Acronym
|
Definition
|
URL |
2MASS |
Two
Micron All Sky Survey |
|
A&A
|
Astronomy
& Astrophysics |
|
AAPT |
American
Association of Physics Teachers |
|
AAS |
American
Astronomical Society |
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ACIS |
Advanced
CCD Imaging Spectrometer |
|
ADCCC |
Astronomical
Data Centers Coordination Committee |
|
ADEC |
Astronomy
Data Centers Executive Committee |
|
ADP |
Astrophysics
Data Program |
|
ADS |
Astrophysics
Data System |
|
AGILE |
Astro-rivelatore
Gamma a Immagini Leggero |
|
AISRP |
Applied
Information Systems Research Program |
|
AKBAR |
Astrophysics
Knowledge Base for Analysis and Reporting |
|
AJ |
Astronomical
Journal |
|
ApJ |
Astrophysical
Journal |
|
APOD |
Astronomy
Picture of the Day |
|
ARGOS |
Advanced
Research and Global Observation Satellite |
|
ARK |
Astrophysics
Research Knowledgebase |
|
ASCA |
Advanced
Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics |
|
ASCII |
American
Standard Code for Information Interchange |
|
ASD |
Astrophysics Science Division
|
|
BAT |
Burst
Alert Telescope |
http://swift.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/swift/about_swift/bat_desc.html |
BATSE |
Burst
and Transient Source Experiment |
|
BBXRT |
Broad-Band
X-ray Telescope |
|
BE |
Beyond
Einstein |
|
BOCES |
Board
Of Cooperative Educational Services |
|
CALDB |
Calibration
Database |
|
CATSAT |
Cooperative
Astrophysics and Technology Satellite |
|
CCD |
Charge-coupled
device |
|
CD |
Compact
Disk |
|
CDA |
Chandra
Data Archive |
|
CD-ROM |
Compact
disk - Read Only Memory |
|
CDS |
Centre
de Donnés astronomiques de Strasbourg |
|
CfA |
Harvard-Smithsonian
Center for Astrophysics |
|
CGI |
Common
Gateway Interface |
|
CGRO |
COMPTON
Gamma-Ray Observatory |
|
CIAO |
Chandra
Interactive Analysis of Observations |
|
COBE |
Cosmic
Microwave Background Explorer |
|
CoI |
Co-Investigator |
|
Comptel
|
Compton
Telescope |
|
CORE |
Central
Operation of Resources for Educators |
|
CXC |
Chandra
X-ray Center |
|
DAS |
Data
Archive System |
|
DIS |
Data
Inventory Service |
|
DOE |
Department
of Energy |
|
DSS |
Digitized
Sky Survey |
|
DTS |
Data
Transfer System |
|
DUO |
Dark
Universe Observatory |
|
DXS |
Diffuse
X-ray spectrometer |
|
EA |
Educator
Ambassador |
|
E/PO |
Education
and Public Outreach |
|
EGRET |
Energetic
Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope |
|
ESA |
European
Space Agency |
|
EUD |
Exploration of the Universe Division
|
(original
name of ASD: q.v.) |
EUVE |
Extreme
Ultraviolet Explorer |
|
EXOSAT |
European
X-ray Observatory Satellite |
|
FIRST |
Faint Images
of the Radio Sky at Twenty-centimeters |
|
FITS |
Flexible
Image Transport System |
|
FTE |
Full-Time
Equivalent |
|
FTP |
File
Transfer Protocol |
|
fv |
FITS viewer |
|
Gb |
Gigabit |
|
GB |
Gigabyte |
|
GLAST |
Gamma-Ray
Large Area Space Telescope |
|
GOF |
Guest
Observer Facility |
|
GRB |
Gamma-Ray
Burst |
|
GSC |
Guide Star
Catalogue |
|
GSFC |
Goddard
Space Flight Center |
|
GSSC |
GLAST
Science Support Center |
|
HEA |
High Energy
Astrophysics |
|
HEADCC |
High Energy
Astrophysics Data Center Coordinating Committee |
|
HEASARC |
High Energy
Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center |
|
HETE |
High Energy
Transient Experiment |
|
HEAO |
High Energy
Astrophysics Observatory |
|
HQ |
Headquarters |
|
HRC |
High Resolution
Camera |
|
HRI |
High
Resolution Imager |
|
HST |
Hubble Space
Telescope |
|
HTML |
Hypertext
Markup Language |
|
HUG |
HEASARC
Users Group |
|
INTEGRAL |
International
Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory |
|
IPAC |
Infrared
Processing and Analysis Center |
|
IR |
Infrared |
|
IRSA |
Infrared
Science Archive |
|
ISDC |
INTEGRAL
Science Data Center |
|
ISAS |
Institute of
Space and Astronautical Science |
|
IVO |
International
Virtual Observatory Alliance |
|
JPL |
Jet
Propulsion Laboratory |
|
K-8 |
Kindergarten
through eighth grade |
|
LAMBDA |
Legacy
Archive for Microwave Background Data Analysis |
|
LHEA |
Laboratory
for High Energy Astrophysics |
(reorganized to part of EUD) |
LISA |
Laser
Interferometer Space Antenna |
|
LSU |
Louisana
State University |
|
LTSA |
Long-Term
Space Astrophysics |
|
MAST |
Multimission
Archive at Space Telescope |
|
MNRAS |
Monthly
Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
|
MO&DA |
Mission
Operations and Data Analysis |
|
MOU |
Memorandum
of Understanding |
|
NEAT |
Near Earth
Asteroid Tracking |
|
NED |
NASA/IPAC
Extragalactic Database |
|
NASA |
National
Aeronautics and Space Administration |
|
NES |
NASA Explorer
School |
|
NSES |
National
Science Education Standards |
|
NSSDC |
National
Space Science Data Center |
|
NSTA |
National
Science Teachers Association |
|
NuSTAR |
Nuclear
Spectroscopic Telescope Array |
|
NVO |
National
Virtual Observatory |
|
NVSS |
NRAO VLA Sky
Survey |
|
OGIP |
Office of
Guest Investigator Programs |
|
QPO |
Quasi-Periodic
Oscillations |
|
OSO |
Orbiting
Solar Observatory |
|
OSS |
Office of
Space Science |
|
OSSE |
Oriented
Scintillation Spectrometer Experiment |
|
PASJ |
Publications
of the Astronomical Society of Japan |
|
PASP |
Publications
of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific |
|
PDMP |
Project Data
Management Plan |
|
PI |
Principal
Investigator |
|
PIMMS |
Portable,
Interactive, Multi-Mission Simulator |
|
RAID |
Redundant
Array of Independent Disks |
|
ROSAT |
Röntgen
Satellite |
|
RPS |
Remote
Proposal System |
|
RXTE |
ROSSI X-ray
Timing Explorer |
|
SAO |
Smithsonian
Astrophysical Observatory |
|
SAX |
Satellite
per Astronomia X |
|
SAS |
Small
Astronomy Satellite |
|
SEC |
Sun-Earth
Connection |
|
SEU |
Structure
and Evolution of the Universe |
|
SEUEF |
Structure
and Evolution of the Universe Education Forum |
|
SOAP |
Simple
Object Access Protocol |
|
SOC |
Science
Operations Center |
|
STScI |
Space
Telescope Science Institute |
|
TB |
Terabyte |
|
UK |
United
Kingdom |
|
ULX |
Ultra-Luminous
X-ray source |
|
USNO |
United
States Naval Observatory |
|
USRA |
Universities
Space Research Association |
|
UVOT |
Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope |
http://swift.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/swift/about_swift/uvot_desc.html |
VO |
Virtual
Observatory |
|
WMAP |
Wilkinson
Microwave Anisotropy Probe |
|
XML |
Extensible
Markup Language |
|
XMM-Newton |
X-ray
Multi-Mirror Mission |
|
XRT |
X-ray
Telescope |
http://swift.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/swift/about_swift/xrt_desc.html |
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