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Celestial object Abbreviations

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ZAND — Z ANDromedae
ZANDE — Z ANDromedae with Eclipses
AGB — Asymptotic Giant Branch
MECO — Magnetospheric Eternally Collapsing Object
CV — Cataclysmic Variable
CNB — Cosmic Neutrino Background
WIMP — Weakly Interacting Massive Particle
ZAHB — Zero-Age Horizontal Branch
TNO — Trans-Neptunian Object
QSO — Quasar|Quasi-Stellar Object
RQQ — Radio Quiet Quasar
MACHO — Massive Compact Halo Object
LLAGN — Low-Luminosity Active Galactic Nucleus
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)
TGF — Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flash
PN — Planetary Nebula
SNR — SuperNova Remnant
PPN — Proto-Planetary Nebula
ISM — Interstellar Medium
SGR — Soft Gamma Repeater
EGG — Evaporating Gaseous Globule
BHB — Blue Horizontal Branch
CBR — Cosmic Background Radiation
MSP — Millisecond Pulsar
PLANEMO — Planetary Mass Object
WD — White Dwarf
SDO — Scattered Disk Object
LPV — Long Period Variable
LGM — Little Green Men
RGB — Red Giant Branch
PHA — Potentially Hazardous Asteroid
WR — Wolf-Rayet Star
TMC — Taurus Molecular Cloud
EHB — Extreme Horizontal Branch
BLLAC — BL LACertae
AXP — Anomalous X-Ray Pulsar
BHXT — Black Hole X-Ray Transient
LIRG — Luminous Infrared Galaxy
CMBR — Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
TZO — Thorne-Å»ytkow Object
VELLO — Very Low Luminosity Object
ECA — Earth Crossing Asteroid
BCG — Blue Compact Galaxy
AGN — Active Galactic Nucleus
UGZ — UG Z Camelopardalis
ACV — Alpha Canes Venatici
YSO — Young Stellar Object
CSPN — Central Star of Planetary Nebula
IRDC — Infrared Dark Cloud
EKBO — Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt Object