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IMHO
— In My Humble Opinion
LAN
— Local Area Network
PPNE
— Proto-Planetary Bebulae
HIV
— Human Immunodeficiency Virus I
N/A
— Not Applicable
PNX
— Pulsar Network Exchange
MADOO
— Madras Observatory Astronomical Observations
ETA
— Estimated Time of Arrival
URL
— Universal Resource Locator
LUNNO
— Lunar Upper Navigation Nacelle Orb
HIPAA
— Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
ROM
— Read-Only Memory
FTP
— File Transfer Protocol
LASER
— Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation (cf. Maser)
A&AT
— Astronomical and Astrophysical Transactions
ANSI
— American National Standards Institute, Inc.
ASAP
— As Soon As Possible (pronounced AY-sap)
WAXD
— Wide-Angle X-Ray Diffraction
BTW
— By The Way
PIFOV
— Planet In Field Of View
A&ARV
— Astronomy and Astrophysics Review
B-V
— Binary - Variable star
MM
— Millimeter
ICD
— Interface Control Document
PPM
— parts per million
AHRQ
— Agency for Health, Research, and Quality
E&PSL
— Earth and Planetary Science Letters
ROM
— Rough Order of Magnitude
CPU
— Central Processing Unit
P&SS
— Planetary and Space Science
A
— Ampere
ZAND
— Z ANDromedae
JAAVSO
— Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers
COB
— close of business (End of duty day)
R&QA
— Reliability & Quality Assurance
FIFO
— First In, First Out
WHO
— World Health Organization
ZEPLIN
— ZonEd Proportional scintillation in LIquid Noble gases
☿
— Mercury
QJRAS
— Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society
M&PS
— Meteoritics and Planetary Science
PDR
— Preliminary Design Review
XEUS
— X-Ray Evolving Universe Spectroscopy Mission
QC
— Quality Control
E-ELT
— European Extremely Large Telescope
JASEG
— Journal of the Astronomical Society of Egypt
CDR
— Critical Design Review
DAOAR
— Dominion Astrophysical Observatory Annual Report
IP
— Internet Protocol
RFP
— Request For Proposal
P/SOS
— Payload/Spacecraft Operations Simulator
P-E
— Perkin-Elmer Corporation
SADE-1
— Solar Array Deploy Electronics-11
JAPAS
— Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy Supplement
WASOA
— Washburn Observatory Astrophysics
ISO
— International Organization for Standardization
SAAOC
— South African Astronomical Observatory Circular
PALLO
— Publications of the Allegheny Observatory of the University of Pittsburgh
ASTM
— American Society for Testing and Materials (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
AIAA
— American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc.
BAICZ
— Bulletin of the Astronomical Institutes of Czechoslovakia
F&CRE
— Flower and Cook Observatory Reprints
PABEI
— Progress in Astronomy
NHLBI
— National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
CY
— Calendar Year
RF
— Radio Frequency
JALPO
— Journal of the Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers
CV
— Curriculum Vitae
VATOP
— Vatican Observatory Publications
AFAIK
— As Far As I Know
MOA
— Memorandum Of Agreement
MOU
— Memorandum of Understanding (an MOU between Food & Drug Administratin and a regulatory agency in another country allows mutual recognition of inspections)
LAMOST
— Large sky Area Multi-Object fiber Spectroscopic Telescope
AA&AA
— Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts Heidelberg
MADOB
— Madras Observatory Observations
BTU
— British Thermal Unit
WWW
— World Wide Web
PADEU
— Publications of the Astronomy Deparment of the Eotvos Lorand University
EST
— Eastern Standard Time
CCB
— Configuration Control Board
EAPSNET
— East-Asian Planet Search Network
LAD-C
— Large Area Debris Collector
ASCII
— American National Standard Code for Information Interchange
R&D
— Research & Development
EEO
— Equal Employment Opportunity
COBRAS-SAMBA
— Cosmic Background Radiation Anisotropy Satellite / Satellite for Measurement of Background Anisotrop
JAPOA
— Japan Amateur Photoelectric Observers Association
UFO
— Unidentified Flying Object
MTBF
— Mean Time Before Failure
CSA
— Canadian Space Agency
S/N
— Serial Number
NCCLS
— National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards
DEC
— Digital Equipment Corporation
SAR
— Search And Rescue
AHU
— Air Handling Unit
FYI
— For Your Information
ADP
— Automated Data Processing
CBO
— Congressional Budget Office
ROI
— Region of Interest
ESA
— European Space Agency
MRI
— Magnetic Resonance Imaging
O&M
— Operation and Maintenance
GATT
— General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (government)
GPS
— Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR)
FAQ
— Frequently Asked Questions (sometimes Pronounced Fak)
CD
— Compact Disc
DOT
— Department of Transport
FOV
— Field Of View (satellite)
MRB
— Material Review Board
RPM
— Revolutions Per Minute, (Rotations Per Minute)
PPO
— Preferred provider organization
EU
— European Union (1994; formerly referred to as the EEC or EC)
CKSM
— checksum
MIS
— Management Information System (OSHA)
EOF
— End Of File
HMO
— Health Maintenance Organization
NFS
— Network File System
FORTRAN
— FORmula TRANslation (a computer language)
DOD
— United States Department of Defense
RAM
— random-access memory
CRT
— Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV)
TBD
— To Be Determined
FY
— Fiscal Year
CRS
— Congressional Research Service
APU
— Auxiliary Power Unit
MB
— Megabyte
NM
— Nanometer
DD
— Deputy Director
WAN
— Wide Area Network
SOW
— Statement Of Work
AARP
— American Association of Retired Persons
GMP
— Good Manufacturing Practice
GO
— General Observer
LTE
— Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium
MPH
— Miles Per Hour
CRO
— Contract Research Organization
SQA
— Software Quality Assurance
QA
— Center for Quality Assurance in International Education
ELV
— Expendable Launch Vehicle
COSPAR
— Committee on Space Research (ICSU)
SDD
— Software Design Document
USAF
— United States Air Force
OPD
— Outpatient Department
ROI
— Return on Investment
IFOV
— Instantaneous Field Of View
AU
— Astronomical Unit
CFR
— Code of Federal Regulations
AAS
— American Astronomical Society
DCC
— Document Control Center
FDA
— Food Drug Administration
OAI
— Official Action Indicated (serious Food & Drug Administration post-inspection classification)
PT
— Physical Therapy
DME
— Durable Medical Equipment
LOE
— Level Of Effort
SCSI
— Small Computer System Interface
MHZ
— Megahertz (Megacycles Per Second)
DOE
— United States Department of Energy (government)
KG
— Kilogram
AMA
— American Medical Association
DMSP
— Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (U.S.)
STS
— Space Transportation System
VHF
— Very High Frequency
CM
— Centimeter
FFT
— Fast Fourier Transform
DDL
— Data Definition Language
NEC
— National Electrical Code
NSO
— National Solar Observatory
CEN
— Committee European de Normalisation
LOS
— Line Of Sight
BPS
— bits per second
DOMSAT
— Domestic Communications Satellite System
DC
— Direct Current
ADS
— Astrophysics Data System
JAXA
— Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
EDT
— Eastern Daylight Time
HCFA
— Health Care Financing Administration
NIST
— National Institute of Standards and Technology
NAM
— National Association of Manufacturers
SISEX
— Shuttle Imaging Spectrometer Experiment
NIOSH
— National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
BHB
— Black Hole Bang
FTA
— Fault Tree Analysis
LEO
— Low Earth Orbit (satellite communications)
FTE
— Full-Time Employee
LED
— law enforcement desk; light emitting diode
OMB
— Office of Management and Budget (U.S.)
CRF
— Case Report Form
UTC
— Coordinated Universal Time
RPM
— Resale Price Maintenance. The UK Net Book Agreement, as was. Means by which retail prices are controlled by primary suppliers. (Alternatively, Revolutions Per Minute, as in engine speed and 78, 33 and 45 records. In years to come how many people will know
SIR
— Shuttle Imaging Radar
HQ
— Headquarters (HDQ Preferred)
AAAS
— American Association for the Advancement of Science
PSI
— Pounds Per Square Inch (Static Pressure)
BOD
— Board of Directors (Budget)
HZ
— cycles per second (hertz)
EOY
— End-Of-Year
FTC
— Federal Trade Commission (U.S.)
TLA
— Three Letter Abbreviation
ACS
— American College of Surgeons
NAS
— United States National Academy of Sciences
UHF
— Ultra High Frequency (300-3000 MHz; 1m-10cm)
A/N
— Alphanumeric
STR
— Software Test Report
ACE
— Advanced Composition Explorer
PHP
— Planetary Horizontal Platform
NSF
— National Sanitation Foundation
HR
— HUMAN RESOURCES
TV
— Television
OSHA
— Occupational Safety and Health Act (1970)
ISRO
— Indian Space Research Organisation
ADF
— Astrophysics Data Facility
CM
— Configuration Management
HIV
— Hair Is Vanishing. Amusing alternative interpretation (thanks EP) contrasting with the seriousness of the more usual meaning of Human Immunodeficiency Virus.HIVIHusband Is Village Idiot. (ODSA) Classic nurses' shorthand.
I/O
— Input/Output
OSO
— Orbiting Solar Observatory
HOPPS
— Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System
GIF
— Graphic Interchange Format
NEMA
— National Electric Manufacturer's Association
AAMC
— American Association of Medical Colleges
NIH
— NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
PM
— Project Manager
AAMI
— Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
NSA
— National Security Agency
GAO
— Government Accountability Office [formerly the General Accounting Office]
SIG
— Special Interest Group
NOAA
— National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
BMA
— British Medical Association
ACRIM
— Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor (EOS)
CRC
— Contrôle de Redondance Cyclique (French: Cyclic Redundancy Check)
CASE
— computer-automated software engineering
CAP
— College of American Pathologists
M
— Meter
BCD
— Binary-Coded Decimal
RFI
— Radio Frequency Interference
BER
— Bit-Error Rate
CPI
— Continuous Process Improvement
ISS
— International Space Station
HEAO
— High Energy Astronomy Observatory
WMO
— World Meteorological Organization (ICSU)
GMT
— Greenwich Mean Time (Zulu)
RISC
— Reduced Instruction Set Computer
IEEE
— Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.
AMU
— Atomic Mass Unit
PAH
— Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon
GE
— General Electric American Communications Inc.
OS
— Operating System
ISF
— Industrial Space Facility
BUBES
— Bulletin of the University of Besancon Observatory
KHZ
— kilohertz (1000 cycles per second)
HHS
— Health and Human Services Department
POS
— Point of Service Plan
DBMS
— Data Base Management System
NASDA
— National Space Development Agency of Japan
DMA
— direct memory access (computer term)
BAT
— Burst Alert Telescope
SN
— Space Network
K
— Kilo-
COMSP
— Commercial Space
JPL
— Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) (NASA)
BAE
— British Aerospace Systems, LTD
IR
— Infrared
COTS
— Commercial Off the Shelf Software
NAI
— No Action Indicated (Most Favorable Food & Drug Administration Post-inspection Classification)
AHA
— American Hospital Association
NIST
— National Institute of Standards & Technology (US)
NAFTA
— North American Free Trade Agreement
CSC
— Collection of Small Companies. Alternative interpretation (apparently used by staff) of the CSC company name, which properly stands for Computer Sciences Corporation. The 'Collection of Small Companies' version reflects CSC's operatianal structure, which
EOL
— End Of Line
CCTV
— Closed Circuit Television
BNSC
— British National Space Centre
EDO
— Extended Duration Orbiter
AOCS
— Attitude and Orbit Control System
ISO
— Infrared Space Observatory
HV
— High Voltage
RMS
— root mean square (preferred over "RMS")
MMS
— Module Management System
CITECH
— Center for Information on Technology in Healthcare
NBS
— National Bureau of Standards (US)
IEC
— International Electrotechnical Commission
MS
— Millisecond
IRB
— Institutional Review Board
CW
— Clockwise
JSC
— Johnson Space Center (Houston, TX)
SPR
— Software Problem Report
SNR
— Signal-to-Noise Ratio
CDRH
— Center for Devices and Radiological Health (Food & Drug Administration)
USGS
— United States Geological Survey (DOI)
ISAS
— Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences (Japan)
ASQ
— Alpha System Qualification
ADC
— Analog-Digital Converter
SSI
— Space Studies Institute
PR
— Public Relations
APS
— American Physical Society
HF
— High Frequency
LANL
— Los Alamos National Laboratory
FAR
— Flight Acceptance Review
APO
— Apache Point Observatory
SF
— Science Fiction
NRC
— National Response Center
FOS
— Faint Object Spectrograph
FAC
— Facilities
OTA
— Optical Telescope Assembly
RAS
— Royal Astronomical Society
IIRC
— If I Recall Correctly
DIST
— Distance
CHSAJ
— Chinese Society of Astronautics Journal
AJ
— Astronomical Journal
LOR
— Lunar Orbit Rendezvous
ROTFL
— Roll On The Floor Laughing
COBE
— Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite (NASA)
A&A
— Astronomy and Astrophysics
TAG
— Technical Advisory Group for Biological Control Agents of Weeds
MSFC
— Marshall Space Flight Center (Huntsville AL)
RSN
— Real Soon Now [which may be a long time coming]
UV
— Ultraviolet (Light)
CG
— Center of Gravity (DXS)
RSA
— Russian Space Agency
VLF
— Very Low Frequency
CSTC
— Consolidated Space Test Center
DAR
— Defense Acquisition Regulation
DRS
— Data Relay Satellite
CCAFS
— Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, an air force base in Florida where NASA launches satellites from.
ARC
— Ames Research Center (NASA)
JILA
— Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics
UCL
— University College London
IAU
— International Astronomical Union
SARA
— Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers
ESTEC
— European Space Research and Technology Centre
BBF
— Bursty Bulk Flow
CEMDA
— Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy
A&G
— Astronomy and Geophysics
ADA&A
— Advances in Astronomy and Astrophysics
UPS
— Uninterruptible Power Supply
CHJAA
— Chinese Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics
GMT
— Giant Magellan Telescope
DSN
— Deep Space Network - network of large antennas and communication facilities.
SAS
— Small Astronomy Satellite
WG
— Working Group
ADIL
— Astronomy Data Image Library
ERBS
— Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
SME
— Solar Mesosphere Explorer
CDM
— Cold Dark Matter
ATO
— Abort To Orbit
AGB
— Asymptotic Giant Branch
HP
— Hewlett Packard's
ASTHE
— Astronomical Herald
N
— Newton
BASD
— Ball Aerospace Systems Division
ABBOO
— Abbadia Observatory Observations
GR
— General Relativity
ALEXIS
— Array of Low Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors
LOI
— Lunar Orbit Insertion
COCAM
— Contributions from the Cambridge Observatory England
FM
— Flight Model
NASP
— National Aerospace Plane
M&P
— Materials and Processes
RADAR
— RAdio Detection And Ranging
RTG
— Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator
LARC
— Langley Research Center (NASA)
AURA
— Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.
LBNL
— Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
MITI
— Ministry of International Trade & Industry (Japan)
USP
— United States Pharmacopeia
TANSTAAFL
— There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch (coined By Author Robert A. Heinlein In His The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress)
DFRC
— Dryden Flight Research Center
NRL
— Naval Research Laboratory
ASM
— American Society for Microbiology
MECO
— Main Engine Cutoff
SVD
— Singular Value Decomposition
PPARC
— Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council
WP
— Work Package
ASI
— Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
CFA
— Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA
EC
— European Community
DSMB
— Data Safety Monitoring Board
DUNRE
— Dunsink Observatory Reprints
TARDIS
— Time And Relative Dimensions In Space. Dr Who's company car, so to speak. I can confirm that it is 'Dimensions' not 'Dimension'. This begs the follow-up question as to whether the Dimensions are relative to each other or to time, or to both, or to somethi
ESAJ
— European Space Agency Journal
FAT
— File Allocation Table
IPAC
— Infrared Processing and Analysis Center
SCA
— Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
ASC
— Ambulatory Surgery Center
NORAD
— North American Air Defense (Command)
CHJSS
— Chinese Journal of Space Science
CCD
— Charge Coupled Device - a device for the movement of electrical charge.
CHARA
— Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy
AGU
— American Geophysical Union
PDP
— Postinsertion Deorbit Preparation
AE
— Adverse Event
CASS
— Center for Advanced Space Studies
PCM
— Pulse-Code Modulation
CHSST
— Chinese Space Science Technology
SRL
— Space Radar Laboratory
VBR
— Variable Bit Rate (ATM)
NASA
— National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US)
NSSDC
— National Space Science Data Center (Greenbelt, MD)
ALS
— Advanced Launch System
DDCMP
— Digital Data Communications Message Protocol
BAO
— Beijing Astronomical Observatory
FD
— Flight Day
ANOLL
— Annals of the Private Observatory of Lucien Libert
NABR
— National Association for Biomedical Research
MOSPO
— Mobile Satellite Photometric Observatory
ORIG
— Origin
OSSE
— Oriented Scintillation Spectrometer Experiment
ROSAT
— Roentgen Satellite
AG
— Astronomische Gesellschaft
JSAR
— Journal of Space Astronomy Research
FF
— Flat Field
DEC
— Declination
APJS
— Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
N
— Nitrogen
WET
— Whole Earth Telescope
OIG
— Office of Inspector General
RCS
— Radar Cross Section
FU
— Flight Unit
FITS
— Flexible Image Transport System
GSFC
— Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD)
TAC
— Telescope Allocation Committee
PHRMA
— Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (formerly PMA, Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association)
BTOK
— Bulletin of the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory
ASTRA
— Advanced Star Tracker
BAA
— British Astronomical Association
CO
— Contracting Officer
HTH
— Hope This Helps. Email abbreviation when replying to requests. Potentially counter-productive if the recipient doesn't understand what it means...
SRM
— Solid Rocket Motor
SEDS
— Students for the Exploration and Development of Space
ST
— Space Telescope
CHIPS
— Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer
DUNOP
— Dunsink Observatory Publications
EUVE
— Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (NASA Satellite)
ADS
— Astrophysics Data Service
KB
— Kilobyte: One thousand and twenty-four bytes kbps kilo bit per second
F
— Degrees Fahrenheit
ND
— NASA Document
DSCS
— U.S. Defense Satellite Communications System
FHST
— fixed-head star tracker
NDA
— New Drug Application
D
— Director
MIT
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (U.S.)
ESRO
— European Space Research Organisation
DFRF
— Dryden Flight Research Facility
AMPS
— Atmospheric Magnetospheric Plasma System
NOAO
— National Optical Astronomy Observatories (Tucson, AZ)
SI
— Scientific Investigation
HD
— Hilary Duff
MCC
— Mission Control Center (JSC)
CASJ
— Canadian Aeronautics and Space Journal
ANS
— Astronomical Netherlands Satellite
KSC
— John F. Kennedy Space Center
PDS
— Planetary Data System
ASA
— Astronomical Society Of The Atlantic
GHZ
— Gigahertz
MOL
— Manned Orbiting Laboratory
D
— Diameter
BASBR
— Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of Brazil
LCC
— Launch Control Center (KSC)
RVU
— Relative Value Unit
JOP
— Jupiter Orbiter Probe
SIM
— Simulator
ASRM
— Advanced Solid Rocket Motor
AMS
— American Meteor Society
ISU
— International Space University
DIN
— Deutsches Institut für Normung.
ISO 14155
— Current Widely Accepted Standard
VSOP
— VLBI Space Observatory Program
ERS
— Earth Resources Satellite
CRB
— Change Review Board
ARMOL
— Armagh Observatory Leaflet
DOH
— Department of Health (various countries)
WGPSN
— Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature
JAMA
— Journal of the American Medical Association
FRR
— Flight Readiness Review
ABHI
— Association of British Health-Care Industries
MGMA
— Medical Group Management Association
MMDA
— Michigan Medical Device Association
ASCA
— Advanced Satellite for Cosmology & Astrophysics
LPL
— Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
PROM
— Programmable Read-Only Memory
CPI
— characters per inch
IDE
— Investigational Device Exemption
AAVSO
— American Association of Variable Star Observers
CHIME
— College of Healthcare Information Management Executives
ST
— Star Tracker
TM
— Telemetry
PR
— Problem Report
VLSI
— Very-Large-Scale Integration
ESO
— European Southern Observatory
CADC
— Canadian Astronomy Data Centre
DEACO
— Dearborn Observatory Contributions
IPA
— Individual Practice Association
JANSC
— Journal of Astronautical Sciences
BLOB
— Binary Large Object
GEM
— Giotto Extended Mission
ASHP
— American Society of Hospital Pharmacists
CMB
— Cosmic Microwave Background
SUMS
— Shuttle Upper Atmosphere Mass Spectrometer
IUS
— Inertial UPper Stage (was Interim UPper Stage)
MASER
— microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
CSA
— Canadian Standards Association (like UL)
ESDAC
— European Space Data Center
MTPE
— Mission To Planet Earth
LMSS
— Lunar Mapping and Survey System
AOA
— Angle Of Attack
MMI
— Man-Machine Interface
VMS
— Virtual Memory System
IRSA
— Infrared Science Archive
RTLS
— Return To Launch Site
APL
— Applied Physics Laboratory (at Johns Hopkins)
DAO
— Dominion Astrophysical Observatory (Victoria, BC, Canada)
MOA
— Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics
NEODYS
— Near Earth Objects Dynamic Site
DMERC
— Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carrier
SST
— States Supersonic Transport
SERC
— Science and Engineering Research Council
PHS
— Public Health Service (U.S.)
WAIS
— Wide Area Information Server
ALPO
— Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers
LHEA
— Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics
AO
— Adaptive Optics
GCP
— Good Clinical Practice
DYERE
— Dyer Observatory Reprints
SLAR
— Side-Looking Airborne Radar
IUE
— International Ultraviolet Explorer
AFSD
— Air Force Space Division
AXAF
— Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility
INS
— Inertial Navigation System
JAC
— Joint Astronomy Centre
ETLA
— Extended Three Letter Acronym
CMP
— Competitive Medical Plan
USRA
— Universities Space Research Association
SIDC
— Sunspot Index Data Center
IOTA
— International Occultation Timing Association
SAR
— synthetic aperture radar (satellite)
LSF
— Line Spread Function
COWRO
— Contributions from the Wroclaw Astronomical Observatory
CASJQ
— Canadian Aeronautics and Space Journal Quarter
KM
— Kilometer (1,000 meters)
MEM
— Meteoroid Exposure Module
GOES
— Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
ADC
— Astronomical Data Center
LM
— Lunar Module
CDT
— Connaissance Des Temps
CARA
— California Association for Research in Astronomy
STSCI
— Space Telescope Science Institute
SDR
— System Design Review
ASPP
— Atmospheric and Space Plasma Physics
MMU
— Manned Maneuvering Unit
EIA
— Extended Interaction Amplifier
CARA
— Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica
CSBN
— Committee for Small-Body Nomenclature
NASM
— National Air and Space Museum
SPVW
— Spaceview
CTE
— Charge Transfer Efficiency
NEOIC
— Near Earth Object Information Center
HCIS
— Health Care Information System
SAO
— Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
DC
— Delta Clipper
APJ
— Astrophysical Journal
VDS
— Vereinigung der Sternfreunde
ISN
— International Supernovae Network
OSS
— Office of Space Sciences
BPI
— bits per inch
ANS
— Astro News Service
UT
— Universal Time
AIRCO
— Air et Cosmos
ALAMO
— Automated Lunar and Meteor Observatory
ADIS
— Astrophysics Data and Information Services
XRD
— X-Ray Diffraction
ANEDI
— Annals of the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh
LPO
— La Palma Observatory
NASAL
— NASA Circular Letter
USNO
— United States Naval Observatory
AREG
— Astronomical Register
R/T
— Real Time
LOX
— Liquid Oxygen
CEMEC
— Celestial Mechanics
ADEC
— Astrophysics Data Centers Executive Council
AT
— Acceptance Test
TNM
— The New Millenium
AUASS
— Arab Union for Astronomy and Space Sciences
OSCAR
— Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio
ADCBU
— Astronomical Data Center Bulletin
NSP
— NASA Support Plan
SRD
— Software Requirements Document
RECONS
— Research Consortium on Nearby Stars
COSTAR
— Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement
ACICH
— Astronomical Circular
AAO
— Anglo-Australian Observatory
BSI
— British Standards Institution
STOMS
— Space Telescope Observatory Management System
EVN
— European VLBI Network
MWOAR
— Mount Wilson Observatory Annual Report
ID
— IDentifier
EPS
— Encapsulated Postscript
JHIT
— Joint Healthcare Information Technology Alliance
PRAES
— Progress in Aerospace Sciences
ORROE
— Occasional Reports of the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh
ASTL
— Astronomy Letters
PHA
— Physics And Astronomy
ADSPR
— Advances in Space Research
LGA
— Low Gain Antenna
BIO
— Biotechnology Industry Organization
NASAR
— NASA Reference Publication
EVA
— Extra-Vehicular Activity
K
— Kelvin (absolute temperature scale)
SSID1
— Soviet Space Insertion Diverter One
IDTF
— Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility
ANMN
— Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter
SBNC
— Small Bodies Names Committee
MSSS
— Maui Space Surveillance Site
DSS
— Deep Space Station
GSC
— Guide Star Catalog
TAC
— Time Allocation Committee
EBS
— Electron Bombarded Silicon
CQGRA
— Classical and Quantum Gravity
LAMO
— low altitude mapping orbit
S/W
— Software
MEPAG
— Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group
ARC
— Astrophysical Research Consortium
PHASP
— Physics and Astrophysics from Spacelab
LPS
— Launch Processing System
ACMAN
— Astronomical Contributions from the University of Manchester
GHTF
— Global Harmonization Task Force
RQQ
— Radio Quiet Quasar
MFPE
— Mission from Planet Earth
NASAS
— NASA Special Publication
COKON
— Commmunications of the Konkoly Observatory Hungary
UL
— Underwriters Laboratory
JEM
— Japanese Experiment Module
NCI
— National Cancer Institute, USA
LPI
— Lunar and Planetary Institute
ATV
— Automated Transfer Vehicle
IUEDAC
— IUE satellite Data Analysis Center
CMA
— Chemical Manufacturers Association
CQGRS
— Classical and Quantum Gravity Supplement
DUROO
— Durham Observatory Observations
OPAG
— Outer Planets Assessment Group
VBO
— Vainu Bappu Observatory
ESRIN
— European Space Research Institute
NCOS
— National Commission on Space
ZAHB
— Zero-Age Horizontal Branch
ASPRV
— Astrophysics and Space Physics Reviews
OSSA
— Office of Space Sciences and Applications
MSSSO
— Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories
POEM
— Polar-Orbiting Earth Mission
KPNO
— Kitt Peak National Observatory (Tucson, AZ)
EBCI
— Eclipsing Binaries Circulars
NASAC
— NASA Conference Publication
SSTO
— Single-Stage-to-Orbit
NRAO
— National Radio Astronomy Observatory (Greenbank, WV)
APH
— Astroparticle Physics
CDC
— Centers for Disease Control
OBC
— Onboard Computer
EU
— Expanded Universe
LASCO
— Large Angle Spectrometric Coronograph
AFSCN
— Air Force Space Command network
LRB
— Liquid Rocket Booster
ECSS
— European Cooperation for Space Standardization
ASTD
— Advanced Space Technology Division
EUV
— Extreme Ultraviolet Vertical
WEBT
— Whole Earth Blazar Telescope
ESOSR
— European Southern Observatory Scientific Report
NAOJ
— National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
PROE
— Publications of the Royal Observatory of Edinburgh
SAAO
— South African Astronomical Observatory
NSI
— NASA Science Internet
SNII
— SuperNova of Type II
ASMT
— American Society for Medical Technology
TES
— Thermal Emission Spectrometer
RASC
— Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
NAMN
— North American Meteor Network
EAA
— Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics
VSOLJ
— Variable Star Observers League in Japan
CON
— Certificate Of Need
SSME
— Space Shuttle Main Engine
VAI
— Voluntary Action Indicated (Food & Drug Administration postaudit inspection classification)
FTL
— Faster Than Light
PASAU
— Proceedings of the Astronomical Society of Australia
MHW
— Ministry of Health and Welfare
AREPS
— Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
AZ
— Azimuth
ARISTOTELES
— Applications and Research Involving Space Technologies Observing the Earth's Field from Low Earth Orbiting Satellite
TIFF
— Tag Image File Format
JRASC
— Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
MSX
— Midcourse Space Experiment
RFNA
— Red Fuming Nitric Acid
RGO
— Royal Greenwich Observatory
CDSF
— Commercially Developed Space Facility
CME
— Coronal Mass Ejection (usually Sun)
AACCS
— Analytical Approach to Candidate Constellation Selection
LEM
— Lunar Excursion Module
AEXPR
— Astronomy Express
AMPS
— Atmosphere, Magnetosphere & Plasmas in Space
NIZRE
— Nizamiah Observatory Reprints
TUV
— Technische Uberwachungs-Vereine
KCAO
— Kumamoto Civil Astronomical Observatory
STICA
— Space Technology Industrial and Commercial Applications
SGF
— SpaceGuard Foundation
OPF
— Orbiter Processing Facility
AMIA
— The American Medical Informatics Association
SSBUV
— shuttle solar backscatter ultraviolet (radiometer)
ADEPS
— Advances in Earth and Planetary Sciences
SO/SI
— space operations and scientific investigation
ASP
— Astronomical Society of the Pacific
FIRSSE
— Far Infrared Sky Survey Experiment
PM
— Pressurized Module
ISTEC
— International Small Telescope Cooperative
BKOAS
— Bulletin of Korean Astronomical Society
GLP
— Good Laboratory Practice
RA
— Right Ascension
PPCAS
— Publication of the Pomona College Astronomical Society
TIE
— Telescopes in Education
CRPL
— Cosmic Ray Physics Laboratory
BPSK
— binary phase shift keying
TEM
— Transverse Electromagnetic
FS
— Far Side
SPMAR
— Space Markets
K
— Kilogram
TEP
— Transits of Extrasolar Planets
LEGRI
— Low Energy Gamma-Ray Imager
ANDUD
— Annals of the Dudley Observatory
MELOO
— Melbourne Observatory Observations
NESSI
— Near Earth Space Surveillance Initiative
ANHAR
— Annals of Harvard College Observatory
AW&ST
— Aviation Week & Space Technology
ESOC
— European Space Operations Center
JASS
— Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
POMIC
— Publications of Michigan Observatory
PDUFA
— Prescription Drug User Fee Act (1992, U.S.)
SDI
— Strategic Defense Initiative
HSP
— High Speed Photometer
SPART
— Space Research and Technology
TTA
— Time to Apogee
NAS
— Norsk Astronomisk Selskap
COLPL
— Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
MDI
— Michelson Doppler Imager
MMA
— Minnesota Medical Association
VVORE
— Van Vleck Observatory Reprints
HIRA
— Health Industry Representatives Association
DOY
— Day of Year
BH
— Black Hole
PAM
— Payload Assist Module
MMH
— Monomethyl Hydrazine
PASA
— Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
HST
— Hubble Space Telescope
SZA
— Solar Zenith Angle
SEOS
— Synchronous Earth Observation Satellite
COVVO
— Contributions of the Van Vleck Observatory
NRT
— near real time
OVS
— Observation of Variable Stars
Z
— Zulu (Greenwich mean time)
ISY
— International Space Year (1992)
NCAR
— National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
IRAS
— Infrared Astronomy Satellite
FWHM
— Full Width at Half Maximum
ALPOJ
— Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers Journal
ONRAS
— Occasional Notes of the Royal Astronomical Society
ROSA
— Romanian Space Agency
ESOAR
— European Southern Observatory Annual Reports
IDL
— Interactive Data Language
MCO
— Mars Climate Orbiter
MNRAS
— Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
WFF
— Wallops Flight Facility
TOMS
— Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument)
SIMCAT
— simulate observations using space catalog
ANLUN
— Annals of the Observatory of Lund
MERIS
— Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
BASI
— Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India
SPRBU
— Space Research Bulgaria
CIBAA
— Circular of the British Astronomical Association
MDD
— Medical Device Directive
NCC
— Network Control Center (GSFC)
BBXRT
— Broadband XRay Telescope
QSR
— Quality System Regulation
COMAP
— Comments on Astrophysics
DUDOR
— Dudley Observatory Reports
COROE
— Communications from the Royal Observatory Edinburgh
ADVAMED
— Advanced Medical Technology Association
CPAF
— Cost Plus Award Fee (Type of Contract)
SPP
— Solar Physics Payload
PA
— Popular Astronomy
CAPS
— Cassini Plasma Spectrometer
SPARTAN
— Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy
PRCO
— Publications of the Riverview College Observatory
RALPH
— Reduction and Acquisition of Lunar Pulse Heights
SA
— Solar Array
E&S
— Earth and Space
ESOSP
— European Southern Observatory Scientific Preprints
VDU
— Video Display Unit
EXA
— Experimental Astronomy
SAPS
— Sub Auroral Polarization Streams
COBOS
— Contributions from the Bosscha Observervatory
BAAS
— Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
JCAP
— Journal of Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics
APOD
— Astronomy Picture of the Day
JBAA
— Journal of the British Astronomical Association
APHA
— American Pharmaceutical Association
FSK
— Frequency Shift Keying
JAHH
— Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
LSR
— Local Standard of Rest
CRAF
— Comet Rendezvous/Asteroid Fly-by
SRON
— Space Research Organization of the Netherlands
ICE
— International Cometary Explorer
JBAS
— Journal of the British Astronomical Society
ANLOW
— Annals of the Lowell Observatory
CV
— Cataclysmic Variable
TDRSS
— Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
PLICO
— Publications of Lick Observatory
ECRI
— Emergency Care Research Institute
LBLRR
— LBL Research Review
COSRE
— Cosmic Research
MSFN
— Manned Space Flight Network
CM
— Command Module
ONR
— Office of Naval Research (U.S.)
RAZEL
— Range, Azimuth and Elevation
IQSY
— International Quiet Sun Year
PMUNO
— Publications of the Munich Observatory
SRB
— Solid Rocket Boosters
JDSO
— Journal of Double Star Observations
ARCHS
— Archaeoastronomy Supplement
COBRN
— Contributions of the Public Observatory and Planetarium in Brno
ESABU
— European Space Agency Bulletin
ANCAP
— Annals of the Cape Observatory
PASJ
— Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
VAB
— Vertical Assembly Building
SDAC
— Solar Data Analysis Center
SR
— Special Relativity
ANDEA
— Annales of the Dearborn Observatory
PDREO
— Publications of the Dresden Observatory
SDIO
— Strategic Defense Initiative Organization
GTO
— Geostationary Transfer Orbit
AUJPA
— Australian Journal of Physics Astrophysical Supplement
MVM
— Mariner Venus/Mercury
OTV
— Orbital Transfer Vehicle
MEDGV
— Germany's Medical Equipment Safety Law
FCPH
— Fundamentals of Cosmic Physics
SETI
— Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
WISE
— Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer
CMS
— Correctional Medical Services
IPC
— Interprocess Communication
CIT
— California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA)
CBER
— Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
RCS
— Reaction Control System/Subsystem
PAAS
— Publications of the American Astronomical Society
HIAA
— Health Insurance Association of America
COARM
— Contributions from the Armagh Observatory
OCC
— Operations control center
CHA&A
— Chinese Astronomy and Astrophysics
NASO
— North American Space Operations
COLIC
— Contributions of Lick Observatory
UT
— University of Texas
JHAS
— Journal for the History of Astronomy Supplement
CPFF
— Cost Plus Fixed-Fee
PN
— Planetary Nebula
DSSN
— Delta Scuti Star Newsletter
PGLO
— Publications of the Goethe Link Observatory
NIR
— Near Infrared
HRI
— High Resolution Imager
AOA
— Abort Once Around (shuttle Abort Plan)
AREP
— Astronomy Reports
COSKA
— Contributions of the Astronomical Observatory Skalnate Pleso
LR
— Long Radius
ASSU
— Annual Scientific Supplement to Urania
PVO
— Pioneer Venus Orbiter
IRAJ
— Irish Astronomical Journal
LCROSS
— Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite
M&R
— Maintenance and Refurbishment
PNAOJ
— Publications of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
DSMA
— Division of Small Manufacturers Assistance
LBT
— Large Binocular Telescope
CIUO
— Circular of the Union Observatory Johannesburg
ELT
— Extremely Large Telescope
Z
— Zenith
CNB
— Cosmic Neutrino Background
IUEEN
— IUE ESA Newsletter
FAHS
— Federation of American Health Systems
CLMA
— Clinical Laboratory Management Association
IMBH
— Intermediate-Mass Black Hole
IRAJS
— Irish Astronomical Journal Supplement
JAD
— Journal of Astronomical Data
NASPY
— North American Society of Electro Physiology and Pacing
GLOMR
— Global Low-Orbiting Message Relay
CHPA
— Consumer Healthcare Products Association
AP
— Array Processor
PI
— Principle Investigator
COSSE
— Cosmic Search Summer
SUNY
— State Universityrsity of New York
JIMO
— Journal of the International Meteor Organization
FIR
— Far Infrared
EEXSC
— Earth and Extraterrestrial Sciences
ARA&A
— Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
PLAST
— Planetary Astronomy
MECO
— Magnetospheric Eternally Collapsing Object
MEDEC
— Medical Devices Canada
CODDO
— Communications from the David Dunlap Observatory
ICH
— International Conference of Harmonization
OAP
— Odessa Astronomical Publications
PMANO
— Publications of the Manila Observatory
PERCO
— Perkins Observatory Contributions
COASP
— Comments on Astrophysics and Space Physics
SPOT
— Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre (France)
TPS
— Thermal Protection System
ECS
— Environmental Control System (Subsystem)
JASAC
— Japan Astronomical Study Association Circulars
JBRE
— Jodrell Bank Reprints
NRAOR
— National Radio Astronomy Observatory Reprints
LLO
— Low Lunar Orbit
RAA
— Relative Azimuth Angle
TCPA
— Time for Closest Point of Approach
SLC
— Space Launch Complex
UPPAN
— Uppsala Astronomical Observatory Annals
RA
— Regulatory Affairs
WRORE
— Wroclaw Astronomical Observatory Reprints
AACC
— American Association for Clinical Chemists
PBEIO
— Publications of the Beijing Astronomical Observatory
EOS
— Earth Observing System (U.S.)
ACRV
— Assured Crew Return Vehicle
FDLI
— Food and Drug Law Institute
ASAIO
— American Society for Artificial Internal Organs
RSNA
— The Radiological Society of North America, Inc.
BCRAO
— Bulletin Crimean Astrophysical Observatory
ISEE
— International Sun-Earth Explorer
NMI
— Nautical Mile
ESPI
— European Space Policy Institute
MDMA
— Medical Device Manufacturers Association
MELAR
— Melbourne Observatory Annual Report
PVVO
— Publications of the Van Vleck Observatory
PDR
— Photo Dissociation Region
CRARE
— Cracow Observatory Reprints
PDDO
— Publications of the David Dunlap Observatory
ADFRF
— Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility
CAMRE
— Cambridge Observatories Reprints
MDS
— Medium Deep Survey
AO
— announcement of opportunity
ITU
— Infrared Telescope Unit
CCR
— Cost-Charge Ratio
MOC
— Mars Observer Camera
JKAS
— Journal of Korean Astronomical Society
IU
— Interface Unit
JD
— Julian Date
HRSA
— U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration
IUENN
— IUE NASA Newsletter
MHD
— Magnetohydrodynamic
OV
— Orbital Vehicle
RSO
— Resident Space Object
NEWAR
— New Astronomy Review
ETC
— Estimated Time to Completion
APM
— Attached Pressurized Module (a.k.a. Columbus)
APJL
— Astrophysical Journal Letters
NAHIT
— National Alliance for Health Information Technology
JAAME
— Japanese Association for the Advancement of Medical Equipment
LICOB
— Lick Observatory Bulletin
AFGWC
— Air Force Global Weather Central (U.S.)
WIMP
— Weakly Interacting Massive Particle
JASV
— Journal of the Astronomical Society of Victoria Melbourne
MPL
— Mars Polar Lander
DRG
— Diagnosis-Related Groups
ATLAS
— ACTIVITIES Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science
CFC
— Chloroflourocarbon
PDR
— Physician’s Desk Reference
NCSC
— National Council of Senior Citizens
RA
— Research Assistant
MOPH
— Ministry of Public Health
ECCLS
— European Committee on Clinical Laboratory Standards
IAPM
— International Association of Medical Prosthesis Manufacturers
JBAN
— Jodrell Bank Annals
COPER
— Contributions of Perkins Observatory
CST
— Constant-Separation Traversing
WHT
— William Herschel Telescope
PCINO
— Publications of the Cincinnati Observatory
CEC
— Commission of the European Communities ;
LRSP
— Living Reviews in Solar Physics
S/N
— Signal-to-Noise ratio
TOKRE
— Tokyo Astronomical Observatory Reprints
UVS
— Ultraviolet Spectrometer
SPED
— Space Education
CCAS
— Cape Canaveral Air Station
HIDA
— Health Industry Distributors Association
UARS
— Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (NASA)
MDR
— Medical Device Register
ASCRS
— American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery's
CD-ROM
— compact disc-read only memory
MASSMEDIC
— Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council
JAPA
— Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy
HSQB
— Health Standard and Quality Bureau
OASH
— Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
JHA
— Journal for the History of Astronomy
ESIS
— ESA Space Information Systems
ICD-9-CM
— International Classification of Diseases, 9th Edition
APC
— Ambulatory Payment Class
PSLV
— Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (Indian Space Research Organization; India)
GEO
— Geosynchronous Earth Orbit
MCD
— Minimum Cost Design
RGOO
— Royal Greenwich Observatory Observations
NIGMS
— National Institute Of General Medical Sciences (NIH)
PV
— photovoltaic (solar)
PEPI
— Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors
SMDA
— Safe Medical Devices Act (1990)
CIRCE
— Confusion-limited Infrared Cosmology Explorer
CFIT
— Controlled Flight into Terrain
EPIC
— Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera
USPHS
— United States Public Health Service
DCT
— Discrete Cosine Transformer
INDA
— Investigational New Drug Application
HIS
— Health Information Systems
GPE
— Gravitational Potential Energy
TIROS
— Television InfraRed Observation Satellite (POES)
DOAMS
— distant-object attitude-measuring system
GML
— Galactic Modeling Language
D
— Directive
POMIN
— Publications of the Astronomical Observatory University of Minnesota
PSPRO
— Publications of the Sproul Observatory
OEJV
— Open European Journal on Variable Stars
EGRET
— Energetic Gamma Ray Explorer Telescope
DSP
— Defense Support Program
MMT
— Multiple Mirror Telescope
UCLA
— Harbor-University of California Los Angeles
HFMA
— Healthcare Financial Management Association
MJD
— Modified Julian Date
MEI
— Medical Economic Index
PMT
— Photo Multiplier Tube
RNAOJ
— Report of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
JET-X
— Joint European Telescope for X-ray astronomy
SOT
— Solar Optical Telescope
MAFI
— Medical Alert Foundation International
EFPIA
— European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations
S/C
— Spacecraft
CIRRIS
— Cryogenic Infrared Radiance Instrument for Shuttle
CEA
— Center for EUV Astrophysics
DEED
— Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
QBO
— Quasi-biennial Oscillation (atm.)
STERE
— Steward Observatory Reprints
ARKOD
— Annual Report of the Kodaikanal Observatory
PPN
— Proto-Planetary Nebula
SIM
— Space Interferometry Mission
OHTA
— Office of Health Technology Assessment
GPC
— General Purpose Computer
SERAJ
— Serbian Astronomical Journal
PROPAC
— Prospective Payment Assessment Commission
PCA
— Proportional Counter Array
PSK
— Phase Shift Key
AMANDA
— Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array
RAD
— Radiant
IPEM
— Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine
SDSS
— Sloan Digital Sky Survey
LF
— Luminosity Function
VHT
— Very High Temperature
STO
— Solar Terrestrial Observatory
LAC
— Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
ATM
— Apollo Telescope Mount (on Skylab)
A&AS
— Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series
COROT
— Convection Rotation and Planetary Transits
TTP
— Time to Perigee
PCARS
— Publication of COMU Astrophysics Research Center
SYDOP
— Sydney Observatory Papers
CDS
— Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer
MOTIF
— Maui Optical Tracking and Identification Facility
JETRO
— Japan External Trade Organization
JCAHO
— Joint Committee on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
NAG
— Numerical Algorithms Group Inc.
MTI
— Minnesota Technology Inc
HUT
— Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope
FDR
— Final Design Review
NRO
— U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
CENELEC
— European Committee for Electromechanical Standardisation
QSO
— Quasar|Quasi-Stellar Object
ATDRS
— Advanced Tracking and Data Relay Satellite
JCCT
— Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (US-China)
SFR
— Star Formation Rate
SPAC
— State Pharmaceutical Administration of China
GOES
— Geostationary Orbiting Environmental Satellite
OPM
— Outer Planet Mission
HIMSS
— Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
PDA
— Parenteral Drug Association
RAE
— Radio Astronomy Explorer
MOS
— Metal Oxide Semiconductor (FET Devices)
SEB
— Systems Engineering Branch
HIBCC
— Health Industry Business Communications Council
MVI
— Microgravity Vestibular Investigation
USNOC
— United States Naval Observatory Circulars
ODC
— Other Direct Cost
CGRO
— Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory
LAN
— Local Apparent Noon
WR
— Western Range
LHA
— Local Hour Angle
ETR
— Eastern Test Range (ESME Preferred)
MIL-STD
— Military Standard
UPPOR
— Uppsala Astronomical Observatory Reports
ESTP
— European Space Technology Platform
SPRRE
— Sproul Observatory Reprints
LRO
— Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
CNSA
— China National Space Administration
LM&SS
— Lunar Mapping and Scientific Survey
CFF
— Columbus Free Flyer
ISTAHC
— International Society of Technology Assessment in Health Care
EUV
— Extreme Ultra-Violet 2
IES
— Institute of Environmental Sciences
ASCP
— American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
IMDA
— Independent Medical Distributors Association
CBI
— Confederation of British Industries
MIAA
— Medical Industry Association of Australia
SOLSTICE
— Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment
AMDM
— Association of Medical Diagnostics Manufacturers
SF
— Square Foot
EGG
— Evaporating Gaseous Globule
SNR
— Super Nova Remnant
EUDRA
— European Drug Regulatory Authorities Network
LOD
— Length of Day
POSS
— Palomar Observatory Sky Survey
G
— Gravity
QSIT
— Quality System Inspection Technique
LLC
— Limited Liability Partnership
ANSAO
— Annals of the Astrophysical Observatory of the Smithsonian Institution
DNA
— Digital Network Architecture
SSDF
— Space Science Development Facility
LAWOB
— Laws Observatory Bulletin
RTV
— Room Temperature Vulcanizer
CSG
— Council of State Governments
ND
— Neutral Density
OSTA
— Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications (US NASA; now OAST)
PAB
— Pharmaceutical Affairs Bureau (Japan)
AAT
— Anglo Australian Telescope
TPF
— Terrestrial Planet Finder
PPRC
— Physician Payment Review Commission
BATSE
— Burst and Transient Source Experiment
CHI
— California Healthcare Institute
ASH
— American Society of Hematology's
CCR
— Configuration Change Request
FIPS
— Fast Imaging Plasma Spectrometer
NAMES
— National Association of Medical Equipment Services
AIPS
— Astronomical Image Processing System
UGC
— Uppsala General Catalog
TIMED
— Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics
PVASO
— Publications of the Vassar College Observatory
SPIRE
— Spectral Infrared Rocket Experiment
ERF
— Energy Rejection Filter
TDRS
— Tracking and Data Relay Satellites
SPIE
— The Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
KBO
— Kuiper Belt Object
MDA
— Medical Device Amendments
TOKAB
— Tokyo Astronomical Bulletin
PYUNO
— Publications of the Yunnan Observatory
ORA
— FDA's Office of Regulatory Affairs
EFCS
— Earth-fixed coordinate system
MOSS
— Market-Oriented Sector Selective
PWASO
— Publications of the Washburn Observatory
JFMDA
— Japan Federation of Medical Device Associations
PACS
— Physics and Astronomy Classification Schemex
GRS
— Gamma Ray Spectrometer
WD
— White Dwarf
MS
— Master Schedule
PBOSO
— Publications of the Bosscha Observatory Lembang
SUSIM
— Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor
MTPPI
— Medical Technology and Practice Patterns Institute
HPB
— Health Protection Board (Canada)
TNO
— Trans-Neptunian Object
ROAN
— Royal Observatory Annals
VLA
— Very Large Array
MDDI
— Medical Device and Diagnostics Industry
CM
— Center of Mass
PRO
— Professional Review Organization
SOPH
— Solar Physics
VO
— Virtual Observatory
NEEDS
— NASA end-to-end data system
STSKY
— Star Sky
AVWG
— Assembly and Verification Working Group
MMKMO
— Memoirs Of The Kakioka Magnetic Observatory
BEV
— Billion Electron Volts
GRO
— Gamma Ray Observatory (NASA)
S&T
— Sky & Telescope
LIGO
— Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
CL
— Command Language
MTF
— Modulation transfer function.
LAT
— Large Area Telescope
DEM
— Differential Emission Measure
WFC
— Wide-Field Camera
PAMELA
— Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics
APINV
— Astrophysical Investigations
LASS
— large-amplitude space simulator
PYERO
— Publications of the Yerkes Observatory
IOLM
— International Organization of Legal Metrology
MEV
— Mars Excursion Vehicle
INTEGRAL
— International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory
RVGSP
— Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics
PCS
— Pointing Control System
VTVL
— Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing
GHRS
— Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph
NLN
— National League for Nursing
JGR
— Journal of Geophysical Research
MVEMJSUNP
— Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto
FDAMA
— FDA Modernization Act of 1997
WILOO
— Williamstown Observatory Observations
LAMMR
— large-antenna multichannel microwave radiometer
OG
— Original Gravity
SHA
— Sidereal Hour Angle
IGM
— Intergalactic Medium
LAPSS
— Large-Area Pulse Solar Simulator
MTC
— Man-Tended Capability
CIAO
— Chandra Interactive Analysis of Observations
PT
— Pass-Through
MACHO
— Massive Compact Halo Object
HAACP
— Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points Program
NHIB
— National Health Insurance Bureau (Taiwan)
MM
— Memory Module
RTK
— Right-To-Know
DIN
— Deutsches Institut fur Normung
ER
— Eastern Range
IOA
— Institute Of Astronomy (Cambridge)
WAXS
— Wide Angle X-ray Scattering
SPWD
— Space World
MITTS
— Mobile Igor Tracking Telescope System
M&P
— Moon and Planets
HIB
— Health Insurance Bureau (Japan)
TECRV
— Technology Review
MPBU
— Minor Planet Bulletin
GLOB
— Globular
ISSRT
— Israel Space Research and Technology Information Bulletin
ASIM
— American Society of International Medicine
JAXA
— Japan Aerospace Exploration System
OFAD
— Optical Field Angle Distortion
AGPS
— Assisted Global Positioning System
VAB
— Vehicle Assembly Building
ANTOK
— Annals of the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory
DADS
— Data Archive and Distribution System
AAOPR
— Anglo-Australian Observatory Epping Preprint
MRSR
— Mars Rover Sample Return
RAPS
— Regulatory Affairs Professional Society
STACC
— Standard Telemetry And Communications Component
SOHO
— SOlar and Heliospheric Observatory
IDT
— Investigation Definition Team
ODF
— Orbit Determination Facility
JBIS
— Journal of the British Interplanetary Society
CYSF
— Cape York Space Facility
NMDC
— National Medical Device Coalition
OARE
— Orbital Acceleration Research Experiment
MPEC
— Minor Planet Electronic Circular
TMT
— Thirty-Meter Telescope
HDIF
— Health Care Data Interchange Format
STMAP
— Studies in Mathematical Physics
DH
— Data Handling
EDMA
— European Diagnostics Manufacturer's Association
LH
— Liquid Hydrogen
XUV
— Extreme Ultraviolet
SNAP
— Supernova / Acceleration Probe
FOC
— Faint Object Camera
AVSOM
— American Association of Variable Stars Observers Monographs
FK4
— Fundamental Katalog 4
NOCC
— Network Operations Control Center (GSFC)
TV
— Thermal Vacuum
LLAGN
— Low-Luminosity Active Galactic Nucleus
DSSC
— Deep Space Station Complex
SPIRIT
— Spatial Infrared Telescope
ISBRV
— International Space Business Review
BBT
— Big Bang Theory
BHB
— Blue Horizontal Branch
COPRE
— Copenhagen University Observatory Reprints
ATEL
— Astronomer's Telegram
LAIRT
— Large-Aperture Infrared Telescope
WMAP
— Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
MEDMARC
— Medical Device Material Assurance and Reinsurance Company, Ltd.
UW
— University of Wisconsin
MEDSUN
— Medical Device Surveillance Network
GRC
— Glenn Research Center
RGOB
— Royal Greenwich Observatory Bulletin
IGY
— International Geophysical Year (1 July 1957 - 31 December 1958)
PPQA
— Pre-Product Quality Assurance
BCS
— Bragg Crystal Spectrometer
B/W
— Black and White
SST
— Spectroscopic Survey Telescope
LS/ST
— Light Shield/Star Tracker
PSC
— Point Source Catalog
CBR
— Cosmic Background Radiation
SO
— Space Operations
MOTIE
— Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy (Korea)
QTG
— Quantum Theory of Gravity
PHA
— Potentially Hazardous Asteroid
SM
— Standard Model
AXAF
— Assembly and Verification Working Group
TGF
— Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flash
PISCO
— Parallel Imager for Southern Cosmological Observations
EBTC
— Edison BioTechnology Center
IFA
— Institute for Astronomy
TR
— Tape Recorder
SSS
— Spinning Sun Sensor
NERVA
— Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application
PLANEMO
— Planetary Mass Object
SEF
— Space Environmental Facility
QE
— Quantum Efficiency
SAA
— South Atlantic Anomaly
SSGSR
— Springer Verlag Springer Series on Group Geophysics Space Research
LVPS
— Low Voltage Power Supply
UHMW
— Ultra High Molecular Weight
AIMBE
— American Insitute for Medical and Biological Engineering
PERI
— Pharmaceutical Education & Research Institute
COCIR
— Coordination Committee of the Radiological and Electromedical Industries
NUSTAR
— Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array
SPD
— Solar Physics Division
SSRMS
— Space Station Remote Manipulator System
VLT
— Very Large Telescope
AGN
— Active Galaxy Nucleus
ISM
— Interstellar Medium
EMDM
— European Medical Device Manufacturer
NSTL
— National Space Technology Laboratories (NASA)
HCPCS
— Health Care Common Procedure Coding System
CATS
— Cheap Access to Space
TOCC
— TDRS Operations Control Center
MDC
— Major Diagnostics Category
HTML
— Hyptertext Markup Language
NAHC
— National Association of Home Care
SPPOL
— Space Policy
MNBIO
— Minnesota Biotechnology
IFCC
— International Federation of Clinical Chemists
MODIS
— Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
SKA
— Square Kilometre Array
SPAN
— Space Physics Analysis Network
USNOR
— United States Naval Observatory Reports
SPICE
— Survey Probe Infrared Celestial Experiment
OMS
— orbital maneuvering system
IPA
— Institute for Polyacryclate Sciences
SANS
— Stellar Autonomous Navigation System
HGA
— High Gain Antennae
SSPF
— Space Station Processing Facility
ADSAC
— Advanced Series in Astrophysics and Cosmology
SIP
— Sickness Index Profile
LPV
— Long Period Variable
IPNS
— Intense Pulsed Neutron Source
OAO
— Orbital Astronomical Observatory
BAVSO
— Bulletin of the American Association of Variable Stars Observers
PMA
— Premarket Application
HEDIS
— Healthplan Employee Data and Information
AR
— Active Region
NACA
— National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics
POL
— Physician's Office Laboratory
SIRTF
— Space Infrared Telescope Facility
DCR
— Document Change Request
VLBI
— Very Long Baseline Interferometry
CU
— Calibration Unit
KODOB
— Kodaikanal Observatory Bulletins
UADE
— Unanticipated Adverse Device Effects
USAFA
— United States Air Force Academy
LCG
— light curve generator
NEAR
— Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous
EUCOMED
— European Confederation of Medical Suppliers Associations
PBPK
— Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic
SSI
— Solid-State Imager
PMC
— Permanently Manned Capability (of Space Station)
JCMT
— James Clerk Maxwell Telescope
MACRO
— Monopole, Astrophysics and Cosmic Ray Observatory
MPI
— Minnesota Project Innovation
E
— Earth
ZAMS
— Zero Age Main Sequence, a star that has just become a main-sequence star (i.e. a star that has begun burning hydrogen in its core)
COWAT
— Contributions of the University of Waterloo Observatory
SM
— Secondary Mirror
MA
— Medical Alley
MMASI
— Memoirs of the Astronomical Society of India
MMO
— Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter
CCLRC
— Central Laboratory of the Research Councils
B/L
— Baseline
FRC
— Flight Research Center
JHU
— The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD)
MST
— Mean Solar Time
MSP
— Millisecond Pulsar
SDO
— Scattered Disk Object
ST-ECF
— Space Telescope - European Coordinating Facility
UNOOSA
— United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
JRASN
— Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand
PC
— Planetary Camera
SRAG
— Space Radiation Analysis Group
ET
— External Tank
MBBNET
— Minnesota Biomedical Business Network
ODE
— Office of Device Evaluation
WSMR
— White Sands Missile Range (whiz-murr)
MPC
— Minor Planet Circulars
T&E
— Test and Evaluation
AAONW
— Anglo-Australian Observatory Epping Newsletter
STHCG
— Studies in High Energy Physics Cosmology and Gravitation
PEB
— Performance Evaluation Board
TAI
— International Atomic Time
TEC
— Thermal Electric Cooler
MMRAS
— Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society
LDEF
— Long Duration Exposure Facility (for Spacecraft Material Testing)
MMIC
— Medical Manufacturers' Information Council
PKAS
— Publication of the Korean Astronomical Society
RGB
— Red Giant Branch
FPA
— Floating Point Accelerator
SGR
— Soft Gamma Repeater
DSS
— Digitized Sky Survey
POVRO
— Publications of the Owens Valley Observatory
ESS
— Engineering Support System
BD
— Bonner Durchmusterung
MVCA
— Minnesota Venture Capital Association
SIMBAD
— Set of Identifications, Measurements, and Bibliography for Astronomical Data
ESAST
— European Space Agency Scientific Technical Review
STATS
— star tracker alignment test set
THAST
— Theoretical Astrophysics
PLR
— Planetary Report
CEAB
— Central European Astrophysical Bulletin
DMF
— Data Management Facility
SNR
— SuperNova Remnant
AU
— Alternate Universe
DDORE
— David Dunlap Observatory Richmond Hill Reprints
MDR
— Medical Device Reports
AVSOQ
— American Association of Variable Stars Observers Quarterly Reports
D/A
— Digital-to-Analog
NRF
— National Research Foundation
XMM
— X-ray Multi Mirror
DWE
— Doppler Wind Experiment
ASC
— Agence Spatiale Canadienne
SCP
— Supernova Cosmology Project
TMA
— Tycho Magnetic Anomaly
ISO
— Imaging Spectrometic Observatory
NR
— Non-Relativistic
AVSOA
— American Association of Variable Stars Observers Abstracts
DOC
— Data Operations Center
IRBS
— Infrared Background Sensor
M
— Messier
AASPP
— Astrononomy and Astrophysics Series
BHTA
— British Healthcare Trades Industry
OWL
— Overwhelmingly Large Telescope
ICCD
— Intensified Charge-Coupled Device
CEV
— Crew Exploration Vehicle
DG
— Data Group
SEM
— space environment monitoring
PAB
— Publications of The Astrophysics Branch Ottawa
STEREO
— Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory
SIRTF
— Shuttle InfraRed Telescope Facility
ZPF
— Zero-Point-Fluctuation
VEEGA
— Venus-Earth-Earth Gravity Assist
LRO
— Large Radio Observatory
VDC
— Volts, Direct Current
UDL
— Unique Data Log
HOTOL
— Horizontal Takeoff and Landing Launcher
ASSA
— Astronomical Society of South Africa
ROE
— Royal Observatory, Edinburgh
PBRN
— Publications of the Astronomical Institute of the University of Borneo
CWS
— Committee on World Standards
LDEO
— Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
SPO
— Sacramento Peak Observatory
PST
— Personal Solar Telescope
HEO
— Highly Elliptical Orbit
RAPS
— radiologists, anesthesiologists, and pathologists
TEA
— Torque Equilibrium Attitude
RSU
— Rate Sensor Unit
MPS
— Mission Planning System
SG
— Shattered Galaxy (game)
ESOB
— European Southern Observatory Bulletin
NEA
— Noise Equivalent Angle
FQR
— Flight Qualification Review
PAN-STARRS
— Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System
RV
— Radial Velocity
ASTRA
— Astrophysics and Space Sciences Transactions
RC
— Relativistic Correction
SST
— Space Surveillance and Tracking
IDA
— International Dark-Sky Association, Inc.
GAS
— Getaway Special
PSF
— Point Spread Function
NM
— Non-Moment
GG
— Gravity Gradient
LST
— Local Sidereal Time
MER
— Mars Exploration Rover
CTB
— Cargo Transfer Bag
DPS
— Division for Planetary Sciences
OHP
— Observatoire de Haute-Provence
MMBAA
— Memoirs of the British Astronomical Association
BMDO
— Ballistic Missile Defense Office
PVSS
— Publications of Variable Star Section
ANSHO
— Shanghai Observatory Annals
ADASS
— Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems
PCOOO
— Publications of the Cook Observatory
GST
— Ground System Test
DSNPR
— Deep Space Network Progress Report
MMAAR
— Maria Mitchell Association Annual Report
TOY
— Time of Year
WR
— Wolf-Rayet Star
SAC
— Solar Array Carrier
TMC
— Taurus Molecular Cloud
XRT
— X-Ray Telescope
CAPMI
— Royal Observatory Cape Mimeogram
LNSP
— Lecture Notes and Supplements in Physics
PDAO
— Publications of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory
MTSRE
— Mount Stromlo Observatory Reprints
PFAO
— Publications of the Flower Astronomical Observatory
SI
— Science Instrument
LITVC
— Liquid Injection Thrust Vector Control
ATC
— Absolute Time Command
SVPCS
— Springer Verlag Springer Series on Physics Chemistry Space
ESTEC
— European Space Technology Center
SAC
— Saguaro Astronomy Club
EGRET
— Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope
ACE
— Actuator Control Electronics
ZD
— Zenith Distance
BANS
— Bulletin of the Astronomical Institutes of the Netherlands, Supplement Series
APPLE
— Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment
AGILE
— Astro-rivelatore Gamma a Immagini Leggero
POHEL
— Publications of the Astronomical Observatory Helsinki
WCFZ
— Worst Case Fresnel Zone
ODB
— Operations Data Base
PLSS
— Portable Life Support System
HRMS
— High Resolution Microwave Survey (SETI, Project Phoenix)
PDO
— Publications of the Dominion Observatory Ottawa
ADU
— Astronomical Distance Unit
VLBA
— Very Long Baseline Array
CORAD
— Communications from the Radcliffe Observatory Pretoria South Africa
RMS
— Record Management System
ANLL
— Annals of the Observatory of Lucien Libert
SMM
— Solar Maximum Mission
PLAWO
— Publications of Laws Observatory
AEDRV
— Astronomy Education Review
CRISTA
— Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometer Telescope For Atmosphere
MV
— Apparent Visual Magnitude
IPNPR
— Interplanetary Network Progress Report
VCS
— Vernier Control System
OGSE
— Optical Ground Support Equipment
JWST
— James Webb Space Telescope
NEO
— Near Earth Object
OAF
— Optical Alignment Facility
CAROB
— Carter Observatory Wellington New Zealand Astronomical Bulletins
AP&SS
— Astrophysics and Space Science
ISTS
— Institute for Space and Terrestrial Science
MACHO
— Massive Astronomical Compact Halo Object
UIT
— Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope
LGRB(S)
— long gamma ray burst(s)
MOLA
— Mars Observer Laser Altimeter
ROUS
— Rodents Of Unusual Size
VAC
— Volts, Alternating Current
PGOOO
— Publications of the Goodsell Observatory
POCC
— Payload Operations Control Center
VMS
— Vertical Motion Simulator
IRFNA
— Inhibited Red Fuming Nitric Acid
HZ
— Habitable Zone
OOTU
— Origin Of The Universe
TCE
— Thermal Control Electronics
MAGIC
— Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov Telescope
CD
— Cordoba Durchmusterung
VAFB
— Vandenberg Air Force Base
PA
— Position Angle
APL&C
— Astrophysical Letters Communications
MLI
— Multilayer Insulation
HB
— Hot Bands
ARBEI
— Astrophysics Reports Publications of the Beijing Astronomical Observatory
LGM
— Little Green Men
PPMTO
— Publications of the Purple Mountain Observatory
IMO
— International Meteor Organization
PASPS
— Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Supplement
PMCCO
— Publications of the Leander McCormick Observatory
BIS
— British Interplanetary Society
PRAST
— Practical Astronomy
AAAD
— Amateur Astronomers Association Delhi
CCA
— Cambridge Contemporary Astrophysics
PAIB
— Publications of the Astronomy Institute of Bonn
MOWG
— Mission Operations Working Group
SSP
— Subsolar Point
WSO
— Wilcox Solar Observatory
MPO
— Mercury Planetary Orbiter
EPD
— Energetic Particles Detector
ALMA
— Atacama Large Millimeter Array
LST
— Large Space Telescope
HVR
— Hyper-Variable Region
AVSOR
— American Association of Variable Stars Observers Reports
LEND
— Lunar Exploration Neutron Detector
APSSS
— Astrophysics and Space Science Supplement
PAICZ
— Publications of the Astronomical Institute of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences
SXR
— Soft X-Ray
PISTO
— Publications of the Istanbul Observatory
MTWRE
— Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatory Reprints
FRAS
— fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society
KODRE
— Kodaikanal Observatory Reprints
KP
— Kitt Peak
IWG
— Interface Working Group
LERC
— Lewis Research Center
CRS
— Cambridge Reference Sequence
HRS
— High Resolution Spectrograph
MO
— Mars Observer
MIP
— Moon Impact Probe
IRA
— Infrared Astronomy
NSC
— Navigational Star Catalog
VAP
— Verification and Acceptance Program
VPF
— Vertical Processing Facility
ANBOS
— Annals of the Bosscha Observatory Lembang
LAMP
— Lyman-Alpha Mapping Project
TEI
— The Education Initiative
COLON
— Communications of the University of London Observatory
SIC
— Spacecraft Identification Code
CVZ
— Continuous Viewing Zone (Hubble Space Telescope; US NASA)
AXP
— Anomalous X-Ray Pulsar
RTS
— Relative Time Sequence
OBAFGKM
— Oh, Be A Fine Girl, Kiss Me
TMTE
— Telemetry Test Equipment
GHA
— Greenwich Hour Angle
CEO
— Corporate Europe Observatory
APL
— Astrophysical Letters
RICAP
— Roma International Conference on Astroparticle Physics
AGK3
— Katalog der Astronomischen Gesellschaft 3
WTR
— Western Test Range
WCS
— World Coordinate System
COOXF
— Communications from the University Observatory Oxford
WAA
— Westchester Amateur Astronomers
SAS
— Space Adaptation Syndrome
WKO
— Well-Known Object
SST
— Spitzer Space Telescope
DLR
— Deutschen Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt
VHE
— Very High Energy
PAM-D
— Payload Assist Module, Delta-class
SL
— Comet Shoemaker-Levy
TBBT
— The Big Bang Theory
RASS
— ROSAT All-Sky Survey
NEP
— North Ecliptic Pole
MEERE
— Kenneth Mees Observatory Reprints
SR
— Spectral Recording
EROS
— Earth Resources Observation Satellite
CSVS
— Catalogue of Suspected Variable Stars
CAS
— Cambridge Astrophysics Series
NED
— NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
MOND
— Modified Newtonian Dynamics
CDCA
— Centre de Depoiullement des Cliches Astronimiques
MINISAT
— Miniature Satellite
DES
— Deep Ecliptic Survey
SID
— Sudden Ionospheric Disturbance
PKIRO
— Publications of the Kirkwood Observatory of Indiana University
AC
— Astrographic Catalogue
RAL
— Radio Astronomy Laboratory
DENIS
— Deep Near-Infrared Survey
SMS
— Science Mission Specification
OMC
— Orion Molecular Cloud
HAO
— High Altitude Observatory (NCAR)
GIO
— graphics input/output
ANCGH
— Annals of Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope
MNSSA
— Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of South Africa
UBM
— Unpressurized Berthing Mechanism
CARRE
— Carter Observatory Wellington New Zealand Reprints
SMART
— Small Missions for Advanced Research in Technology
VOIR
— Venus Orbiting Imaging Radar
MTSOM
— Mount Stromlo Observatory Mimeographs
OLT
— Observatory Level Test
LFT
— Luyten Five-Tenths
EBE
— Extraterrestrial Biological Entity
MLY
— Mega Light Year
VTHL
— Vertical Takeoff Horizontal Landing
BALTA
— Baltic Astronomy
BDB
— Big Dumb Booster
SOHO
— Solar Heliospheric Observatory
ETOL
— ESA Test and Operations Language
FGE
— Fine Guidance Electronics
ITF
— Intensity Transfer Function
SAOCO
— Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory - Contributions to Astrophysics
CCDM
— Catalog of Components of Double and Multiple Stars
PF&CO
— Publications of the Flower and Cook Astronomical Observatory
PNLF
— Planetary Nebula Luminosity Function (astronomy)
SQPK
— staggered quadrature phase shift keying
IAO
— International Astronomy Olympiad
MPF
— Mars PathFinder
SPDM
— Special Purpose Dextrous Manipulator
TT
— Terrestrial Time
COAST
— Communications in Asteroseismology
AMR
— Antarctic Meteorite Research
TMP
— Technical Management Plan
IDT
— Instrument Development Team
MFR
— Manipulator Foot Restraint
ECA
— Earth Crossing Asteroid
PASK
— Publications of the Academy of Science Kasakstan
SP
— Solar Physics
DSO
— Deep Sky Object
COPRI
— Contributions from the Princeton University Observatory
LOWOB
— Lowell Observatory Bulletin
STAR
— Space Telescope Axial Replacement
SP
— sun point
EHB
— Extreme Horizontal Branch
APT
— Automatic Photometric Telescope
SOUST
— Southern Skies
SPRL
— Space Physics Research Laboratory
CSM
— Circumstellar Material
UIC
— User Identification Code
CIT
— Circumstellar Imaging Telescope
DQE
— Detector Quantum Efficiency
A
— Angstrom unit
A/D
— Analog to Digital (conversion)
FIRST
— Frontiers in Research: Space and Time
EAAA
— Escambia Amateur Astronomers Association
ISR
— Instrument Science Report
DDTE
— Design, Development, Test, and Evaluation
OPS
— Operations Division
EU
— Extended Universe
STARCAT
— Space Telescope Archive Catalog
PCS
— Physics and Chemistry in Space
MONGO
— Interactive graphics software package
TOPS
— Toward Other Planetary Systems
PDAA
— Publications of the Department of Astronomy, Austin, Texas
MSOCC
— Multisatellite Operations Control Center
MDRS
— Mars Desert Research Station
ATM
— Amateur Telescope Maker
RLQ
— Radio Loud Quasar
OTHB
— Over The Horizon Backscatter
OXFOO
— Oxford University Observatory Observations
CM/QA
— Configuration Management/Quality Assurance
CPMF
— cost plus management fee
FACC
— Ford Aerospace Communications Corporation
AGN
— Active Galactic Nucleus
BWI
— Baltimore-Washington International Airport, between Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, DC, United States
CPD
— Cape Photographic Durchmusterung
CSM
— Command and Service Module
MICRE
— University of Michigan Observatory Reprints
BCG
— Blue Compact Galaxy
SLAP
— Space Link Access Protocol
ASTQ
— Astronomy Quarterly
KTB
— Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary
LUT
— Lookup Table
RTC
— Real-Time Command
MSTO
— Main Sequence Turn-Off
CCD
— Color-Color Diagram
COTS
— Cheap Off the Shelf
IPPPSSOOT
— file naming convention for HST data sets
ABBA
— ADC Backend For Bolometer Array
MPC
— Minor Planets Circular
FAME
— Full-sky Astrometric Mapping Explorer
AST
— Astrometry Science Team
SIA
— Solar Inertial Attitude
AIT
— Assembly, Integration, and Testing
AEA
— Atomic Energy Agency
NEAF
— North East Astronomy Forum
NG
— Newsgroup
MS
— Mission Schedule
YSO
— Young Stellar Object
SMA
— Secondary Mirror Assembly
HLV
— Heavy Lift Vehicle
SETI
— Search for Extra Terrestial Intelligence
NSL
— Northrop Space Laboratory
ODAS
— OCA (Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur) - DLR (Deutschen Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt) Asteroid Survey
BRITE
— Bright-Star Target Explorer
MTWAR
— Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatory Annual Report
RNP
— Rotation, Nutation and Precession
GVI
— Global Village Idiot
ZAP
— Z Axis Precession
ZHR
— Zenith Hourly Rate
PWM
— pulse width modulated
TFMRP
— Transfer Function Mode Reduction Package
SAT
— Synthetic Aperture Telescope
DQF
— Data Quality File
PAD
— Pulse Amplitude Discriminator
SUMER
— Solar Ultraviolet Measurements of Emitted Radiation
NSSCC
— NORAD Space Surveillance Computation Center
EU
— Engineering Unit
NGS
— National Geographic Society
SCSP
— Science and Culture Series Physics
FDI
— failure detection and isolation
GDS
— Great Dark Spot
VSSSC
— Variable Star Section Special Circulars
SPP
— Subset Preprocessor
FAST
— Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer
DISR
— Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer
AOR
— Astronomical Observation Request
TAG
— Two-Axis Gimbal
HTVL
— Horizontal Takeoff Vertical Landing
CTO
— Color Temperature Orange
MEM
— Maximum Entropy Method
CCL
— Closed Conference Loop
SN
— SuperNova
TAR
— Test Authorization Request
SGRB(S)
— short gamma ray burst(s)
MTR
— Mean Time to Restore
CELT
— California Extremely Large Telescope
ACV
— Alpha Canes Venatici
SV
— Science Verification
CSO
— Caltech Submillimeter Observatory
QPOE
— Quick Position Oriented Event
SB
— Spectroscopic Binary
AAA
— Amateur Astronomers Association
PDA
— Photon Detector Assembly
WXQ
— Waxing Quarter
RM
— Retrieval Mode
LMST
— Local Mean Sidereal Time
OSB
— Operations Software Branch
SXT
— Soft X-Ray Telescope
LBVS
— Luminous blue variable
TZO
— Thorne-Å»ytkow Object
CSPN
— Central Star of Planetary Nebula
DN
— Digital Number
SCAS
— Southern Cross Astronomical Society, Inc.
SWAS
— Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite
VELLO
— Very Low Luminosity Object
HRA
— High Resolution Apodizer
Z
— Redshift Factor
ARGOS
— Advanced Research Global Observation Satellite
SAL
— Space Astronomy Laboratory (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison WI)
FSM
— First Servicing Mission
AESS
— Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers - Aerospace and Electronics Systems Society
BOOK
— Bio Optical Organized Knowledge
CAI
— Calcium Aluminum-rich Inclusion
STERJ
— Solar, Terrestrial and Environmental Research Japan
LIRG
— Luminous Infrared Galaxy
LBN
— Lynds Bright Nebula
ABB
— After the Big Bang
XN
— X-ray Nova
PEP
— Proposal Entry Processor
SARA
— Satellite pour Astronomie Radio Amateur
JVO
— Japanese Virtual Observatory
PODPS
— Post Observation Data Processing System
IRDC
— Infrared Dark Cloud
ETI
— Extraterrestrial Intelligence
TAUVEX
— Tel Aviv University Ultraviolet Explorer
GSPC
— Guide Star Photometry Catalog
FEM
— Finite Element Model
MCSA
— Mir Cooperative Solar Array
FPA
— Focal Plane Assembly
IDT
— Image Dissector Tube
CCAR
— Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research
WBHF
— WideBand High Frequency
RPI
— Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Rensselaer, NY)
TKSC
— Tsukuba Space Center
LCRS
— Las Campanas Redshift Survey
GCVS
— General Catalog of Variable Stars
FES
— Fine Error Signal
LENA
— Low Energy Neutrino Astronomy
SERF
— Space Environment Research Facility
ACRV
— Astronaut Crew Rescue Vehicle
VRCS
— Vernier Reaction Control System
SED
— Spectral Energy Distribution
BMO
— Black Moving Object
DSD
— Data Systems Division
VRM
— Venus Radar Mapper
SPWEA
— Space Weather
XCS
— XMM Cluster Survey
SST
— Software Support Team
VSSCI
— Variable Star Section Circulars
IPS
— Inches Per Second
QE
— Quality Engineer
ORB
— Observatoire Royal de Belgique (Royal Observatory of Belgium)
VSSRE
— Variable Star Section Reprints
DCF
— Data Capture Facility
GOX
— Gaseous Oxygen
GXY
— Galaxy
PEGA
— Programs in Extra-Galactic Astronomy
PTF
— Payload Test Facility
O
— Oblivion
UDMH
— Unsymmetrical Dimethyl Hydrazine (Alar Metabolite)
OCB
— Operational Configuration Baseline
SRS
— Stellar Radiation Sensor
EAPU
— External Auxiliary Power Unit
FGS
— Fine Guidance Sensors
PNNV
— Planetary Nebula Nucleus Variable
BBH
— Big Black Hole
SUVSR
— Scandinavian Union of Amateur Astronomers Variable Star Section
EA
— Eclipsing Algol
PK
— Perek-Kohoutek
CPMM
— characters per millimeter
CAAS
— Central Arkansas Astronomical Society
SWEEPS
— Sagittarius Window Eclipsing Extrasolar Planet Search
AST
— Apparent Solar Time
GEIS
— Generic Edited Information Set
CDMH
— Cold Dark Matter Haloes
NEA
— Near-Earth Asteroid
HFQPO(S)
— high-frequency quasi-periodic oscillation(s)
BAC
— Bordeaux Astrographic Catalog
HIPO
— Hierarchic Input-Process-Output
LBV
— Luminous Blue Variable
ATR
— Absolute Time Reference
STIF
— Software Test and Integration Facility
SNAP
— Structural Network Analysis Program
VPU
— video processing unit
TOYAL
— Transactions of the Astronomical Observatory of Yale University
DMS
— Data Management Subsystem
RQZ
— Radio Quiet Zone
OMS
— Observatory Monitoring System
WAA
— Western Amateur Astronomers
ARAA
— Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
SLOI
— Satellite Lake Observatory Initiative
DOV
— Director of Orbital Verification
ADAF
— Advection-dominated Accretion Flow
SCSA
— Science and Culture Series Astrophysics
VGRF
— Variable-Gravity Research Facility
LV
— Lunette Verte
SLTV
— System Level Thermal Vacuum
NICMOS
— Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer
NEMP
— Nitrogen-Enhanced Metal-Poor
SWAT
— Swift Action Team
RXTE
— Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer
BDF
— Block Data Format
ACS
— Advanced Camera for Surveys
QPO
— Quasi-periodic Oscillation
CEMP
— Carbon-Enhanced Metal-Poor
AWG
— Astronomy Working Group
IRAC
— International Radio Advisory Committee
QZ
— Quasi Zenith
THEMIS
— Thermal Emission Imaging System
EJASA
— Electronic Journal of the Astronomical Society of the Atlantic
SPIF
— Shuttle/POCC Interface Facility
VFN
— virtual file name
NIMS
— Near-Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
SQM
— Strange Quark Matter
TWA
— TW Hydrae Association
HTHL
— Horizontal Takeoff Horizontal Landing
GTO
— Guaranteed Time Observer
OPB
— Observation Planning Branch
DPOSS
— Digitized Palomar Observatory Sky Survey
STOL
— Systems Test and Operations Language
TSTO
— Two-Stage-To-Orbit
CSS
— Catalina Sky Survey
SAREX
— Search and Rescue Exercise
EMP
— Extremely Metal-Poor
SFS
— Smallest Feature Size
ADIL
— Astronomy Digital Image Library
CMBR
— Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
UGZ
— UG Z Camelopardalis
SDMS
— Spatial Data Management System
WAA
— Wiener Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Astronomie
TIUCS
— Transactions of the International Union for Cooperation in Solar Research
AQR
— Aquarius
VZA
— Viewing Zenith Angle
GMC
— Giant Molecular Cloud
VILCO
— Villanova University Observatory Contributions
EVAC
— East Valley Astronomy Club
RC
— Reference Catalogue
COMPTEL
— Compton Telescope
ZOF
— zone of exclusion
RGA
— Rate Gyro Assembly
LMSC
— Lockheed Missile and Space Corporation
DN
— Dwarf Nova
CFCO
— Committee for Crescent Observation
ROLUN
— Reports of the Lund Observatory
CG
— Compact Galaxy
AVO
— Astrophysical Virtual Observatory
LSO
— Large Solar Observatory
SAGA
— Solar Array Gain Augmentation
CREAM
— Cosmic Ray Energetics and Mass
SUPRIME
— SUbaru PRIME focus CAMera
LWS
— Long Wavelength Spectrometer
CCO
— Catalogue of Cometary Orbits
CIP
— Celestial Intermediate Pole
RIACS
— Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science
EKBO
— Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt Object
VERITAS
— Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System
ULAS
— Union List of Astronomy Serials
IFT
— Inverse Fourier Transform
PUSNO
— Publications of the US Naval Observatory
AJD
— Astronomical Julian Day
CAMAC
— Computer-Aided Measurement and Control
WIRE
— Wide-Field Infrared Explorer
WIYN
— Wisconsin Indiana Yale NOAO Telescope Consortium
CVAS
— Chippewa Valley Astronomical Society
MWO
— Mount Wilson Observatory
RRAT
— Rotating RAdio Transient
QV
— quick visual
WOMBAT
— Wavelength-Oriented Microwave Background Analysis Team
SPT
— South Pole Telescope
SJC
— slit jaw camera
ENE
— East North East
SSRV
— Space Science Reviews
PSR
— Pulsar Supernova Remnant
IRAC
— Infrared Array Camera
PASP
— Publications of the Astronomical Society of Pacific
NOT
— NOrdic Telescope
PMIRR
— Pressure Modulated InfraRed Radiometer
MU
— Memory Unit
SQPN
— staggered quadriphase pseudo-random noise
C/C
— configuration control
SHAD
— Stellar Horizon Atmospheric Dispersion
RVMA
— Reviews in Modern Astronomy
RTLT
— Round Trip Light Time
OCS
— Optical Control System
AD
— Analog to Digital
UKIRT
— United Kingdom Infrared Telescope
GMT
— Greenwich Mean Time (now obsolete)
DDCU
— DC-to-DC Converter Unit
MMR
— Mean-Motion Resonance
CAAA
— Capital Area Astronomy Association
SDP
— science data packet
BCCP
— Berkeley Center for Cosmological Physics
SOFA
— Standards of Fundamental Astronomy
IMSL
— International Mathematical and Statistical Library
C&DH
— Control and Data Handling
GAF
— Geographic Adjustment Factor
GLOW
— Gross Lift-Off Weight
LSST
— Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
TCB
— Barycentric Coordinate Time
DN
— Dwarf Novae
STR
— Science Tape Recorder
SEB
— Source Evaluation Board
SIF
— Science Instrument Formatter
STAVF
— Space Telescope Assembly and Verification Facility
SPE
— Static Phase Error
CM
— Critical mass
WISARD
— Web Interface for Searching Archival Research Data
RMS
— Remote Manipulator System
STL
— science trailer line
IDMP
— International Daylight Measurement Program
GMRT
— Giant Meter-wave Radio Telescope
IAAC
— Internet Amateur Astronomers Catalog
SGEMP
— Space-Generated Electromagnetic Pulse
P&A
— Physics and Astronomy
SPA
— Solar Panel Assembly
AGK
— Astronomische Gesellschaft Katalog
PRESTO
— Project to Re-Engineer Space Telescope Observing
PSL
— Program Support Library
GSOWG
— Ground Systems Operations Working Group
UGSU
— UG SU Ursae Majoris
APT
— Automated Patrol Telescope
CNSR
— Comet Nucleus Sample Return
AOA
— ASCA Online Arxiv
EAAS
— East Antrim Astronomical Society
NLTE
— Non-local Thermodynamic Equilibrium
OCO
— Oort Cloud Object
RABF
— Radio Astronomy Bandstop Filter
ORR
— Orbit Readiness Review
IBBTF
— Imagination Baffled By The Facts
CISCO
— Cooled Infrared Spectrograph and Camera for OHS
CASB
— Catalogs and Survey Branch
CST
— Constant
ESTR
— Engineering and Science Tape Recorder
TECU
— Technology and Culture
IRAIT
— International Robotic Antarctic Infrared Telescope
SQIID
— Simultaneous Quad Infrared Imaging Device
TYC
— Tycho
MEV
— million electron volts
M
— Mira
OSS
— Observation Support System
VISTAR
— visible space tracking and reconnaissance
SPIEL
— Signal Processing Interactive Extensible Language
IQL
— Interactive Query Language
LC
— Las Campanas observatory
CMT
— Carlsberg Meridian Telescope
CSAA
— Committee on Space Astronomy and Astrophysics
PCT
— Program Coordinator Team
CIBR
— Cosmic Infrared Background Radiation
PFS
— Percent Full Scale
SFC
— Space Forecast Center
E/A
— Ephemeris/Attitude
ULE
— Ultralow Expansion
CCIR
— Comit? Consultatif International Pour La Radio (French For Consultative Committee On International Radio
PMDB
— Project Management Data Base
ASP
— Analog Signal Processor
BSG
— Blue SuperGiant
UST
— Universal Standard Time
AET
— Accuracy Enhancing Technology
GBT
— Green Bank Telescope
SSC
— Science Support Center
C&A
— calibration and analysis
HERA
— Hermes Robotic Arm
ACURA
— Association of Canadian Universities for Research in Astronomy
CBS
— Contract and Business Services
OPUS
— OSS and PODPS Unified Systems
ICSO
— International Conference on Space Optics
SETA
— Search for Extra Terrestrial Artifacts
NPS
— North Polar Sequence
VSOLB
— Variable Star Observers League in Japan - Bulletin
IDM
— Intelligent Database Machine
EOSL
— Earth Observation Systems Laboratory
LWR
— Long Wavelength Redundant
MSE
— Milton S. Eisenhower library
PUAMS
— Publications of the Astronomical Institute of the University of Amsterdam
ACS
— Actuator Control System
KAIT
— Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope
SMOV
— Servicing Mission Observatory Verification
CMC
— Carlsberg Meridian Catalogue
ACP
— Aerosol Collector and Pyrolyser
CFCP
— Center for Cosmological Physics
SAM
— Small Angle Maneuver
SCUBA
— Submillimetre Common User Bolometer Array
AOC
— Award Of Contract
BRAVO
— Back-End Redesign for Added Value for Observers
LRG
— Luminous Red Galaxy
LCDM
— Lambda Cold Dark Matter
NAO
— National Astronomy Olympiad
BITP
— Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics
R&I
— Receiving and Inspection
SMM
— science mission management
DSOB
— Data Systems Operations Branch
RNGC
— Revised New General Catalog
SIPS
— Southern Infrared Proper Motion Survey
MYSO
— Massive Young Stellar Object
RAG
— Radio Astronomy Group
FIRST
— Far InfraRed and Submillimeter Space Telescope
TAROT
— Télescope à Action Rapide pour les Objets Transitoires
STSDAS
— Space Telescope Science Data Analysis System
RPO
— Research Programs Office
RFT
— Rich Field Telescope
RPSS
— Remote Proposal Submission System
STEIS
— Space Telescope Electronic Information System
CVC
— Current-to-Voltage Converter
PFI
— Partial Frame Image
IRCS
— Infrared Camera and Spectrograph
ASCA
— Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astronomy
CG
— Cometary Globule
L
— Lagrange
OVIWG
— Orbital Verification Implementation Working Group
MIDAS
— Munich Image Data Analysis System
SESD
— Science and Engineering Systems Division
MAST
— Multimission Archive at Space Telescope
PPF
— Payload Processing Facility (USAF)
SRAA
— Scenic Rim Astronomy Association, Inc.
BLO
— Bl Lac Object
FPSA
— FPA Structure Assembly
AEDP
— Astrometry and Engineering Data Processing
UKST
— United Kingdom Schmidt Telescope
BEM
— Bug-Eyed Monster (Late 40's-early 50'soft-used, and still in use, Sci-Fi term)
CADC
— Canadian Astronomical Data Center
MCG
— Morphological Catalog of Galaxies
SANSA
— South African National Space Agency
TUASB
— Tokyo University Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science Bulletin
CIB
— Cosmic Infrared Background
QEH
— Quantum Efficiency Hysteresis
AEG
— Astro Event Group
IPPW
— International Planetary Probe Workshop
CXO
— Chandra X-ray Observatory
JOP
— Joint Observing Program
HLO
— High Light Output
OC
— Open Cluster
DCEP
— Delta Cepheid
BOAO
— Bohyunsan Optical Astronomy Observatory
MOTV
— Manned Orbital Transfer Vehicle
UCSD
— University of California San Diego
DVA
— Detector Vacuum Assembly
PNN
— Planetary Nebula Nucleus
ELIAS
— European Large Area ISO Survey
FOCAS
— Faint Object Classification and Analysis System
OSCAR
— Orbital Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio
CC
— Candidate Companion
LINER
— Low Ionization Nuclear Emission Region
BST
— British Summer Time [GMT 0100]
IRTF
— Infrared Telescope Facility
TML
— Total Mass Loss
PNS
— Pulsed Neutron Source
ALAT
— Airborne Large Aperture Telescope
ODL
— Observation Data Log
CRAP
— Completely Radical Anthropic Principle
EAAE
— European Association for Astronomy Education
BDEC
— Bendix Field Engineering Corporation
FFD
— First Fixation Duration
TUASR
— Tokyo University Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science Report
SEI
— Space Exploration Initiative
REPT
— Relativistic Electron-Proton Telescope
MS
— Meteor Scattering
VIMOS
— Visible Multiobject Spectrograph
SAREX
— Space Amateur Radio Experiment
SSP
— Surface Science Packages
SEP
— System Enhancement Plan
XIS
— X-ray Imaging Spectrometer
OPO
— Operations Project Office
SJR
— Software Justification Report
AAT
— Anglo-Australian Telescope
UNPSA
— United Nations Programme on Space Applications
ITA
— Institute of Theoretical Astronomy
VRSD
— Verification Requirements and Specifications Document
SXARI
— SX ARIetis
SUGRA
— Supergravity
LFAE
— Light Field Attribute Explorer
N
— Nova
OCX
— observation comments file
PDBI
— Plateau de Bure Interferometer
EAFB
— Edwards Air Force Base
SSPRV
— Space and Solar Power Review
SPSS
— Science Planning and Scheduling System
ETR
— Engineering Tape Recorder
MPCS
— Minor Planet circulars Supplement
GEM
— Galileo Europa Mission
DIG
— Dwarf Irregular Galaxy
RLOF
— Roche Lobe Overflow
BATC
— Beijing-Arizona-Taiwan-Connecticut
DIB
— Diffuse Interstellar Band
SS
— Safing System
CHZ
— Circumstellar Habitable Zone
STIF
— Science and Technology Information Facility
CTIO
— Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
PW&SO
— Publications of the Warner Swasey Observatory
XSC
— Extended Source Catalog
ATCA
— Australia Telescope Compact Array
ETRD
— Engineering Tape Recorded Data
CINEOS
— Campo Imperatore Near-Earth Object Survey
PWD
— Pre-White Dwarf
SWAN
— Solar Wind ANisotropy
TASS
— The Amateur Sky Survey
OPD
— Operations and Data Processing Division
PVTEL
— PV TELescopii
ASKAP
— Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder
SS
— System Simulator
IV
— intra vehicular
SVPHA
— Soviet Physics Astronomy
MOID
— Minimum Orbit Intersection Distance
NEO
— Near-Earth Object - Non-combatant Evacuation Operations
PROS
— Post Reduction Offline Software
SOSYR
— Solar System Research
UGWZ
— UG WZ Sagittae
LWS
— Long-Wave Spectrograph
PASP
— Proceedings of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
LTM
— Like The Moon
CSV
— Catalog of Suspected Variables
NOMAD
— Naval Observatory Merged Astrometric Dataset
AGAPE
— Andromeda Galaxy and Amplified Pixels Experiment
LOTOSS
— Lick Observatory and Tenagra Observatory Supernova Searches
EIT
— Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope
ASAS
— All Sky Automated Survey
MGS
— Mars Global Surveyor
APSB
— Advance Planning Systems Branch
DES
— Dark Energy Survey
SID
— Software Implementation Directive
TAC
— telemetry and command processor
TT
— Terrestrial Time (replaced Ephemeris Time, ET)
UMCP
— University of Maryland College Park
SAS
— Science Analysis Software
RC
— Ritchey-Chretien
PSI
— Planetary Science Institute
ISPM
— International Solar Polar Mission
OV
— Orbital Verification
SDA
— Science Data Analyst Small Computer Systems Interface
ACM
— Asteroids Comets Meteors
BAV
— Bundesdeutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Veraenderliche Sterne
SDAS
— Scientific Data Analysis System
♅
— Uranus
DAV
— Deerlick Astronomy Village
AAAM
— Active Amateur Astronomers of Maryland
CCO
— Central Compact Object
DRS
— Direct Receiving Station
OAO
— Orbiting Astronomical Observatory
WIRCAM
— Wide-field InfraRed Camera, instrument on the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
FGC
— Flat Galaxy Catalogue
CRTS
— Centre Royal de Teledetection Spatiale
DM
— Dark Matter
CSPAR
— Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research
PSR
— Project Status Review
XMM
— X-ray Multi- Mirror satellite
OT
— Off-Topic
TO
— target of opportunity
CDIMP
— Catalogue of Discoveries and Identifications of Minor Planets
SSU
— Steady State Universe
SHAD
— Stellar Horizon Attitude Determination
ADS
— Aitken Double Stars
FGSAA
— FGS Access Area
ICF
— Intrinsic Correlation Function
SMBH
— Super Massive Black Hole
MOSES
— Mission Operations and Systems Engineering Support
FEB
— Falling-Evaporating Body
CP
— Chemically Peculiar
SIB
— Science Instrument Branch
WKAA
— West Kentucky Amateur Astronomers
MV
— absolute visual magnitude
CNES
— Centre National d'Etude Spatiales
RSG
— Red Super Giant
AAS
— Archaeology Astronautics and Seti
SDM
— Secondary Deployment Mechanism
CNO
— Carbon-Nitrogen-Oxygen
LPICO
— Lunar and Planetary Institute Contributions
ECT
— Equator Crossing Time
WFS
— Wave Front Sensor
ISEE
— International Sun Earth Explorer
HDOS
— Hughes Danbury Optical Systems (Danbury CT)
ASWG
— Astronomical Science Working Group
TCG
— Geocentric Coordinate Time
OW
— Outer Wall
LN2
— liquid N2
STIC
— Space Telescope Institute Council
QPSK
— quadriture phase shift keying
IPMO
— Isolated Planetary-Mass Objects
IB
— Interstellar Band
RDI
— Radiation Driven Implosion
ATPI
— Astronomy Through Practical Investigations
GCC
— Globular Cluster Candidate
SEST
— Swedish-ESO Submillimetre Telescope
SIMA
— Secondary Mirror Incremental Motor Actuator
GSSS
— Guide Star Selection System
SPS
— Solar Power Satellite
ERO
— Extremely Red Object
PEP
— PhotoElectric Photometry
CST
— Constant Strain Triangle
MBA
— Main-Belt Asteroid
PORTS
— Preliminary Operations Requirements and Test Support
STOCC
— Space Telescope Operations Control Center (GSFC, Greenbelt MD)
E
— Eclipsing
CNS
— Computing and Network Services
SFU
— Space Flier Unit
CMCC
— Central Mission Control Centre
DSOS
— Dish Surface Optimization System
VPC
— viewport coordinates
TAU
— Thousand Astronomical Unit
IARA
— Italian Amateur Radio Astronomy
OBP
— Onboard Processor
PNG
— Planetary Nebulae, Galactic
AH
— ampere hours
TIC
— Tycho Input Catalog
SHAR
— Stellar Horizon Atmospheric Refraction
MOR
— Mission Operations Room
CXBR
— Cosmic X-ray Background Radiation
SVWG
— Science Verification Working Group
LEST
— Large Earth-based Solar Telescope
TPI
— Technical Proposal Instructions
START
— Solar Thermal Analysis Review and Training
NAIF
— Navigation Ancillary Information Facility
VPO
— VISTA Project Office
APASS
— AAVSO Photometric All-Sky Survey
TLP
— Transient Lunar Phenomenon
PAR
— Photon Activity Rate
TRB
— Test Review Board
BCD
— Blue Compact Dwarf
NEAP
— Near Earth Asteroid Prospector
CSLG
— Campus-wide Software License Grants Program
MOXE
— MOnitoring X-Ray Experiment
STDN
— Satellite Tracking and Data Network
MW
— Milky Way
MBH
— Massive Black Hole
FASTT
— Flagstaff Astrometric Scanning Transit Telescope
BPM
— Bruce Proper Motion
LST
— Large Stellar Telescope
WDS
— Washington Double Star
DAG
— Doğu Anadolu Gozlemevi
ILOC
— International Lunar Occultation Center
SMC
— Small Magellanic Cloud
PWN
— Pulsar Wind Nebula
CTRF
— Celestial and Terrestrial Reference Frames
NLST
— National Large Solar Telescope
PRE
— Photospheric Radius Expansion
ODS
— Our Dark Skies
USMP
— United States Microgravity Payload
COMICS
— Cooled Mid-Infrared Camera and Spectrometer
IIPS
— Interactive Image Processing System
KIC
— Kepler Input Catalog
LP
— Luyten Palomar
CIAO
— Coronagraphic Imager with Adaptive Optics
OCST
— Office of Commercial Space Transportation
EUSO
— Extreme Universe Space Observatory
HESI
— High Energy Solar Imager
DS
— Dwarf Star
MLRS
— McDonald Laser Ranging Station
ESB
— Engineering Support Branch
MT
— Moving Target
MMTO
— Multiple Mirror Telescope Observatory
NIU
— NASCOM Interface Unit
SER
— Systems Engineering Report
ESIS
— European Space Information System
LOTIS
— Livermore Optical Transient Imaging System
FSS
— Flight Servicing System
UGSS
— UG SS Cygni
CGRO
— Compton Gamma Ray Obsrvatory
CRL
— Compound Refractive Lens
LMXB
— Low-Mass X-Ray Binary
SIS
— SETI (Search for Extra-Terrestial Intelligence) Intercept System
ECA
— Electronics Control Assembly
SINGS
— Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxies Survey
Q&A
— qualification and acceptance
SSSPM
— SuperCOSMOS Sky Survey Proper Motion
RC
— Red Clump
CTTS
— Classical T Tauri Star
SPG
— Special Projects Group
PTF
— Palomar Transient Factory
KM
— Kilometres
BZ
— Brillouin zone - a uniquely defined primitive cell in reciprocal space
HETE-2
— high energy transient explorer
USOC
— Unified System Orbit Computation
XBP
— X-Ray Bright Point
OTS
— Oasa Tamura Sugitani
ABRIXAS
— A BRoadband Imaging X-ray All-sky Survey
RWA
— Reaction Wheel Assembly
ICRC
— International Cosmic Ray Conference
RORF
— Radio/Optical Reference Frame
SVAL
— Soviet Astronomy Letters
TRACE
— Transition Region and Coronal Explorer
GDSO
— Georgi Dobrovolski Solar Observatory
LOSS
— Lick Observatory Supernova Search
VVDS
— VIMOS-VLT Deep Survey
EAC
— European Astronaut Centre
DBW
— decibel reference to 1 watt
MAG
— Magnitude
TIB
— Telescope Instrument Branch
MKO
— MAUNA KEA OBSERVATORY
GC
— Galactic Center
PMPS
— Parkes Multibeam Pulsar Survey
SMC
— Standard Model of Cosmology
DCA
— Detector Control Assembly
NGST
— Next Generation Space Telescope
UCLAP
— University of California Los Angeles - Astronomical Papers
PWHHO
— Publications of West Hendon House Observatory, Sunderland
CGSS
— Catalogue of Galactic S Stars
MXRB
— Massive X-Ray Binary
SAOC
— SAO Catalog
LONEOS
— Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search
SEST
— Swedish ESO Submillimeter Telescope
TTC
— telemetry, tracking, and command
TSI
— Total Solar Irradiance
GPB
— Group Parameter Block
EOR
— End of Record
DSN
— deep-space network
ROTSE
— Robotic Optical Transient Search Experiment
EARS
— Electrostatic Atmospherics Radio Sensor
VISTA
— Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy
CFHT
— Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
NS
— Neutron Star
SAO
— Swinburne Astronomy Online
EMP
— Ephemerides of Minor Planets
MMF
— Moving Magnetic Feature
BSS
— Blue Straggler Star
SMM
— Spectro-Mirror Mechanism
MONS
— Measuring Oscillations in Nearby Stars
IVC
— Institute Visiting Committee
SEA
— Sensor Electronics Assembly
SF
— Star Field
WDM
— Warm Dark Matter
SMO
— Servicing Mission Office
TAAS
— The Albuquerque Astronomical Society
PEPE
— Plasma Experiment for Planetary Exploration
ITT
— International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
GIMP
— Geomagnetically Induced Motion Problem
KAO
— Kuiper Airborne Observatory
IRD
— Interface Requirements Document
WFCAM
— Wide Field Camera
SHP
— Standard Header Packet
NCSA
— National Center for Supercomputer Applications (Urbana IL)
MRSRM
— Mars Rover and Sample Return Mission
BCD
— Basic Calibrated Data
NGS
— New Generation STAR
CVP
— Continuously Variable Planetary
FPAS
— FPA Shroud
LINEAR
— Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research
TRACE
— Transition Regional and Coronal Explorer
SPST
— Science Planning and Scheduling Team
URPX
— Uranian Ring Plane Crossing
CRRES
— Combined Release Radiation Effects Satellite
GHZ
— Galactic Habitable Zone
IWCA
— International Workshop on Cometary Astronomy
PFR
— Portable Foot Restraint
WSAL
— Winston-Salem Astronomical League
ERRSAC
— Eastern Regional Remote Sensing Applications Center
DDA
— Division on Dynamical Astronomy
WGAS
— Working Group on Astronomical Software
SCOA
— Smithsonian Contributions to Astrophysics
ULX
— Ultra-Luminous X-ray source
SMS
— Sun Moon and Stars
ACA
— Atacama Compact Array
SCUBA-2
— Submillimetre Common User Bolometer Array 2
EAPJ
— Electronic AstroPhysical Journal Letters
LP
— Lonely Planet
STVSW
— Space Telescope Verification Software
RTC
— Researching The Cosmos
UG
— U Geminorum
AUDS
— ALFA Ultra Deep Survey
COL
— Collinder catalog
LDE
— Long Duration Event
VF
— Variable Frequency
SCAC
— Science Computing Advisory Commitee
LETGS
— Low Energy Transmission Gratings Spectrometer
ECO
— Earth crossing object
SSO
— Special Studies Office
CSWA
— Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy
NODO
— NASA Orbital Debris Observatory
SCP
— Small Computer Systems Interface
RRL
— RR Lyrae
BCVS
— Bibliographic Catalogue of Variable Stars
DCMF
— Data Capture and Management Facility
SETG
— Search for Extra-Terrestrial Genomes
WFAU
— Wide-Field Astronomy Unit
YSG
— Yellow Super Giant
SDF
— Science Data Formatter
PASA
— Pan-Arab Space Agency
ASW
— Address and Synchronization Word
JFC
— Jupiter Family Comets
GRB
— Gamma Ray Bursters
PFM
— Pre-Flight Module
BRAS
— Baton Rouge Astronomical Society
EF
— Event Foreground
LHS
— Luyten Half-Second
WAC
— Wide Angle Converter
IMIO
— Image Input/Output
RSB
— Research Support Branch
CAL
— Casual Astronomy League
EOL
— Earth Observing Laboratory (formerly ATD)
SVA
— Soviet Astronomy
MUSTANG
— Multiplexed SQUID TES Array at Ninety GHz
DE
— Dwarf elliptical
ADAS
— Asiago DLR Asteroid Survey
SIRD
— Support Instrumentation Requirements Document
GAAC
— Gloucester Area Astronomy Club
ASTRO
— Autonomous Space Transport Robotic Operations
CGRO
— Compton Telescope
TAMS
— Terminal Age Main Sequence
CANX
— Canadian Advanced Nanospace Experiments
SCARS
— Science Computing & Research Support Division
CHIP
— Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma
TB
— Thermal Balance
UAO
— University of Arizona Observatories
SEP
— Solar Energetic Particle
FEAT
— Fine Error Averaging Test
CTWG
— Calibration Targets Working Group
EPD
— Expected Planetary Differences
PRR
— preliminary requirements review
DDF
— Directors Discretionary Funds
PROPLYD
— Protoplanetary Disk
TAI
— International Atomic Time (Temps Atomique International) [to 2015 July 1st, 35s ahead of UTC; from 2015 July 1st, 36s ahead of UTC.]
FRB(S)
— gamma ray burst(s)
SCT
— Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope
LFSA
— List of Frequently Seen Acronyms
CCMS
— Command Control and Monitor System
TBC
— Time Base Correctors
SIPE
— Science Instrument Protective Enclosure
LSA
— Large Science Aperture
HSI
— Host System Interface
LSB
— Low Surface Brightness
WF/PC
— Wide Field/Planetary Camera
AIM
— Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere
SOARD
— Steward Observatory Asteroid Relational Database
PSR
— Pulsar
GRAB
— Galactic Radiation and Background
UKIDSS UKIRT
— Infrared Deep Sky Survey
SSD
— Science Support Division
XRB
— X-Ray Background
CEP
— CEPheid
CMOS
— Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
VVS
— Vereniging voor Sterrenkunde
ACT
— Astrographic Catalog Tycho
ORD
— Operations Requirements Document
US/PS
— see PRESTO
PEPSI
— PEP System
ECF
— European Coordinating Facility
SWRI
— Southwest Research Institute
LSVT
— Large Solar Vacuum Telescope
SSRT
— Single Stage Rocket Technology
WSGS
— White Sands Ground Station
RSN
— Radio SuperNova
OGLE
— Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment
CCITT
— Consultative Committee on International Telegraph & Telephone
OST
— Observation Sequence Table
WINAR
— Windsor Observatory Annual Report
NLTT
— New Luyten Two-Tenths
GMOS
— Gemini Multi-Object Spectrographs
TC
— Test Conductor (Controller)
WRO
— Warren Rupp Observatory
VSSC
— Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
ALTS
— Astronomy Lunch Time Seminar
SXG
— Spectrum-X-Gamma
PGPLOT
— FORTRAN subroutine library for plotting graphics
NDC
— Network Data Center
ACK
— acknowldgement message
SFD
— SXT Full Disk
JSGA
— Japan Spaceguard Association
SPB
— Science Planning Branch
STFS
— Space Telescope Flight Software
ACIS
— Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer
RCS
— Readiness Control System
IOTA
— Infrared-Optical Telescope Array
ODX
— Occular Dynamic eXperiment
SMA
— Submillimeter Array
PACS
— Photoconductor Array Camera and Spectrometer
VOS
— Virtual Operating System
PRB
— Preliminary Review Board
CODMAC
— Committee on Data Management and Computing
SIAF
— Science Instrument Aperture File
ACYG
— Alpha CYGni
R-L
— Richardson-Lucy
MLSO
— Mauna Loa Solar Observatory
LWP
— Long Wavelength Primary
CMD
— Color-Magnitude Diagram
LOFAR
— Low Frequency Array
AOSS
— AURA Observatory Support Services
CRAQ
— Centre for Research in Astrophysics of Québec
VLB
— Very Long Baseline
GKS
— Graphic Kernel System
MSO
— Mount Stromlo Observatory
MPP
— multi-pinned phase
DEFCAL
— deflection calibration
WAPP
— Wide-base Arecibo Pulsar Processor
GRS
— Great Red Spot
CFS
— Chandrasekhar - Friedmann - Schutz instability
STARS
— Seismic Telescope for Astrophysical Research from Space
SDD
— Single Dish Data
PO
— Primary Object
OSG
— Observatory Support Group
WBS
— Wide Band Spectrometer
NEAT
— Near Earth Asteroid Tracking
HPR
— Hardware Problem Report
TAAA
— Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association
FIRST
— Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-centimeters
PM
— Primary Mirror
SCP
— Science Data Analyst
GSP
— General Support Pool
AC
— Ascendant Cusp
WYBT
— Whole Year Blazar Telescope
SCMS
— STScI Code Management System
SAMPEX
— Solar Anomalous And Magnetospheric Particle Explorer (spacecraft)
PPM
— Positions And Proper Motions (catalog)
NESS
— Near Earth Space Surveillance
DRD
— Data Requirements Document
WFPC2
— Wide Field Planetary Camera-2
SOGS
— Science Operations Ground System
PBO
— Pine Bluff Observatory
EPAO
— Educational and Public Affairs Office
WFAO
— Wide Field Adaptive Optics
AMASE
— Astrophysics Multi-Spectral Archive Search Engine
SOB
— Science Observatory Branch
IRS
— International Reference Star
WDS
— Washington Double Star Catalog
TFOV
— target field of view
LDS
— Luyten Double Star
BSS
— Bigelow Sky Survey
NGC
— New General Catalog
UVCS
— Ultraviolet Coronal Spectrometer
WFIS
— Wide-Field-of-view Imaging Spectrometer
EC
— Embedded Cluster
IRIS
— InfraRed Imaging Surveyor
GRU
— Ground Replaceable Unit
XANES
— X-Ray Near Edge Spectroscopy
GRAND
— Gamma Ray and Neutron Detector (NASA)
LSG
— Liaison Scientists Group
NTR
— Nuclear Thermal Rocket
CCS
— Cool Carbon Star
CCAS
— Cape Cod Astronomical Society
HSC
— Hierachical Storage Controller
BHXRT
— Black Hole X-Ray Transient
♆
— Neptune
CDBS
— Calibration Data Base System
WSO
— World Space Observatory
SDS
— Star Diagnosis System
EMU
— Extra-vehicular Mobility Unit
C&T
— Communications and Tracking
SOFIA
— Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy
CCDS
— Centers for the Commercial Development of Space
SCL
— Service Control Level
SB
— Super Bright
TRES
— Transatlantic Exoplanet Survey
SCO
— Software Change Order
SSS
— SuperCOSMOS Sky Surveys
CSM
— Central Star Magnitude
PDS
— Photometric Data Systems
SPYBAL
— spectrum Y balance
EOT
— End Of Tape
STAC
— Space Telescope Advisory Council
MOSS
— Moving Object Support System
WSF
— Wake Shield Facility
PSS
— Palomar Sky Survey
DCB
— Design Change Board
IAU
— International Astrophysical Union
SXPHE
— SX PhoEnicis
VST
— VLT Survey Telescope
NFF
— New Firm Formation
CVA
— Central Valley Astronomers
EO
— Earth Observatory
PZT
— Photographic Zenith Tube
ORFEUS
— Orbiting and Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer
EDB
— Engineering Data Base
EB
— Eclipsing Beta
RAMBO
— Robust associations of massive baryonic objects
CGCS
— Cool Galactic Carbon Star
MUF
— Mysterious Unknown Force
MI
— Maximum Influence
LAL
— LALande
VMO
— Valley of the Moon Observatory
SAD
— Supra-Arcade Downflow
RCB
— R Coronae Borealis
DE
— Detector Efficiency
EGRET
— Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope
SSA
— Star Selector Assembly
FIGV
— Factor Inercial de Ganho solar do enVidracado
WFPC2
— Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2
TO
— Texas Instruments
MOMV
— Manned Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle
AMSU
— Advanced Mass Spectrometry Unit
STAN
— Space Telescope Analysis Newsletter
VLM
— Very Low Mass
R
— Ray
RSFC
— Radially Stratified Flame Core
EBA
— Electronics Bay Assembly
IO
— Interacting Object
SBIG
— Santa Barbara Instrument Group
TAMS
— Terminal-Age Main Sequence
MPP
— Multi-Pinned-Phase
ESTEC
— European Space Research and Technology Center
PASS
— POCC Application Software Support
WIYN
— Wisconsin, Indiana University, Yale University, and NOAO (National Optical Astronomy Observatories) Observatory
TSRS
— Trieste Solar Radio System
SFN
— Star Formation Newsletter
EBL
— Extragalactic Background Light
R&R
— Reproducibility And Repeatability
ISSA
— Infrared Sky Survey Atlas
SIMM
— Standard Inline Memory Module
DCL
— Digital Control Language
MTL
— Mission Time Line
QBSA
— Quarterly Bulletin on Solar Activity
GASA
— Graduate Astronomy Students Association
OAOT
— Orbiting Astronomical Observatory Technology
SRC
— Science Research Council (formerly DSIR) (U.K.)
MUNICS
— MUnich Near-Infrared Cluster Survey
EGP
— Extrasolar Giant Planet
LPCI
— Lunar Phases Concept Inventory
SPC
— Short Period Comets
RFO
— Robert Ferguson Observatory
UVOT
— Ultraviolet Optical Telescope
MHGL
— Mexican Hat Gravitational Lens
LM
— Low Mass
CSMA
— Committee on the Status of Minorities in Astronomy
LTP
— Lunar Transient Phenomenon
HRC
— High Resolution Camera
WBS
— Work Breakdown Schedule
SNY
— Starry Night Backyard
MDB
— multiplexed data bus
LS
— List Star
CODE
— Creation Out of Deep Energy
WHDF
— William Herschel Deep Field
ACTS
— Advanced Communications Technology Satellite
SDAS
— Scarborough And District Astronomy Society
FD
— File Descriptor
CRSR
— Center for Radiophysics and Space Research
INFOL
— Ingredient Necessary FOr Life
F
— Fraunhofer lines
LTT
— Luyten Two-Tenths
TAC
— The Astronomy Connection
TLE
— Total Lunar Eclipse
SLSN-I
— hydrogen-poor SLSNe
DNS
— Double Neutron Star
BATTERS
— Bisei Asteroid Tracking Telescopes for Rapid Survey
FTETTM
— From The Earth To The Moon
RS
— Reed-Solomon error detection
MFP
— magnetic field perturbation theory
EED
— Extracted Engineering Data
ECEF
— EarthCentered EarthFixed
CMF
— Core Mass Function
AER
— Astronomy Education Review
SS
— Shooting Stars
HVPS
— High Voltage Power Supply
HR
— Hertzsprung-Russell
RE
— ROSAT (ROentgen SATellite) EUV (Extreme Ultra-Violet)
NTT
— New Technology Telescope
TCS
— Thermal Control System (Subsystem)
XRF
— X-Ray Flash
ULIRG
— Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxy
LIC
— local interstellar cloud
PMS
— Pre–Main Sequence
VMC
— Velocity Modulating Camera
SIP
— Software Implementation Plan
MSC
— Mission Support Calibration
ASIAA
— Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics
VERA
— VLBI Exploration of Radio Astrometry
WAT
— Wide Angle Tail
EME
— Earth-to-Moon-to-Earth
UXOR
— UX ORionis objects
SSE
— Star Selector Encoder
GRB(S)
— gamma ray burst(s)
BIMA
— Berkeley-Illinois-Maryland Array
UGWZ
— U Gem variable type star (WZ Sagittae sub-type)
NIR
— Near Infrared Research
WCT
— Window Correction Table
UV-VIS
— Ultraviolet - Visible
ILRT
— intermediate-luminosity red transients
DCX
— Delta Clipper Experimental
SSC
— STEIS Steering Committee
TSS
— Texas supernova survey
RSA
— Revised Shapley-Ames
CA
— Coronagraphic Apodizer
MPIA
— Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
IMAGE
— Imager for Magnetopause to Auroral Global Exploration
TR
— TRansit
GSY
— Galactic Standard Year
CTA
— Computer Technology Associates (GSFC)
MPPG
— Mars Program Planning Group
VFIR
— Very Far Infra-Red
ASWG
— ATST (Advanced Technology Solar Telescope) Science Working Group
EVGA
— European VLBI Group for Geodesy and Astrometry
MACRO
— Monopoles, Astrophysics, and Cosmic Ray Observatory
SPD
— Science Programs Division
ARAS
— Astronomical Ring for Access to Spectroscopy
MOST
— Microvariability and Oscillations of STars Telescope
AP
— Astral Projection
QHO
— Quail Hollow Observatory
NA
— Negative Alignment
SIDS
— SI Detector System
SLOWPOKES
— Sloan Low-mass Wide Pairs of Kinematically Equivalent Stars
WUVC
— Wezen Updated Variability Catalogue
MPEC
— Minor Planets Electronic Circular
NT
— Non-Thermal
VMOA
— Valley of the Moon Observatory Association
OAO
— Okayama Astrophysical Observatory
TESS
— Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
SZE
— Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect
ICET
— International Center for Earth Tides
NSUM
— Non-Spatial Universal Mechanics
MEPCO
— Meeting of European Planetary and Cometary Observers
GCI
— geocentric intertial
NCP
— North Celestial Pole
MPS
— Microlensing Planet Search
DIN
— Day Into Night
TMN
— Tokyo Meteor Network
BHC
— Black Hole Candidate
SPSO
— Science Program Selection Office
HKO
— Hong Kong Observatory
DBSA
— Database and System Administration team
FFI
— Full Frame Image
IAPPP
— International Amateur/Professional Photoelectric Photometry
SDH
— science data header
MMTF
— Maryland-Magellan Tunable Filter
NGT
— Next Generation Telescope
HAC
— Huachuca Astronomy Club
GN
— Galactic Nebula
SOFA
— Selectable Optical Filter Assembly
UESAC
— Uppsala-ESO Survey of Asteroids and Comets
SSB
— Science Software Branch
CCF
— Cosmogenic Correlation Factor
HGD
— Hot Gas Discharge
WMAP
— Wilkinson Microwave Anisotrophy Probe
CGCS
— Catalogue of Galactic Carbon Stars
PGC
— Principal Galaxy Catalog
ARTEMIS
— Advanced Relay TEchnology MISsion
JAC
— Japan Astronomical Circular
TSS
— Targeted Search System
NIR
— Near Infrared Reflection
LMT
— Large Millimeter Telescope
GGC
— Giant Gravity Core
SSPS
— Sky Survey Prototype System
WTTS
— Weak-Line T-Tauri Star
SH
— Super Hot
AP.J
— Astrophysical Journal
PCAS
— Planet-Crossing Asteroid Survey
BO
— Biological Origin
IYA
— International Year of Astronomy
OHD
— Observational Hubble-parameter Data
ACPG
— Astronomical Community Participation Group
B
— Barnard
BLAST
— Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope
CAMC
— Carlsberg Automatic Meridian Circle
♇
— Pluto
RMS
— Republic Management Systems, Inc.
WFPCII
— Replacement For WFPC
PWLA
— Portable Work Light Assembly
MIPS
— Multi-band Imaging Photometer
OZ
— Objective Zenith
SGRA
— School of Galactic Radio Astronomy
STAT
— Space Telescope Astrometry Team
TAA
— Tasmanian Amateur Astronomers
RTPW
— Rapid True Polar Wander
GU
— Galactic Unit
NDV
— NASP Derived Vehicle
CIDA
— Cometary Interplanetary Dust Analyzer
WYAS
— West Yorkshire Astronomical Society
VTT
— Vacuum Tower Telescope
BCEP
— Beta CEPhei
LTSA
— Long-Term Space Astrophysics