomical instrument, Instrument, Celestial objects) |
ISO: | Infrared Space Observatory(Astronomical satellite, Telescope, Satellite) |
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