The list of astronomy acronyms and abbreviations.
All astronomy related acronyms and abbreviations.
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IUE: | International Ultraviolet Explorer(Telescope, SPACE, Astrophysics) |
NOAA: | National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration(Parapsychology) |
NRAO: | National Radio Astronomy Observatory(Celestial objects, Astronomy) |
SAA: | South Atlantic Anomaly(Astronomical, Meteorology, Climatology) |
SAO: | Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory(Celestial objects, Astronomy) |
SMM: | Solar Maximum Mission(Telescope, Satellite, SPACE) |
USRA: | Universities Space Research Association(Academia, Higher Education) |
VLA: | Very Large Array(Telescope, Physics, Celestial objects) |
AMANDA: | Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array(Telescope) |
ASA: | Astronomical Society of the Atlantic(SPACE, Astrophysics) |
AURA: | Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy(Academia) |
CGRO: | Compton Gamma Ray Observatory(Astronomical satellite, Satellite, SPACE) |
CfA: | Center for Astrophysics(Celestial objects, Astronomy, Organization) |
EPD: | Energetic Particles Detector(SPACE, Astrophysics, Astronomy) |
FGS: | Fine Guidance Sensors(Astronomical instrument, Instrument) |
FITS: | Flexible Image Transport System(Software, Celestial objects, Astronomy) |
FOS: | Faint Object Spectrograph(Analytical Chemistry, Instrument) |
FOV: | Field-of-view(Celestial objects, Astronomy, Science) |
FUSE: | Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer(Telescope, SPACE, Astrophysics) |
GHRS: | Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph(Analytical Chemistry, Instrument) |
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