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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
WIMP — Weakly Interacting Massive Particle
QSO — Quasar|Quasi-Stellar Object
MACHO — Massive Compact Halo Object
SGR — Soft Gamma Repeater
TNO — Trans-Neptunian Object
RQQ — Radio Quiet Quasar
CNB — Cosmic Neutrino Background
TGF — Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flash
ZAHB — Zero-Age Horizontal Branch
SNR — SuperNova Remnant
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)
PPN — Proto-Planetary Nebula
PN — Planetary Nebula
EGG — Evaporating Gaseous Globule
ISM — Interstellar Medium
EHB — Extreme Horizontal Branch
LPV — Long Period Variable
BHB — Blue Horizontal Branch
MSP — Millisecond Pulsar
LGM — Little Green Men
SDO — Scattered Disk Object
LIRG — Luminous Infrared Galaxy
PLANEMO — Planetary Mass Object
CBR — Cosmic Background Radiation
VELLO — Very Low Luminosity Object
WD — White Dwarf
RGB — Red Giant Branch
TZO — Thorne-Å»ytkow Object
XN — X-ray Nova
CG — Compact Galaxy
AXP — Anomalous X-Ray Pulsar
DN — Dwarf Novae
PHA — Potentially Hazardous Asteroid
EC — Embedded Cluster
ECA — Earth Crossing Asteroid
BHXT — Black Hole X-Ray Transient
SQM — Strange Quark Matter
CMBR — Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
LBV — Luminous Blue Variable
AGN — Active Galactic Nucleus
NEMP — Nitrogen-Enhanced Metal-Poor
BLLAC — BL LACertae
CSPN — Central Star of Planetary Nebula
TMC — Taurus Molecular Cloud