astronomy
951 abbreviations
| Abbreviation | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| 1RXH | (catalog) 1st ROSAT X-ray HRI, a catalog of sources detected by ROSAT in pointed observations with its High Resolution Imager | |
| 1RXS | (catalog) 1ROSAT X-ray Survey, a catalog of sources detected by ROSAT in an all-sky survey | |
| 2dF | (instrumentation) Two-degree Field, spectrograph on the Anglo-Australian Telescope | |
| 2dFGRS | (observing program) Two-degree-Field Galaxy Redshift Survey | |
| 2MASP | (catalog) Two-Micron All Sky Survey Prototype, an early version of the 2MASS catalog | |
| 2MASS | (observing program/catalog) Two-Micron All Sky Survey, an all-sky survey in the near-infrared; also, the catalog of sources from the survey | |
| 2MASSI | (catalog) Two-Micron All Sky Survey, Incremental release, one of the versions of the 2MASS catalog | |
| 2MASSW | (catalog) Two-Micron All Sky Survey, Working database, one of the versions of the 2MASS catalog | |
| 2SLAQ | (observing program) 2dF-SDSS LRG And QSO survey | |
| 6dF | (instrumentation) Six-degree Field, spectrograph on the UKST | |
| A&A | (publication) Astronomy & Astrophysics, a European scientific journal | |
| AAA | (organization) Amateur Astronomers Association of New York | |
| AAO | (organization) Australian Astronomical Observatory (prior to 1 July 2010: Anglo-Australian Observatory) | |
| AAS | (organization) American Astronomical Society | |
| AAT | (telescope) Anglo-Australian Telescope | |
| AAVSO | (organization) American Association of Variable Star Observers | |
| ABBA | ADC Backend For Bolometer Array | |
| ABRIXAS | (observing program) A BRoadband Imaging X-ray All-sky Survey | |
| AC | (catalog) Catalogue Astrographique | |
| ACE | (spacecraft) Advanced Composition Explorer | |
| ACIS | (instrumentation) Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer, an instrument on the Chandra X-Ray Observatory | |
| ACM | (meeting) Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors | |
| ACP | (instrumentation) Aerosol Collector and Pyrolyser, an instrument on the Huygens probe | |
| ACS | (instrumentation) Advanced Camera for Surveys, an instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| ACV | (celestial object) Alpha Canes Venatici, a class of rotating variable stars with strong magnetic fields named after Alpha Canum Venaticorum (Cor Caroli), the archetype for the class | |
| ACYG | (celestial object) Alpha CYGni, a class of rotating variable stars named after Alpha Cygni (Deneb), the archetype for the class | |
| ADAF | (astrophysics terminology) Advection Dominated Accretion Flow, a mechanism by which matter is slowly accreted onto a black hole | |
| ADC | (organization) Astronomical Data Center | |
| ADEC | (organization) Astrophysics Data Centers Executive Council, an organization that provides oversight for the Astrophysics Data and Information Services | |
| ADF | (organization) Astrophysics Data Facility | |
| ADIS | (organization) Astrophysics Data and Information Services | |
| ADS | (catalog) Aitken Double Stars | |
| ADS | (organization) Astrophysics Data Service, an organization that maintains an online database of scientific articles | |
| AFGL | (organization) Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, a research laboratory now part of the United States Air Force Research Laboratory | |
| AFOEV | (organization) Association française des observateurs d'étoiles variables | |
| AG | (organization) Astronomische Gesellschaft | |
| AGAPE | (observing program) Andromeda Galaxy and Amplified Pixels Experiment, a search for microlenses in front of the Andromeda Galaxy | |
| AGB | (celestial object) Asymptotic Giant Branch, a type of red giant star | |
| AGK | (catalog) Astronomische Gesellschaft Katalog | |
| AGN | (celestial object) Active Galactic Nucleus | |
| AGU | (organization) American Geophysical Union | |
| AIM | (spacecraft) Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere, a spacecraft that will study the Noctilucent clouds | |
| AIPS | (software) Astronomical Image Processing System | |
| AJ | (publication) Astronomical Journal | |
| ALaMO | (organization) Automated Lunar and Meteor Observatory | |
| ALEXIS | (instrumentation) Array of Low Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors | |
| ALMA | (telescope) Atacama Large Millimeter/Sub-millimeter Array | |
| ALPO | (organization) Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers | |
| AMANDA | (telescope) Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array, a neutrino telescope | |
| AMASE | (software) Astrophysics Multi-spectral Archive Search Engine |