AFoV |
Angular FoV
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ALMA |
Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array |
AoV |
Angle of View (camera)
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Aphelion |
A point in the orbit where a planet is at farthest
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distance from Sun
(closest - Perihelion)
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Apogee |
A point in the orbit of a Earth based satellite at farthest distance from Earth
(closest - Perigee)
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BBN |
Big Bang nucleosynthesis |
BCRS |
Barycentric Celestial Reference System
(Geocentric - GCRS) |
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CBN |
Cosmic Neutrino Background |
CCD |
Charged coupled Devices (
CCD Details
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CEO |
Celestial Ephemeris Origin |
CEP |
Celestial Ephemeris Pole |
CIP |
Celestial Intermediate Pole |
CMB |
Cosmic
Microwave Background |
CMBR |
Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation |
CME |
Coronal Mass Ejection
(solar flares ejected from corona of the sun)
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DSN |
Deep Space Network |
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EHT |
Event Horizon Telescope (array of telescopes that uses
VLBI for observation)
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EMR |
Electromagnetic Radiation
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ERA |
Earth Rotation Angle (66.5° measured from plane of rotation around the Sun)
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EUV |
Extreme Ultra Violet (solar radiation)
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FoV |
Field of View (in a telescope)
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FRB |
Fast Radio Burst (millisecond-duration radio pulses)
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FWHM |
Full Width at Half Maximum - absorption and emission spectral lines
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G2V |
Stellar classification of yellow star Sun based on spectral characteristics
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G2V: surface temperature range of 5,200 to 6,000 °K
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GAST |
Greenwich Apparent Sidereal Time |
GCR |
Galactic Cosmic Radiation
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GCRS |
Geocentric Celestial Reference System
(Barycentric - BCRS) |
GIC |
Geomagnetic Induced Currents |
GLE |
Ground Level Event |
GHA |
Greenwich Hour Angle |
GMST |
Greenwich Mean
Sidereal Time |
GMC |
Giant Molecular Clouds (star creating interstellar matter)
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GRB |
Gamma Ray Burst (solar activity)
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GxV |
GxV: Stellar classification where x=0,1...9 (G0V, G1V, G2V ...G9V)
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HET |
Hobby - Eberly Telescope
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HMI |
Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (improved version of MDI
used for solar activity image analysis) |
HSS |
High Speed Solar wind stream
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HST |
Hubble Space Telescope
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HUT |
Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope
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IAU |
International Astronomical Union
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IMF |
Interplanetary Magnetic Field
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ISM |
Interstellar Medium
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KBO |
Kuiper Belt Objects
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LASCO |
Large Angle and Spectrometric COronagraph
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LBT |
Large Binocular Telescope (optical telescope)
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LMC |
Large Magellanic Cloud (small - SMC)
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LUF |
Lowest Usable
Frequency
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LWIR |
Long-Wave Infra Red (short - SWIR)
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MDI |
Michelson Doppler Imager
(improved version - HMI) |
MGRS |
Military Grid Reference System
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MKK |
Morgan, Keenan, and Kellman - star classification based on luminosity
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MMT |
Multiple Mirror Telescope
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MODIS |
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
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MUF |
Maximum Usable
Frequency
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MWIR |
Mid-Wave Infra Red (short - SWIR, long - LWIR)
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NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (USA)
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NEA |
Near Earth Asteroid
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NEAR |
Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous
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NEO |
Near Earth Object |
NGC |
New General Catalogue - astronomical catalogue of nebulae, stars |
NGSC |
NOAO Gemini Science Center
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NICMOS
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Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer
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NOAO
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National Optical Astronomy Observatory (USA)
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OBAFGKM |
Harvard Spectral Classification of stars
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OTA |
Optical Tube Assembly (telescope)
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PCA |
Polar Cap Absorption event
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PDS |
Planetary Data System (NASA)
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Perigee |
A point in the orbit of a Earth based satellite at nearest distance from Earth
(farthest - Apogee)
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Perihelion |
A point in the orbit where a planet is at closest distance to Sun
(farthest - Aphelion)
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PMT |
Photo Multiplier Tube
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QSO
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Quasi Stellar Object (quasar)
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RNGC |
Revised NGC |
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SDO |
Solar Dynamics Observatory |
SED |
Spectral Energy Distribution
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SEP |
Solar Energetic Particles
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SETI |
Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence
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SIRTF |
Space Infrared Telescope Facility
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SMBH |
Supermassive Black Hole |
SMC |
Small Magellanic Cloud (large - LMC)
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SMF |
Solar Magnetic Field |
SOAR |
Southern Astrophysical Research Telescope (Cerro Pachon, Chile)
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SOHO |
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
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SPAN |
Space Physics Analysis Network
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SPS |
Strömgren Photometric System
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SPS: system to measure brightness and effective temperature of stars
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SST |
Spitzer Space Telescope
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STEVE |
Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement
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 SWIR |
Short-Wave Infra Red (long - LWIR)
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TCB | Barycentric Coordinate Time
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TCG | Geocentric Coordinate Time
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TESS | Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
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UBV |
Ultraviolet, Blue, Visual (a photometric system to
classify stars based on the colors emitted)
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UBVRI
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Ultraviolet, Blue, Visual, Red and Infrared (filters)
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UPS
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Universal Polar Stereographic (other earth surface grid used in military/GPS
mapping - UTM)
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VLBA |
Very Long Baseline Array (a set of ten radio telescopes)
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VLBI |
Very Long Baseline Interferometry (technique used in
EHT)
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VLT |
Very Large Telescope
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VIS-NIR |
Visible-Near Infra Red
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WCS |
World Coordinate System
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WGSN |
Working Group on Star Names
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