The list of astronomy acronyms and abbreviations.
All astronomy related acronyms and abbreviations.
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ORFEUS: | Orbiting and Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer |
OSSE: | Oriented Scintillation Spectrometer Experiment(Analytical Chemistry) |
OTA: | Optical Telescope Assembly(Astronomical instrument, Instrument, Optics) |
PPARC: | Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council(SPACE, Astrophysics) |
PSC: | Point Source Catalog(Astronomical catalog, Celestial objects, Astronomy) |
RTG: | Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator(Astronomical instrument) |
SDSS: | Sloan Digital Sky Survey(Astronomical program, SPACE, Astrophysics) |
SERC: | Science and Engineering Research Council(Celestial objects, Astronomy) |
SOFIA: | Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy(Telescope) |
SSP: | Surface Science Package(SpaceCraft, Astronomical instrument, Instrument) |
SWAS: | Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite(Telescope, Scientific satellite) |
TPF: | Terrestrial Planet Finder(Telescope, Celestial objects, Astronomy) |
VLBA: | Very Long Baseline Array(Telescope, Celestial objects, Astronomy) |
VLT: | Very Large Telescope(Telescope, Optics, Physics) |
maser: | Microwave Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation |
A&A: | Astronomy & Astrophysics(Publication, Celestial objects, Astronomy) |
AAO: | Anglo-Australian Observatory(Celestial objects, Astronomy, Organization) |
AAT: | Anglo-Australian Telescope(Telescope, Celestial objects, Astronomy) |
ABRIXAS: | A Broadband Imaging X-ray All-sky Survey(Astronomical program) |
AC: | Astrographic Catalogue(Celestial objects, Astronomy, Science) |
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