All Acronyms
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- 2MASS
- Two Micron All-Sky Survey
A
- A&A
- Astronomy & Astrophysics
- AAS
- American Astronomical Society
- ACS
- Advanced Camera for Surveys
- ADS
- Astrophysics Data System
- AGB
- Asymptotic giant branch
- AGN
- Active galactic nucleus
- AGORA
- Assembling Galaxies of Resolved Anatomy
- ALMA
- Atacama Large Millimeter Array
- AO
- Adaptive optics
- APOD
- Astronomy Picture of the Day
- AU
- Astronomical unit
B
- BAO
- Baryon acoustic oscillations
- BBN
- Big Bang nucleosynthesis
- BCD
- Blue compact dwarf
- BCG
- Brightest cluster galaxy
- BD
- Brown Dwarf
- BH
- Black Hole
C
- CALIFA
- Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field Area Survey
- CCD
- Charge-coupled device
- CCM
- Climate chemistry model
- CDM
- Cold dark matter
- CFD
- Computational fluid dynamics
- CFL
- Courant–Friedrichs–Lewy
- CIB
- Cosmic infrared background
- CMB
- Cosmic microwave background
- CMBR
- Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
- CMD
- Color–magnitude diagram
- CNB
- Cosmic neutrino background
- CNO
- Carbon-Nitrogen-Oxygen
- COM
- Center of mass
- CSP
- Composite stellar population
D
- DM
- Dark matter
- DMDG
- Dark Matter Deficient Galaxies
- DMH
- Dark matter halo
- DOOFAAS
- Dumb Or Overly Forced Astronomical Acronyms Site
- DPU
- Data processing unit
- DR2
- Data Release 2
E
- EAS
- European Astronomical Society
- EdS
- Einstein–de Sitter
- EoR
- Epoch of Reonization
- EOS
- Equation of state
- ESA
- European Space Agency
- ESO
- European Southern Observatory
- ETG
- Early-type galaxy
- EW
- Equivalent width
F
- FDF
- FORS Deep Field
- FIR
- Far Infrared
- FITS
- Flexible Image Transport System
- FLI
- Fast Lyapunov indicator
- FLI
- Fraction of lunar illumination
- FLRW
- Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker
- FWHM
- Full width at half maximum
G
- GC
- Galaxy cluster
- GMC
- Giant molecular cloud
- GR
- General relativity
- GRB
- Gamma-ray burst
- GTO
- Guaranteed Time Observations
- GUT
- Grand Unified Theory
H
- HARPS
- High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher
- HD
- Henry Draper Catalogue
- HDF
- Hubble Deep Field
- HDU
- Header Data Unit
- HMF
- Halo mass function
- HRD
- Hertzsprung–Russell diagram
- HST
- Hubble Space Telescope
- HZ
- Habitable zone
I
- IAU
- International Astronomical Union
- ICM
- Intracluster medium
- IDP
- Interplanetary dust particles
- IFU
- Integral field units
- IGM
- Intergalactic Medium
- IMF
- Initial mass function
- ISM
- Interstellar medium
- ISS
- International Space Station
J
- JCAP
- Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
- JD
- Julian day
- JPL
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- JWST
- James Webb Space Telescope
K
- KBO
- Kuiper belt object
- KDC
- Kinematically Decoupled Components
L
- Laser
- Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
- LCC
- Lower Centaurus-Crux
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- LHB
- Late Heavy Bombardment
- LIRG
- Luminous infrared galaxy
- LMC
- Large Magellanic Cloud
- LOSVD
- Line-of-sight velocity distribution
- LPT
- Lagrangian Perturbation Theory
- LSBG
- Low surface brightness galaxy
- LSS
- Large Scale Structure
M
- MACHO
- Massive astrophysical compact halo object
- Maser
- Microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
- MCMC
- Markov chain Monte Carlo
- MGE
- Multi-Gaussian Expansion
- MHD
- Magnetohydrodynamics
- MMR
- Mean-motion resonance
- MMSN
- Minimum Mass Solar Nebula
- MNRAS
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- MOND
- Modified Newtonian dynamics
- MOSFIRE
- Multi-Object Spectrometer for Infra-Red Exploration
- MPC
- Minor Planet Center
- MS
- Main Sequence
- MUSE
- Multi-unit spectroscopic explorer
- MUSIC
- Multi-scale cosmological initial conditions
N
- NASA
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- NED
- NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
- NFW
- Navarro–Frenk–White
- NGC
- New General Catalogue
- NIR
- Near Infrared
- NOAO
- National Optical Astronomy Observatory
O
- OC
- Open cluster
- ODE
- Ordinary differential equation
- OLBI
- Optical Long Baseline Interferometry
- OPC
- Observing Programmes Committee
- OSS
- Outer Solar System
P
- PBH
- Primordial black hole
- PDE
- Partial differential equation
- PMS
- Post main sequence
- PN
- Planetary nebula
- PPN
- Protoplanetary nebula
- PSF
- Point spread function
- PWV
- Precipitable water vapor
Q
- QG
- Quiescent galaxies
- QSO
- Quasi-stellar object
R
- RC
- Rotation curve
- RGB
- Red-giant branch
- RHD
- Radiation Hydrodynamics
- RV
- Radial velocity
S
- Sco–Cen
- Scorpius–Centaurus Association
- SDSS
- Sloan Digital Sky Survey
- SED
- Spectral energy distribution
- SETI
- Search for extraterrestrial intelligence
- SFG
- Star forming galaxies
- SFR
- Star formation rate
- SFRD
- Star formation rate density
- SHAM
- Subhalo Abundance Matching
- SIDM
- Self-interacting dark matter
- SIMBAD
- Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data
- SMBH
- Supermassive black hole
- SMC
- Small Magellanic Cloud
- SMG
- Submillimeter Galaxy
- SMHM
- Stellar mass – Halo mass
- SN
- Supernova
- SNR
- Supernova remnant
- SPH
- Smoothed-particle hydrodynamics
- SPT
- Standard Perturbation Theory
- SPW
- Spectral Window
- SR
- Secular resonance
s
- sSFR
- Specific star formation rate
S
- SSP
- Single stellar population
T
- TESS
- Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
- TFR
- Tully–Fisher relation
- TNO
- Trans-Neptunian object
- TOE
- Theory of everything
- TRGB
- Tip of the red-giant branch
U
- UCL
- Upper Centaurus-Lupus
- ULX
- Ultraluminous X-ray source
- URC
- Universal Rotation Curve
- USCO
- Upper Scorpius
- UV
- Ultraviolet
V
- VLT
- Very Large Telescope
W
- WFC3
- Wide Field Camera 3
- WFIRST
- Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope
- WFS
- Wavefront sensor
- WHDF
- William Herschel Deep Field
- WIMP
- Weakly interacting massive particles
- WMAP
- Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
Y
- YSO
- Young stellar object
Z
- ZAMS
- Zero Age Main Sequence
Λ
- ΛCDM
- Lambda cold dark matter