Astrophysics (Index)About

Brief Items

2MASS Photometric Redshift Catalog
(2MPZ)
(galaxy redshifts from 2MASS)
(catalog,galaxies,redshift)
(See: Two Micron All-sky Survey (2MASS))
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJS..210....9B/abstract
 
8 pc
(survey of stars within 8 parsecs, using coronagraph)
(survey,stars)
PrefixExample  
8pc8pc 163.51 

https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2001AJ....121.2189O/abstract
 
A Broadband Imaging X-ray All-sky Survey
(ABRIXAS)
(failed 1999 space mission)
(space,failed,German,X-ray,all-sky)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABRIXAS
 
AAS Job Register
(directory of astrophysics jobs)
(site,astronomy,database,USA)
(See: American Astronomical Society (AAS))
https://jobregister.aas.org/
 
abiotic
(produced by something other than life)
(terminology)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/abiotic

Referenced by pages:
abiotic oxygen
glycine (Gly)
Lego principle
methane (CH4)
phosphorus (P)

 
Accelerating Space Commerce, Exploration, and New Discovery
(ASCEND)
(AIAA interest group)
(organization)
(See: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA))
 
ADC Backend For Bolometer Array
(ABBA)
(APEX instrument)
(instrument)
(See: Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX))
http://www.apex-telescope.org/backends/
 
ADDGALS
(Adding Density Dependent Galaxies to Lightcone Simulations)
(method of galaxy mock-catalog creation)
(simulations)
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022ApJ...931..145W/abstract
 
Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere
(AIM)
(spacecraft to study upper Earth atmosphere)
(NASA,spacecraft,Earth,atmosphere)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeronomy_of_Ice_in_the_Mesosphere
http://aim.hamptonu.edu/
 
Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
(AFGL)
(merged into the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL))
(organization,past,USA)
 
Algonquin Radio Observatory
(ARO)
(46 meter radio telescope)
(telescope,radio,Canada)
PrefixExample  
AROARO 11or PN ARO 11

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algonquin_46m_radio_telescope
 
Amateur Astronomers Association of New York
(AAA)
(American organization)
(organization,USA)
https://www.aaa.org/
 
Amateur Telescope Making
(ATM)
(abbreviation for the activity)
(astronomy)
 
American Astronomical Society
(AAS)
(American organization)
(organization,USA)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Astronomical_Society
https://aas.org/

Referenced by pages:
AAS Job Register
Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy (CSWA)
HEAD
LAD
Working Group on Accessibility and Disability (WGAD)

 
American Geophysical Union
(AGU)
(US organization)
(organization,USA,geophysics)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Geophysical_Union
http://agu.org/
 
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
(AIAA)
(society of engineers)
(organization,technology)

Referenced by page:
Accelerating Space Commerce, Exploration, and New Discovery (ASCEND)

 
American Meteor Society
(AMS)
(meteor-science promotion organization)
(organization,meteors,USA)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Meteor_Society
https://www.amsmeteors.org/
 
American Museum of Natural History
(AMNH)
(NYC museum carrying out research including astrophysics)
(organization,USA)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Museum_of_Natural_History
https://www.amnh.org/
 
American National Standards Institute
(ANSI)
(USA standards organization)
(organization,USA)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_National_Standards_Institute
https://www.ansi.org/
 
American Physical Society
(APS)
(American physics organization)
(organization,USA)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Physical_Society
https://www.aps.org/
 
American Workshop on Cometary Astronomy
(AWCA)
(renamed to be international, i.e., IWCA)
(meeting,comets,past)
 
AMES Research Center
(ARC)
(NASA lab in silicon valley)
(organization,NASA)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ames_Research_Center
https://www.nasa.gov/offices/oct/about_us/network/arc.html
 
AMOS
(Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference)
(abbreviation,meeting)
https://amostech.com/
 
angular diameter
(apparent diameter)
(diameter of astronomical object in terms of its angle across the sky)
(measure,astronomy)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angular_diameter

Referenced by page:
dwarf galaxy

 
anomalistic year
(planet's time between successive periapses)
(orbits,celestial mechanics)
(See: periapsis)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year#Sidereal,_tropical,_and_anomalistic_years
https://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/A/Anomalistic+Year
 
Anthropocene era
(theorized geological era substantially influenced by human activity)
(geophysics)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropocene
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Anthropocene
 
API
(application programming interface)
(abbreviation)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/API

Referenced by pages:
Astrocats
MaNGA Stellar Library (MaStar)
PyMC

 
Arab Union for Astronomy and Space Sciences
(AUASS)
(has hosted conferences)
(organization)
https://www.astronomy2009.org/organisation/nodes/organisational/view/9/index.html
 
Arecibo Observatory Space Academy
(AOSA)
(Arecibo pre-college program)
(program,education)
http://aosa.naic.edu/
 
ARIBIB
(online astronomy/astrophysics bibliography)
(astrophysics,database,site)
https://wwwadd.zah.uni-heidelberg.de/aribib/docs/
 
Armstrong Flight Research Center
(afrc)
(NASA aeronautical research center in California)
(organization,NASA,California)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armstrong_Flight_Research_Center
https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/home/index.html
 
Artemis program
(Artemis)
(NASA's program in development to send people to the moon)
(NASA,Moon,construction)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program
https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis/

Referenced by page:
THEMIS

 
Association Française des Observateurs d'Étoiles Variables
(AFEOV)
(French organization formed in 1920s)
(organization,France)
http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/afoev/
 
Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers
(ALPO)
(international scientific organization)
(organization)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_Lunar_and_Planetary_Observers
http://alpo-astronomy.org/
 
Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors
(ACM)
(special-interest meeting)
(meeting)
 
Astro2020
(initiative suggesting major survey efforts over the 2020-2030 decade)
(initiative)
https://sites.nationalacademies.org/DEPS/Astro2020/index.htm
 
Astroaccesible
(project to make astronomy information available to the blind)
(project,astronomy)
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022RMxAC..54..111P/abstract

Referenced by page:
El Universo en palabras

 
AstroBetter
(site with shared research tips.)
(astrophysics,site)
https://www.astrobetter.com/

Referenced by page:
AstroBetter Rumor Mill

 
AstroBetter Rumor Mill
(list of open astrophysics jobs)
(site,astrophysics)
(See: AstroBetter)
https://www.astrobetter.com/
 
Astrobites
(online informal summaries of astrophysics papers)
(astrophysics,site)
https://astrobites.org/
 
astrolabe
(ancient instrument to determine to date, time, and location information from the sky)
(instrument type)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrolabe

Referenced by page:
Danjon astrolabe

 
Astronomia nova
(Johannes Kepler's book about investigating Mars' orbit)
(publication)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomia_nova
https://www.maa.org/book/export/html/117541
 
Astronomical Data Center
(ADC)
(1980s-1990s NASA/Goddard data archive)
(organization,NASA,past)
 
Astronomical Journal
(AJ)
(American Astronomical Society journal)
(astronomy,publication,USA)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Astronomical_Journal
http://iopscience.org/aj
 
Astronomical Netherlands Satellite
(ANS)
(1970s X-ray/ultraviolet space telescope)
(telescope,space,Netherlands,past)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_Netherlands_Satellite
 
astronomical observation request
(AOT)
(term for a proposal to use a telescope)
(telescopes)
http://herschel.esac.esa.int/Docs/HSPOT/html/ch08.html
 
Astronomical Society of the Atlantic
(ASA)
(interested parties promoting astronomy)
(organization)
 
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
(ASP)
(general astronomy-education organization)
(organization)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_Society_of_the_Pacific
https://www.astrosociety.org/

Referenced by page:
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (PASP)

 
Astronomische Gesellschaft
(AG)
(German astronomical society)
(organization,Germany)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomische_Gesellschaft
http://astronomische-gesellschaft.de/en

Referenced by page:
Astronomische Gesellschaft Katalog (AGK)

 
Astronomische Nachrichten
(AN)
(German scientific publication)
(publication,Germany)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomische_Nachrichten
https://www.aip.de/AN/
 
astronomy
(study of astronomical objects and their environments)
(science)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomy
https://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/A/Astronomy
 
Astronomy & Astrophysics
(A&A)
(European scientific journal)
(publication)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomy_%26_Astrophysics
http://www.aanda.org/
 
Astronomy Picture of the Day
(APOD)
(NASA general education initiative)
(site,NASA)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomy_Picture_of_the_Day
http://apod.nasa.gov/
 
Astrophysical Journal
(ApJ)
(American Astronomical Society scientific publication)
(publication,USA)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Astrophysical_Journal
http://iopscience.iop.org/journal/0004-637X
 
Astrophysical Journal Letters
(ApJL)
(American Astronomical Society scientific publication)
(publication,USA)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Astrophysical_Journal
http://iopscience.iop.org/journal/2041-8205
 
Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
(ApJS)
(American Astronomical Society scientific publication)
(publication,USA)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Astrophysical_Journal
http://iopscience.iop.org/journal/0067-0049
 
Astrophysical Research Consortium
(ARC)
(owns Apache Point Observatory)
(organization)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_Point_Observatory#History
https://arc.apo.nmsu.edu/
 
astrophysics
(physics applied to astronomy)
(science,physics,astronomy)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrophysics
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/astrophysics
 
Astrophysics Data and Information Services
(ADIS)
(perhaps one-time name for NASA ADF or ADS)
(organization,NASA,past)
 
Astrophysics Data Facility
(ADF)
(former NASA unit responsible for data from NASA astrophysics missions)
(organization,NASA,past)
 
Astrophysics Multi-spectral Archive Search Engine
(AMASE)
(1990s search tool)
(software)
http://www.adass.org/adass/proceedings/adass98/cheungcy/
 
Astrophysics Source Code Library
(ASCL)
(collection of astrophysics programs)
(codes)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrophysics_Source_Code_Library
https://ascl.net/
 
Atmospheric Physics of Exoplanets
(APEx)
(MPIAA department)
(organization)
 
Automated Lunar and Meteor Observatory
(ALaMO)
(ground observatory in Alabama to record Moon-meteoroid impacts)
(observatory,Moon,meteors,ground,NASA,Alabama)
https://www.nasa.gov/center/marshall/news/lunar/overview.html
 
Automated Patrol Telescope
(APT)
(0.5 m telescope at Siding Spring Observatory)
(telescope,Australia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_Patrol_Telescope
 
basal
(from the base or from below)
(science,terminology)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/basal
 
basic calibrated data
(BCD)
(class of moderately-processed output from telescope observations)
(data)
 
Beijing Astronomical Observatory
(BAO)
(part of Chinese Academy of Sciences)
(observatory,China)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing_Astronomical_Observatory
http://www.bao.ac.cn/
 
BEL
(broad emission line)
(abbreviation)
 
Berkeley-Illinois-Maryland Association
(BIMA)
(operator of 1980s-2000s radio telescope)
(organization)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley-Illinois-Maryland_Association

Referenced by page:
BIMA telescope

 
Bisei Asteroid Tracking Telescope for Rapid Survey
(BATTeRS)
(Japanese telescope surveying to find NEOs and space junk)
(telescope,Japan,asteroids)
 
BJD
(barycentric Julian day)
(abbreviation,time,measure)
(See: Julian date (JD))
 
Black in Astro
(BIA)
(advocacy initiative)
(initiative)
https://www.blackinastro.com/
 
black star
(theoretical alternative to black holes)
(black holes,theory)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_star_(semiclassical_gravity)
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008PhRvD..77d4032B/abstract
 
BOAT
(brightest of all time)
(abbreviation)
 
Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics
(BITP)
(Ukrainian research institute)
(organization,Ukranian,physics)
http://bitp.kiev.ua/
 
Bohyunsan Optical Astronomy Observatory
(BOAO)
(on Bohyeon Mountain, Korea)
(observatory,visible light,Korea)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_asteroid-discovering_observatories#Bohyunsan_Optical_Astronomy_Observatory
https://www.kasi.re.kr/eng/pageView/65
 
British Astronomical Association
(BAA)
(amateur astronomer organization)
(organization,UK)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Astronomical_Association
https://www.britastro.org/
 
British Interplanetary Society
(BIS)
(space-exploration/research advocacy organization)
(organization,space)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Interplanetary_Society
https://www.bis-space.com/
 
British National Space Centre
(BNSC)
(the older name for UKSA)
(organization)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_National_Space_Centre
https://web.archive.org/web/20041109092733/http://www.bnsc.gov.uk/
 
Broad Band X-Ray Telescope
(BBXRT)
(1990s Astro-1 Space Shuttle X-ray telescope)
(telescope,space,X-ray,NASA)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broad_Band_X-ray_Telescope
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/bbxrt/bbxrt_about.html
 
Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
(BAAS)
(US professional organization's journal of record)
(publication)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_of_the_American_Astronomical_Society
http://baas.aas.org/
 
Burst and All Sky Imaging Survey
(BASIS)
(late 1990s GRB-observer satellite proposal)
(observatory,spacecraft,telescope,past,concept,NASA)
 
Côte d'Azur Observatory
(OCA, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur)
(French astronomical research organization)
(observatory,France)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cóte_d%27Azur_Observatory
https://www.oca.eu/en/

Referenced by page:
GI2T

 
California Association for Research in Astronomy
(CARA)
(nonprofit aimed at operating Keck observatory)
(organization,California)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._M._Keck_Observatory#Management
http://casswww.ucsd.edu/archive/facilities.html
 
Cambridge Discovery Park
(CDP)
(location of SAO labs)
(location)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Discovery_Park
 
Canadian Astronomical Society
(CASCA)
(professional astronomers)
(organization,Canada)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Astronomical_Society
http://casca.ca/
 
Canadian Astronomy Data Centre
(CADC)
(online data distribution)
(organization,archive,site,Canadian)
http://www.cadc-ccda.hia-iha.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/en/
 
CANGAROO
(Collaboration between Australia and Nippon for a Gamma Ray Observatory in the Outback)
(future,telescope,gamma rays,Australia)
http://www.physics.adelaide.edu.au/astrophysics/cangaroo/
 
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
(CCAFS)
(Air Force launch facilities adjacent to Kennedy Space Center)
(organization,USA)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station
http://afspacemuseum.org/ccafs/
 
CAS Space
(Guangzhou Zhongke Aerospace Exploration Technology Co.)
(Chinese commericial space-launch corporation)
(organization,China)
(See: Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS))
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAS_Space
http://en.cas-space.com/

Referenced by page:
Satech-01

 
Catalog of Stellar Identification
(CSI)
(a compilation of the catalogs, BD, CD, and CPD)
(catalog,stars)
(See: Bonner Durchmusterung Catalog (BD))
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1971BICDS...2....8J/abstract
 
Catalogue of Discoveries and Identifications of Minor Planets
(CDIMP)
(1982 catalog from Minor Planet Center)
(catalog,planets,solar system)
https://books.google.com/books/about/Catalogue_of_discoveries_and_identificat.html?id=TYfvAAAAMAAJ&hl=en
 
celestial
(having to do with stars and the sky)
(terminology)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial
https://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/C/Celestial

Referenced by page:
OSO 8

 
celestial navigation
(navigating such as across the sea, using the stars)
(astronomy)
 
Center for Advanced Space Studies
(CASS)
(unit of Universities Space Research Association)
(organization,USA,past)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universities_Space_Research_Association
 
Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica
(CARA)
(NSF science and technology center)
(organization,USA)
http://astro.uchicago.edu/cara/
 
Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences
(CASS)
(UC San Diego academic institute)
(organization,USA)
http://cass.ucsd.edu/
 
Center for Earth and Planetary Studies
(CEPS)
(Smithsonian Institute research unit)
(organization)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Earth_and_Planetary_Studies
https://airandspace.si.edu/research
 
Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing
(CAS)
(research center at Swinburne University, Australia)
(organization,computation,astrophysics)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_for_Astrophysics_and_Supercomputing
https://www.swinburne.edu.au/research/centres-groups-clinics/centre-for-astrophysics-supercomputing/

Referenced by page:
GPU Supercomputer for Theoretical Astrophysics Research (gSTAR)

 
Centre for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec
(astronomy collaboration of Quebec universities)
(organization,Canada)
http://craq-astro.ca/?lang=en
 
Centre for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky from Satellite Constellation Interference
(CPS)
(IAU initiative to address the issue of satellite constellations)
(visible light,astronomy)
(See: International Astronomical Union (IAU))
https://cps.iau.org/
 
Centre national de la recherche scientifique
(CNRS)
(French scientific research organization)
(organization,France)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_National_Centre_for_Scientific_Research
https://www.cnrs.fr/

Referenced by page:
Astronet

 
centripetal force
(whatever force keeps an object moving in circles)
(mechanics)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centripetal_force
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/cf.html
 
Centro Astronómico Hispano-Alemán
(CAHA)
(German-Spanish Astronomical Center at Calar Alto.)
(organization,Spanish,German)
http://www.caha.es/
 
Chandra Interactive Analysis of Observations
(CIAO)
(software for analyzing Chandra X-ray data)
(software)
(See: Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO))
http://cxc.harvard.edu/ciao/
 
Chinese Academy of Sciences
(CAS)
(Chinese national scientific organization)
(organization,China)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Academy_of_Sciences
https://english.cas.cn/

Referenced by page:
CAS Space

 
CHNOPS
(six common elements in biological molecules)
(abbreviation,chemistry,biology)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHON
 
CHON
(four common elements in biological molecules)
(abbreviation,chemistry,biology)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHON
 
Cluster Lensing and Supernova survey with Hubble
(CLASH)
(c2010 HST survey of galaxy cluster lensing)
(survey,galaxy clusters,gravitational lensing)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_Lensing_and_Supernova_survey_with_Hubble
http://www.stsci.edu/~postman/CLASH/Home.html
 
coalescence
(merging together, becoming one thing)
(terminology)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/coalescence
 
Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite
(CRRES)
(1990s satellite investigating Earth's magnetosphere)
(space,past,NASA)
https://eospso.nasa.gov/missions/combined-release-and-radiation-effects-satellite
 
Comet Nucleus Sample Return
(CNSR, Cryogenic Nucleus Sample Return, Cryogenic Comet Nucleus Sample Return)
(concept study for comet mission)
(plan,space,comets)
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/studies/228/cryogenic-comet-nucleus-sample-return-cnsr-mission-technology-study/
 
Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby
(CRAF)
(1980s/1990s NASA comet exploration plan)
(space,past,NASA,plan)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Rendezvous_Asteroid_Flyby
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1989LPICo.691...54M/abstract
 
Committee for Small-Body Nomenclature
(CSBN)
(early 2000s IAU division since replaced by WG-SBN)
(asteroids,comets,IAU)
(See: International Astronomical Union (IAU))
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_naming_conventions
https://www.iau.org/static/science/scientific_bodies/working_groups/97/wg-sbn-triennial-report-2015-2018.pdf
 
Committee on Space Research
(COSPAR)
(international collaboration established by International Council for Science)
(organization)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_on_Space_Research
https://cosparhq.cnes.fr
 
Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy
(CSWA)
(AAS committee)
(organization)
(See: American Astronomical Society (AAS))
https://aas.org/comms/cswa
 
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
(CNR, National Research Council)
(Italian national research organization.)
(organization,Italy)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Research_Council_(Italy)
https://www.cnr.it/en
 
CONTOUR
(Discovery 6)
(failed 2002 NASA astroid flyby mission)
(NASA,spacecraft,asteroids,past)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CONTOUR
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/contour/
 
corner.py
(Python library for scatter plot matrices)
(software,visualization,Python)
(See: scatter plot matrix)
http://ascl.net/1702.002
 
correlated
(values of two functions having the same sign)
(mathematics)
https://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/C/Correlated
 
cosmos
(alternate word for universe)
(cosmology)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos
 
Council of German Observatories
(RDS, Rat deutscher Sternwarten)
(German astronomy research council)
(organization,Germany)
https://www.astronomische-gesellschaft.de/en/rds

Referenced by page:
Astronet

 
Coupled Ion-Neutral Dynamics Investigation
(CINDI)
(space weather investigation instruments on USAF spacecraft)
(project,space,Sun)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CINDI
https://www.nasa.gov/content/cindi-coupled-ion-neutral-dynamic-investigation

Referenced by page:
solar physics

 
cross-staff
(Jacob's staff)
(historical device for measuring angular distances)
(instrument type)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob%27s_staff
https://pwg.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Scrostaf.htm
 
crowd-sourcing
(carrying out large efforts by combining that of many volunteers)
(terminology)

Referenced by pages:
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Galaxy Zoo
Galaxy Zoo 2 (GZ2)
Planet Hunters (PH)
Radio Galaxy Zoo (RGZ)

 
cryogenic
(colder than 120 kelvins)
(terminology)
(See: cryogenic spectroscopy)

Referenced by pages:
Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO)
CRIRES
Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS)
Cryogenic Rare Event Search with Superconducting Thermometers (CRESST)
cryogenic spectroscopy
CUORE
DKIST
emissivity
European Southern Observatory Very Large Telescope (ESO VLT)
EXCLAIM
immersion grating
KAGRA
Origins Space Telescope (OST)
SQUID
Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS)

 
CST
(variable star type meaning it is currently thought non-variable)
(abbreviation,variable stars)
https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=about.vartypes
 
dark energy star
(theoretical alternative to black holes)
(black holes,theory)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark-energy_star
https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0503200
 
decadal survey
(type of once-a-decade planning report from NASA and the NAS)
(publication,science,USA)
(See: National Acadamy of Sciences (NAS) and
NASA)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decadal_survey
https://www.planetary.org/space-policy/what-is-the-decadal-survey
 
Deep Ecliptic Survey
(DES)
(late 1990s/early 2000s survey for KBOs)
(survey,solar system,minor planets)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Ecliptic_Survey
https://www.boulder.swri.edu/~buie/kbo/index.html
 
DEIA
(diversity, , equity, , inclusion, , and accessibility)
(abbreviation used for US government efforts)
(abbreviation)
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/06/25/executive-order-on-diversity-equity-inclusion-and-accessibility-in-the-federal-workforce/
 
dewar
(term used re cryogenics for vacuum-insulated containers)
(instrument type)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryogenic_storage_dewar
 
Disk Detective
(Zooniverse effort to find planets within protoplanetary disks)
(crowdsource,site,planets,protoplanetary disks)
(See: Zooniverse)
https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/ssilverberg/disk-detective
 
displacement
(position vector)
(vector quantity showing the position of one point in relation to another)
(mathematics,measure)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Displacement_(geometry)
https://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/D/Displacement
 
distance
(magnitude of the displacement or length of a curve)
(mathematics,measure)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distance
https://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/D/Distance
 
DLR
(Deutsches Zentrum füaut;r Luft- und Raumfahrt, German Aerospace Center)
(German's space and aerotautics research agency)
(Germany,organization)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Aerospace_Center
https://www.dlr.de/en/
 
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory
(DAO)
(long-standing observatory in British Columbia)
(observatory,Canada,visible light)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_Astrophysical_Observatory
 
DRDF
("Director's Research and Development Fund")
(abbreviation)
 
DRS
(data reduction system)
(abbreviation)
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016SPIE.9913E..4AW/abstract
 
EAS Job Directory
(directory of astrophysics jobs)
(site,astronomy,database,Europe)
(See: European Astronomical Society (EAS))
https://eas.unige.ch/jobs.jsp
 
East Asian Core Observatories Association
(EACOA)
(promotes astronomy)
(organization,Asia)
http://www.eacoa.net/
 
East-Asian Planet Search Network
(EAPSNET)
(initiative to find exoplanets)
(organization,Asia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East-Asian_Planet_Search_Network
http://www-irc.mtk.nao.ac.jp/eayam/2017/documents/d2/1_Masashi_Omiya.pdf
 
EIE
(Italian engineering company that produces astronomical equipment)
(abbreviation)

Referenced by page:
ARO 12m Telescope

 
ejecta
(material ejected from something)
(terminology)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ejecta
 
El Universo en palabras
(The Univese in Words)
(Series of audios produced by Astroaccesible)
(project,astronomy)
(See: Astroaccesible)
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022RMxAC..54..111P/abstract
 
electron beam ion trap
(EBIT)
(lab instrument to create ions for study)
(instrument)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron_beam_ion_trap
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005PhST..119...30T/abstract
 
Electronic Journal of the Astronomical Society of the Atlantic
(EJASA)
(online journal during the 1990s)
(publication)
https://www.heise.de/ix/raven/Literature/Journals/ElJournals.html#EJ25
 
ellipticity
(degree to which a body's shape is un-spherical)
(mathematics,measure)
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ellipticity
 
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
(EPSRC)
(UK agency for scientific research, including astronomy)
(organization,UK)
https://epsrc.ukri.org/
 
Ephemerides of Minor Planets
(EMP)
(annual catalog on minor planet positions)
(catalog,minor planets)
http://iaaras.ru/en/about/issues/emp/
 
EPO
("education and public outreach")
(abbreviation)
 
European Association for Astronomy Education
(EAAE)
(promotes science education)
(organization,European)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Association_for_Astronomy_Education
https://www.eaae-astronomy.org/
 
European Astronomical Society
(EAS)
(European organization)
(organization,Europe)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Astronomical_Society
https://eas.unige.ch/

Referenced by page:
EAS Job Directory

 
European Research Infrastructure Consortium
(ERIC)
(science and technology initiative)
(organization,science)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Research_Infrastructure_Consortium
https://ec.europa.eu/info/research-and-innovation/strategy/european-research-infrastructures/eric_en
 
Fast On-orbit Rapit Recording of Transient Events
(FORTE)
(satellite viewing radio and optical transients on Earth)
(spacecraft,radio,visible light)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FORTE
https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/f/forte
 
Fastest Fourier Transform in the West
(FFTW)
(code library implementing efficient FFT)
(code,mathematics)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FFTW
http://www.fftw.org/
 
fiber-linked optical array telescope
(FLOAT)
(scheme for a type of multi-mirror telescope)
(telescope type,plan)
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1977ApJ...218..776A/abstract
 
FRB Community Newsletter
(FRB Newsletter)
(periodical message about fast radio bursts)
(publication,transients)
http://hosting.astro.cornell.edu/research/frb/news/
 
FTL
("faster than light")
(abbreviation)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faster-than-light

Referenced by page:
superluminal motion

 
Fugaku
(Japanese petaflop/exaflop supercomputer)
(computer,Japan)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugaku_(supercomputer)
https://www.fujitsu.com/global/about/innovation/fugaku/
 
fusor
(2003 proposed term for astronomical objects capable of carrying out fusion)
(terminology,stars)
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003IAUS..211..529B/abstract
 
fuzzball
(theoretical alternative to black holes based on superstring theory)
(black holes,theory)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzzball_(string_theory)
https://www.asc.ohio-state.edu/mathur.16/
 
g-r color
(g-r color index)
(difference between SDSS g' and r' magnitudes)
(measure,EMR,color,magnitude,photometry)
(See: color index)
https://skyserver.sdss.org/dr1/en/proj/advanced/color/amounts.asp
 
Gabbard plot
(Gabbard diagram)
(plot showing apogee-perigee range of select orbiting debris)
(space,graph)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_debris#Gabbard_diagrams
 
Galaxy Evolution from Morphology and Spectral energy distributions
(GEMS)
(HST survey of galaxies with z in the range 0.2 to 1.2)
(survey,galaxies,spectrography)
(See: Hubble Space Telescope (HST))
http://www.mpia.de/homes/GEMS/gems.htm
 
Gale Crater
(Curiosity rover landing site on Mars)
(Mars,location)
(See: Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) and
Mars)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gale_(crater)
https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/timeline/prelaunch/gale-crater/

Referenced by page:
Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)

 
Gamma-ray Burst Coordinates Network
(GCN)
(system to distribute notifications of GRBs)
(organization)
PrefixExample  
GCNGCN 4021candidate GRB

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma-ray_Burst_Coordinates_Network
 
GCRT
(galactic center radio transient)
(abbreviation,radio,transients)
PrefixExample  
GCRTGCRT J1745-3009 

 
GitHub
(online software development repositories)
(site,software)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub
https://github.com/
 
Global Exoplanet M-dwarf Search-Survey
(GEMSS)
(a search for exoplanets around m-dwarf stars)
(survey,exoplanets)
https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2007/02/05/gemss-hunting-for-red-dwarf-exoplanets/
 
global navigation satellite system
(GNSS)
(type of space-based service that can impede radio astronomy)
(abbreviation)
 
Global Oscillations Network Group
(GONG)
(cooperative organization studying the Sun through helioseismology)
(organization,helioseismology)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Oscillations_Network_Group
https://gong.nso.edu/
 
Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk
(GOLD)
(satellite instrument to study ionosphere regarding space weather)
(instrument,space,atmosphere)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global-scale_Observations_of_the_Limb_and_Disk
https://gold.cs.ucf.edu/
 
GPU Supercomputer for Theoretical Astrophysics Research
(gSTAR)
(supercomputer at Swinburne University)
(instrument,computation)
(See: Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing (CAS))
https://astronomy.swin.edu.au/supercomputing/green2/
 
graben
(depressed block of planet crust)
(geology)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graben
 
gravistar
(theoretical type of black hole with certain contents)
(black holes,theory)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravistar
https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0109035
 
Gravitational Wave Galaxy Catalogue
(GWGC)
(list of probable galaxies for GW detections)
(catalog,galaxies)
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011CQGra..28h5016W/abstract
 
Group Evolution Multiwavelength Study
(GEMS)
(survey of galaxy groups)
(survey,X-ray,visible light,near infrared)
http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/gems/
 
Groupe Europáen Observations Stellaires
(GEOS)
(European organization of variable star observers.)
(organization,variable,stars,European)
http://geos.upv.es/
 
Gruppo Italiano Astrometristi
(GIA)
(Italian amateur astronomy organization)
(organization,Italian)
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruppo_Italiano_Astrometristi
 
Guide Star Astrometric Support Package
(GASP)
(software to assist in using guide stars for HST observations)
(software,astrometry,past)
https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1993/news-1993-07.html
 
H2O Southern Galactic Plane Survey
(HOPS)
(survey targeting water masers)
(survey,stars)
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012MNRAS.426.1972P/abstract
 
Hadean Eon
(the first eon in Earth history, up to 4 billion years ago)
(geophysics,Earth)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadean
https://geo.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Geology/Book%3A_An_Introduction_to_Geology_(Johnson_Affolter_Inkenbrandt_and_Mosher)/08%3A_Earth_History/8.03%3A_Hadean_Eon
 
HEAD
(High Energy Astrophysics Division)
(AAS division supporting X-ray and gamma-ray astrophysics)
(organization,astronomy)
(See: American Astronomical Society (AAS))
https://head.aas.org/
 
High Resolution Microwave Survey
(HRMS)
(1990s microwave SETI search)
(survey,microwave,SETI)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Resolution_Microwave_Survey
 
high time-resolution astrophysics
(HTRA)
(second-by-second observation of/for transients)
(abbreviation,transients,astronomy)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_time-resolution_astrophysics
 
HK Survey
(HK)
(1985 search for metal poor-stars using calcium lines)
(survey,stars,metallicity,calcium)
PrefixExample  
BPSBPS CS 22898-0066 

https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1985AJ.....90.2089B/abstract
 
HOD
(halo occupation distribution)
(model of galaxy distribution)
(simulations)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_occupation_distribution
 
host
(object such as star around which something is orbiting or drawn to)
(object type)

Referenced by pages:
exosatellite
Hill radius
host galaxy (HG)
host planet
host star
Kepler's laws
Pluto
primary
retrograde hot Jupiter
semi-major axis (a)
SPOCK

 
host galaxy
(HG)
(galaxy associated with a particular object or transient)
(galaxies,object type)
(See: host and
galaxy)
PrefixExample  
HGHG 031203used for GRB and XRF hosts

 
host planet
(the planet associated with a moon or ring, etc.)
(planets,moons,object type)
(See: host and
planet)

Referenced by page:
Keplerian orbit

 
host star
(the star associated with a planetary system)
(stars,planets,object type)
(See: host and
star)

Referenced by pages:
51 Eridani b
51 Pegasi b (51 Peg b)
atmospheric escape
atmospheric tide
biofluorescence
Darwin
differential spectroscopy
Earth analog
eccentricity (e)
EXOFAST
exosatellite
Fulton gap
giant planet
GJ 1214 b
habitability
HCI
HD 209458 b
HD 80606 b
K2-18b
Kepler-186f
Laplace radius (rL)
mass ratio (μ)
MUSCLES
planet formation
planet structure
primary
projected separation
protoplanetary disk (PPD)
rocky planet
rotation period
secondary eclipse
transiting planet
ultraviolet (UV)
WASP-12b
WASP-33b
WASP-67b
XO-3b

 
Hubble Asteroid Hunter
(Zooniverse effort to find asteroids in HST images)
(crowdsource,site,survey,asteroids,past)
(See: Zooniverse)
https://esahubble.org/forscientists/announcements/sci19011/
 
Hubble Heritage Project
(effort assembling an archive of HST images)
(survey,HST)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Heritage_Project
http://heritage.stsci.edu
 
IAU symposium
(IAUS)
(IAU-sponsored science symposiums)
(IAU,meeting)
(See: International Astronomical Union (IAU))
https://www.iau.org/science/meetings/future/symposia/
 
Image Reduction and Analysis Facility
(IRAF)
(NOAO-developed image manipulation/viewing software)
(software,visualization)
http://iraf.noao.edu/
 
imager
(essentially a word for camera, produces 2D image over some bandwidth)
(instrument type)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Astronomical_imaging

Referenced by pages:
European Southern Observatory Very Large Telescope (ESO VLT)
gas pixel detector (GPD)
Hitomi
Large Binocular Telescope (LBT)
Lowell Discovery Telescope (LDT)
Lucy
MMT
PUNCH
SELENE
slew survey
SOAR Telescope (SOAR)
SOFIA
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)
Subaru Telescope
Víctor M. Blanco Telescope
XRISM

 
Immirzi parameter
(theoretical value relating black hole to its entropy)
(physics,black holes,gravity)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immirzi_parameter
 
In-situ Lunar Orientation Measurement
(ILOM)
(planned experiment to monitor lunar rotation via astrometry from the Moon)
(instrument,Moon,future)
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008AdSpR..42..358N/abstract
 
Indian Space Research Organisation
(ISRO)
(national science and technology agency)
(organization,India,space)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Space_Research_Organisation
https://www.isro.gov.in/

Referenced by page:
Aditya-L1

 
inferior conjunction
(conjunction of an "inferior planet", Venus or Mercury)
(astronomy)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjunction_(astronomy)
 
Information Bulletin on Variable Stars
(IBVS)
(former 1961-2019 publication on variable stars)
(publication,variable,stars,past)
https://konkoly.hu/ibvs/
 
infrared source
(IRS)
(astronomical object producing observable infrared)
(infrared,object type)
(See: infrared (IR))
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrared_astronomy
https://www.britannica.com/science/infrared-source

Referenced by page:
LDN 1527 (L1527)

 
inspiral
(like an orbit that is growing smaller)
(terminology)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/inspiral
 
Institut National d'Astronomie et de Geophysique
(INAG)
(1960s-1980s French research institute)
(France,organization,past)
https://data.bnf.fr/fr/11876766/institut_national_d_astronomie_et_de_geophysique_france/
 
Institute for Advanced Study
(IAS)
(research institution)
(organization)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_for_Advanced_Study
https://www.ias.edu/
 
Institute for Astronomy
(IfA, University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy)
(U Hawaii astronomy research organization)
(organization,Hawaii)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_for_Astronomy
http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/

Referenced by page:
Mauna Kea Observatories (MKO)

 
Institute for research on exoplanets
(iREX)
(U Montreéal division researching exoplanets)
(organization,exoplanets,Canada)
http://www.exoplanetes.umontreal.ca/?lang=en
 
Institute of Astronomy
(IoA)
(Cambridge U astronomy research organization)
(organization,UK)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Astronomy,_Cambridge
https://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/
 
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
(IEEE)
(professional engineering association)
(organization,technology)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Electrical_and_Electronics_Engineers
https://www.ieee.org/

Referenced by pages:
ITU
Q band

 
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
(ISAS)
(Japanese national research organization)
(organization,Japan,JAXA)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Space_and_Astronautical_Science
http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/en/index.html
 
Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies
(ISAS)
(U Saskatchewan research division)
(organization,Canada)
https://artsandscience.usask.ca/physics/facilities/isas.php
 
Institute of Theoretical Astronomy
(ITA)
(former Cambridge U astronomy research organization)
(organization,UK,past)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Astronomy,_Cambridge#History
https://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/about
 
integrated flux nebula
(IFN)
(fuzzy illuminated nebula within Milky Way halo)
(object type,halo)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Flux_Nebula
 
Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics
(IUCAA)
(initiative promoting astrophysics at Indian universities)
(organization,India)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inter-University_Centre_for_Astronomy_and_Astrophysics
https://www.iucaa.in/
 
intermediate luminosity optical transient
(ILOT, gap transient)
(visible-light transient a bit brighter than a nova)
(transient type)
(See: transient (AT))
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermediate_luminosity_optical_transient
 
International Active Sun Years
(IASY)
(1969-1971 initiative for solar surveys)
(survey,Sun)
 
International Amateur-Professional Photoelectric Photometry
(IAPPP)
(organization active 1980-2000+)
(organization,photometry,international)
http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1990IAPPP..42....1O/abstract
 
International Astronomical Youth Camp
(IAYC)
(summer camp)
(meeting)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Astronomical_Youth_Camp
https://www.iayc.org/
 
International Comet Quarterly
(ICQ)
(journal regarding comets)
(publication,comets)
http://www.icq.eps.harvard.edu/index.html
 
International Cosmic Ray Conference
(ICRC)
(bi-annual cosmic ray conference since 1947)
(meeting,cosmic rays)
 
International Dark-Sky Association
(IDA)
(organization promoting control of light pollution)
(organization,astronomy)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Dark-Sky_Association
https://www.darksky.org/
 
International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service
(IERS, International Earth Rotation Service)
(service monitoring Earth's rotation and precession)
(organization,astronomy)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Earth_Rotation_and_Reference_Systems_Service
https://www.iers.org/
 
International Geophysical Year
(IGY)
(1957-1958 initiative for geophysical and related astronomical research)
(survey,astronomy,geophysics)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Geophysical_Year
http://www.nasonline.org/about-nas/history/archives/milestones-in-NAS-history/the-igy.html
 
International Halley Watch
(IHW)
(initiative to coordinate observation of Halley's Comet in 1986)
(organization,astronomy,comets)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Halley_Watch
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/ihw_images.html
 
International Meteor Organization
(IMO)
(amateur/professional meteor organization)
(organization,meteors)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Meteor_Organization
https://www.imo.net/
 
International Monitoring Programs for Asteroid and Comet Threat
(IMPACT)
(1999 IAU-sponsored conference in Italy)
(meeting,comets,asteroids)
(See: International Astronomical Union (IAU))
http://neo.ssa.esa.int/neo-chronology
 
International Occultation Timing Association
(IOTA)
(volunteer organization to observe occultations)
(organization,occultations)
https://occultations.org
 
International Organization for Standardization
(ISO)
(standards-development organization)
(organization,technology)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Organization_for_Standardization
https://www.iso.org/

Referenced by page:
Q band

 
International Quiet Sun Year
(IQSY)
(1964-1965 initiative for solar surveys)
(survey,Sun)
http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/dev/hillger/IQSY.htm
 
International Scientific Optical Network
(ISON)
(project to track objects in space)
(organization,astronomy)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Scientific_Optical_Network
http://lfvn.astronomer.ru/main/english.htm
 
International Small Telescope Cooperative
(ISTeC, North American Small Telescope Cooperative, NASTec)
(former cooperative of small research telescopes)
(organization,telescopes)
http://www.astronomy.net/astroguide/ag323.html
 
International Space Year
(ISY)
(1992 initiative re space and astronomy)
(survey)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Year
 
International Supernova Network
(ISN)
(SN information sharing initiative)
(organization,supernovae)
http://www.supernova.thistlethwaites.com/isn/isn.htm
 
International Workshop for Astronomy
(IWA)
(organization operating the IAYC)
(organization)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Astronomical_Youth_Camp
https://www.iayc.org/about-iwa/
 
International Workshop on Cometary Astronomy
(IWCA)
(occasional meeting)
(meeting,comets)
http://www.icq.eps.harvard.edu/IWCA.html
 
Intracluster
(IC)
(region between objects of a cluster such as between stars in a star cluster)
(abbreviation)
 
Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali
(IAPS, Institute for Space Astrophysics and Planetology)
(Italian astrophysical research institute within INAF)
(organization,Italy)
http://www.iaps.inaf.it/en/about-iaps/
 
Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale
(IAS)
(former name of Italian astrophysics research institution)
(organization,Italy)
 
Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica
(INAF)
(Italian astrophysical research institute)
(organization,Italy)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INAF
http://www.inaf.it/en

Referenced by page:
Astronet

 
Japan Amateur Photoelectric Observers Association
(JAPOA)
(past amateur astronomy collaboration)
(organization,stars,variable,past)
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1990JAVSO..19..158S/abstract
 
Japan Spaceguard Association
(JSGA)
(Japanese telescope tracking NEOs and space junk)
(telescope,organization,Japan)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Spaceguard_Association
https://www.spaceguard.or.jp/
 
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
(JPL)
(NASA technology research center)
(organization,NASA)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_Propulsion_Laboratory
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/

Referenced by page:
Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX)

 
Jezero Crater
(Perseverance rover landing site on Mars)
(Mars,location)
(See: Mars 2020 and
Mars)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jezero_(crater)
https://marsnext.jpl.nasa.gov/documents/LandingSiteWorksheet_Jezero_final.pdf

Referenced by page:
Mars 2020

 
JILA
(Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics)
(U Colorado/NIST research organization)
(organization)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JILA
http://jila.colorado.edu/
 
Joint Astronomy Centre
(JAC)
(operated two UK telescopes in Hawaii)
(organization,British,Hawaii,past)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Astronomy_Centre
 
Joint European Telescope for X-ray astronomy
(JET-X)
(1990s X-ray space observatory never launched)
(telescope,spacecraft,plan,past)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_European_Telescope_for_X-ray_astronomy
 
Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC
(JIVE, Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe)
(central EVN facility)
(VLBI,organization,Europe)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Institute_for_VLBI_in_Europe
https://www.jive.nl/
 
Journal of Geophysical Research
(JGR)
(American Geophysics Union peer-reviewed research journal)
(publication,geophysics)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal_of_Geophysical_Research
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/21562202
 
Jupyter
(notebook-style programming interface used with Python)
(software)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Jupyter
https://jupyter.org/
 
JWST Extragalactic Mock Catalog
(JAGUAR)
(mock catalog of distant infrared galaxies)
(catalog,galaxies)
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018ApJS..236...33W/abstract
 
Koposov I
(low-luminosity globular cluster in the constellation Virgo)
(globular cluster,Milky Way)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koposov_I
 
Koposov II
(low-luminosity globular cluster in the constellation Gemini)
(globular cluster,Milky Way)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koposov_II
 
kugelblitz
(theoretical black hole arising from a high radiation density)
(physics,black holes)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kugelblitz_(astrophysics)
 
Kumamoto Civil Astronomical Observatory
(KCAO)
(Japanese amateur observatory)
(observatory,past)
 
Laboratorio de Astrofisica Espacial y Fisica Fundamental
(LAEFF)
(Spanish astrophysics laboratory)
(organization,Spain)
https://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESAC/LAEFF
 
Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics
(LHEA)
(former GSFC X-ray/gamma-ray lab of about 1970 to 2004)
(organization,X-rays,gamma rays)
https://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/history.html
 
LAD
(Laboratory Astrophysics Division)
(AAS division supporting laboratory work relevant to astrophysics)
(organization,astronomy)
(See: American Astronomical Society (AAS))
https://lad.aas.org/
 
Large Area Debris Collector
(LAD-C)
(planned ISS instrument to collect space debris for analysis)
(instrument,plan,past)
 
Large Earth-based Solar Telescope
(LEST)
(1990s plan for 2.4 m solar telescope)
(telescope,Sun,plan,past,Canary Islands)
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1991AdSpR..11..157E/abstract

Referenced by page:
solar physics

 
laser
(maser-like device for visible light)
(instrument type)
(See: maser)

Referenced by pages:
adaptive optics (AO)
beat frequency
coherent light
collimator
DAVINCI
DECIGO
grating
guide star (GS)
imaging Fourier transform spectroscopy (IFTS)
InSight
JUICE
LARES
laser com
LIGO
LISA
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Observer (MO)
Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
MESSENGER
MMX
NEAR Shoemaker (NEAR)
New Gravitational Wave Observatory (NGO)
Rosalind Franklin
Sagnac effect
SELENE
superradiance
TianQin
Virgo
William Herschel Telescope (WHT)

 
laser com
(lasercom)
(laser communications)
(abbreviation,technology)
(See: laser)

Referenced by page:
adaptive optics (AO)

 
Latest Supernovae
(recent supernova info collected)
(supernovae,site)
https://www.rochesterastronomy.org/supernova.html
 
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
(LBNL, Berkeley Lab)
(US energy-related physics laboratory)
(organization)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Berkeley_National_Laboratory
https://www.lbl.gov/
 
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
(LLNL)
(US science and technology laboratory)
(organization)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Livermore_National_Laboratory
https://www.llnl.gov/

Referenced by page:
Axion Dark Matter Experiment (ADMX)

 
Level 5
(hyperlinked collection of astrophysics research findings)
(astrophysics,site)
http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/
 
line of sight
(LOS, sight line, line-of-sight)
(line between observer and observed object)
(abbreviation)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_of_sight
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/line_of_sight

Referenced by pages:
adaptive optics (AO)
angular distance
column density
current sheet
dispersion measure (DM)
Einstein delay
Giant Gemini GMOS survey (GGG survey)
halo orbit
intensity
Lyman-alpha forest
mass transfer
Messier 100 (M100)
Messier 77 (M77)
minimum mass (m sin i)
occultation
orbital inclination
Pinwheel Galaxy (M101)
plane of the sky (POS)
projected semi-major axis
pulsar timing array (PTA)
superluminal motion
surface density (Σ)
Whirlpool Galaxy (M51a)

 
LN2
(LN2)
("liquid nitrogen")
(abbreviation)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_nitrogen
 
local noon
(solar noon)
(time at a locality when the Sun is at its highest)
(time)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noon#Solar_noon
https://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/L/Local+Noon
 
local sidereal time
(LST)
(same as angular hours right ascension of the zenith)
(time,coordinates)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidereal_time
http://www.jgiesen.de/astro/astroJS/siderealClock/
 
Lock-In Amplified Externally Dispersed Interferometry
(LAEDI)
(technique for precise RV measurement)
(technique,spectrography)
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013AAS...22114910J/abstract
 
LOSVD
(line-of-sight velocity distribution)
(abbreviation,galaxies)
https://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/LOSVD
 
low noise amplifier
(LNA)
(amplifier aimed at very low noise for extremely sensitive measurement)
(instruments)
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8738531
 
LPR
(for "light pollution reduction")
(abbreviation,telescopes)
 
Lunar and Planetary Institute
(LPI)
(scientific research arm of USRA)
(organization,planets,Moon)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_and_Planetary_Institute
https://www.lpi.usra.edu
 
lunar transient phenomenon
(LTP, TLP, transient lunar phenomenon)
(observed transient on the Moon such as a flash of light)
(Moon,transient)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transient_lunar_phenomenon
https://arxiv.org/abs/0706.3947
 
Lunary and Planetary Laboratory
(LPL)
(U Arizona lab)
(organization,planets,Moon)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_and_Planetary_Laboratory
http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/
 
Magellanic Analog Dwarf Companions And Stellar Halos
(MADCASH)
(Subaru survey for dwarf glaxies beyond the Local Group)
(survey,galaxies)
(See: Subaru Telescope)
PrefixExample  
MADCASHMADCASH-2 

https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016ApJ...828L...5C/abstract
 
maggie
(maggy)
(AB magnitude)
(abbreviation,magnitude)
 
Magnetospheric eternally collapsing object
(MECO)
(theoretical state of collapsing object unable to reach BH characteristics)
(black holes,theory)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetospheric_eternally_collapsing_object
https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9803014
 
Mamajek's Law
(exoplanet discoveries are rising exponentially)
(exoplanets)
https://twitter.com/EricMamajek/status/790767025580707840
 
Mars Climate Orbiter
(MCO)
(failed Mars 1990s probe)
(Mars,spacecraft,past,NASA,atmosphere)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Climate_Orbiter
https://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msp98/orbiter/
 
Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group
(MEPAG)
(NASA forum to provide input to long-term planning of Mars missions)
(NASA,organization)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Exploration_Program_Analysis_Group
https://mepag.jpl.nasa.gov/
 
Matplotlib
(Python library for plotting)
(software,visualization,Python)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matplotlib
https://matplotlib.org/
 
Maui Optical Tracking and Identification Facility
(MOTIF)
(USAF optical/infrared telescopes to Earth-orbiting objects)
(telescope,USA)
https://www.globalsecurity.org/space/library/report/1999/nssrm/initiatives/motif.htm
 
Maui Space Surveillance Site
(MSSS)
(USAF observatory to track Earth-orbiting objects)
(observatory,USA)
https://www.globalsecurity.org/space/systems/msss.htm
 
Max Planck Society
(MPG, Max Planck Gessellschaft)
(association of German research institutions)
(organization)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Planck_Society
https://www.mpg.de/en

Referenced by page:
La Silla Observatory (LSO)

 
maximum likelihood estimation
(MLE)
(statistical method to find likely parameters)
(technique,statistics,mathematics)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_likelihood_estimation

Referenced by pages:
maximum likelihood mapmaking
mlmapper
rare designator prefixes

 
Measuring Oscillations in Nearby Stars
(MONS, Rømer)
(past plan for asteroseismology mission)
(spacecraft,telescope,Danish,past,plan)
http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000ASPC..203...73K/abstract
 
Medium-class Explorer Program
(MIDEX)
(NASA program for small science spacecraft)
(NASA,space)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explorers_Program#Medium-Class_Explorers_(MIDEX)
https://explorers.gsfc.nasa.gov/midex.html

Referenced by pages:
Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE)
Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE)
IMAGE­
NASA
RXTE
SPHEREx
Swift
THEMIS
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)
Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP)

 
Meeting of European Planetary & Cometary Observers
(MEPCO)
(1990s planet/comet observer meetings)
(meeting,planets,comets)
https://britastro.org/journal_old/archive/jun97.htm
 
Mega-Carrington
(1034 ergs, a million times that of the Carrington Event)
(unit,energy)
https://sciencesprings.wordpress.com/tag/discovery-of-extreme-superflares-on-recurrent-nova-v2487-oph/
 
membrane paradigm
(simplified black-hole model enabling calculation of some effects)
(physics,black holes)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Membrane_paradigm
 
microsatellite
(microsat)
(NASA term for a 10-100 kg small satellite)
(NASA,space,terminology)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_satellite#Microsatellites

Referenced by pages:
CHIPS
PUNCH

 
Millimeter Astronomy Legacy Team
(MALT, Millimeter Astronomer's Legacy Team)
(Australian initiative producing millimeter surveys)
(Australian,organization)
http://malt90.bu.edu/
 
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovaciónes
(MCIN)
(Spanish science ministry)
(organization,Spain)
https://www.ciencia.gob.es/Ministerio/Mision-y-organizacion.html
 
minkasi
(code for processing MUSTANG-2 data)
(code,radio)
https://github.com/sievers/minkasi
 
Minor Planet Circular
(MPC, Minor Planets And Comets)
(monthly IAU publication of observations of minor planets and comets)
(publication)
(See: Minor Planet Center (MPC))
https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/services/MPC.html
 
Minor Planet Circulars Supplement
(MPCS)
(monthly detailed IAU publication of observations of minor planets)
(publication)
(See: Minor Planet Center (MPC))
https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/services/MPC.html
 
Minor Planet Electronic Circular
(MPEC)
(daily news publication of IAU Minor Planet Center)
(publication)
(See: Minor Planet Center (MPC))
https://minorplanetcenter.net/iau/services/MPEC.html
 
Mission Shakti
(Indian antisatellite test.)
(space,India)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_Shakti
 
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
(MNRAS)
(UK peer-reviewed astronomy research journal)
(publication,UK)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monthly_Notices_of_the_Royal_Astronomical_Society
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/
 
MSSSO
(Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories)
(abbreviation)
https://rsaa.anu.edu.au/observatories
 
Mu Space Engineering Spacecraft
(MUSES)
(series of Japanese astronomy space missions)
(Japan,space)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUSES_Program
 
Multi-instrument Aircraft Campaign
(MAC)
(type of aircraft based study of meteor-shower-associated dust)
(survey,dust)
https://leonid.arc.nasa.gov/
 
Multi-Pinned-Phase
(MPP)
(type of CCD with reduced signal noise)
(instruments)
http://www.roper.co.jp/Html/roper/tech_note/html/tmpp.htm
 
Multiyear Interactive Computer Almanac 1800-2050
(MICA)
(ephemerides app created by USNO)
(survey,USA)
(See: USNO)
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005AAS...207.3401O/abstract
 
nanomaggie
(maggy)
(a billionth of an AB magnitude)
(abbreviation,magnitude)
 
nanosatellite
(nanosat)
(NASA term for a 1-10 kg small satellite)
(NASA,space,terminology)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_satellite#Nanosatellites
 
NASA Exoplanet Archive
(online database of exoplanets)
(exoplanets,database,site)
https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/
 
NASA Orbital Debris Observatory
(NODO)
(1990s telescope aimed at tracking space junk)
(telescope,NASA,past)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_Orbital_Debris_Observatory
http://www.astro.ubc.ca/lmt/Nodo/index.html
 
NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive
(NSSDCA, National Space Science Data Center, NSSDC)
(NASA archive of flight information and astronomy findings)
(organization,USA)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_Space_Science_Data_Coordinated_Archive
https://nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov/
 
NASA Standard Breakup Model
(NSBM)
(model maintained by NASA of how satellites fragment)
(space)
https://conference.sdo.esoc.esa.int/proceedings/sdc7/paper/678/SDC7-paper678.pdf
 
National Acadamy of Sciences
(NAS)
(US organization of distinguished scientists)
(organization,USA)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Academy_of_Sciences
http://www.nasonline.org/

Referenced by pages:
decadal survey
Space Studies Board (SSB)

 
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
(NASEM)
(US collective of three national acadamies)
(organization,USA)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Academies_of_Sciences,_Engineering,_and_Medicine
https://www.nationalacademies.org/
 
National Bureau of Standards
(NBS)
(name of of NIST before 1988)
(organization,USA)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Institute_of_Standards_and_Technology
https://www.nist.gov/
 
National Institute of Standards and Technology
(NIST)
(US agency defining standards)
(organization,USA)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Institute_of_Standards_and_Technology
https://www.nist.gov/
 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA)
(US meteorology and oceanography agency)
(organization,USA,atmosphere)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration
https://www.noaa.gov/

Referenced by pages:
ESA Vigil
MarsWRF
SWFO-L1
WSA-Enlil

 
National Science Foundation
(NSF)
(US government organization funding scientific research)
(organization,USA)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Science_Foundation
https://www.nsf.gov/
 
Naval Research Laboratory
(NRL)
(US Navy scientific research arm)
(organization,USA)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Naval_Research_Laboratory
https://www.nrl.navy.mil/
 
Near Earth Asteroid Prospector
(NEAP)
(planned space mission to look at NEOs as mining sources)
(spacecraft,near-Earth objects,plan,past)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_Earth_Asteroid_Prospector
 
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
(NWO)
(Dutch research council)
(organization,Netherlands)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Research_Council
https://www.nwo.nl/en

Referenced by page:
Astronet

 
NELM
(naked eye limiting magnitude)
(astronomy,abbreviation)
https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/312640-what-to-determine-a-nelm/
 
NEODyS
(Near Earth Objects Dynamic Site)
(web service to providing information on NEOs)
(site,near-Earth objects,Italian)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEODyS
https://newton.spacedys.com/neodys/
 
Nili Fossae
(region of grabens on Mars)
(Mars)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nili_Fossae
 
non-thermal
(NT)
(regarding radiation other than black-body)
(abbreviation,EMR)
http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/N/Non-thermal+Radiation

Referenced by page:
synchrotron radiation

 
Norsk Astronomisk Selskap
(NAS, Norwegian Astronomical Society)
(Norwegian non-profit association of astronomers)
(organization,Norway)
http://www.nas-veven.no/wp/
 
North American Meteor Network
(NAMN)
(former group of amateurs with an interest in meteors)
(organization,meteors,past)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Meteor_Network
 
NumPy
(Python library for numerical programming with arrays)
(software,computation,Python)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NumPy
https://numpy.org/
 
observable
(any physical phenomenon that you can detect)
(quantum mechanics,physics)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observable
 
odd radio circle
(ORC)
(extragalactic ring-shaped radio source noticed in 2020)
(object type,radio)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd_radio_circle
https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.14805
 
Odyssey
(research supercomputer at Harvard sometimes used for astrophysics simulations)
(computer,Harvard)
https://www.rc.fas.harvard.edu/news-home/feature-stories/simulations-run-on-odyssey-lead-to-first-realistic-virtual-universe/
 
Okayama Astrophysical Observatory
(OAO)
(observatory at Mt. Chikurinji)
(observatory,Japan)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Astronomical_Observatory_of_Japan
http://www.oao.nao.ac.jp/en/
 
Oort Cloud Object
(OCO)
(object in Oort Cloud such as a comet)
(comets,minor planets,solar system)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oort_cloud
http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/O/Oort+Cloud
 
Outer Planets Assessment Group
(OPAG)
(NASA forum to provide input to long-term planning of outer planets missions)
(NASA,organization)
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/opag/
 
outrigger
(radio receiver some distance from main receiver for direction determination)
(radio,telescopes)
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/03/homespun-canadian-telescope-could-explain-mysterious-radio-signals-distant-universe
 
Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council
(PPARC)
(former UK science agency)
(UK,organization)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Particle_Physics_and_Astronomy_Research_Council
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17990
 
PDR
(preliminary design review)
(review checking initial design with requirements)
(missions,abbreviation)
 
photographic magnitude
(magnitude derived from photographic plate)
(measure,brightness,logarithmic,EMR)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photographic_magnitude
 
Planetary Science Institute
(PSI)
(US research institution)
(USA,organization)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary_Science_Institute
http://www.psi.edu/
 
PlanetQuest
(NASA publicity name for efforts to find exoplanets and life)
(program,NASA)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlanetQuest
https://www.facebook.com/NasaPlanetquest/
 
pointing
(the directing of a telescope at a point in the celestial sphere)
(telescopes)

Referenced by pages:
chopping mirror
guide star (GS)

 
pole star
(star aligned with a planet's axis of rotation)
(star type)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pole_star
 
quasi-biennial oscillation
(QBO)
(reversal of Earth equatorial prevailing winds roughly every two years)
(Earth,atmosphere)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasi-biennial_oscillation
https://climatedataguide.ucar.edu/climate-data/qbo-quasi-biennial-oscillation
 
réseau
(grid on photographic plate to assist in astrometry)
(astrometry)
 
radian
(rad)
(angle/arc measurement equivalent to 180/π degrees)
(mathematics,unit)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radian
https://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/R/Radian

Referenced by page:
solid angle (Ω)

 
Radio Optical Reference Frame
(RORF)
(1994 celestial reference frame based on 436 sources)
(coordinate system,celestial sphere)
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1995IAUS..166..381Z/abstract
 
Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator
(RTG)
(type of spacecraft power source for instruments)
(space,instruments)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_generator
 
RAS JobList
(directory of astrophysics jobs)
(site,astronomy,database,UK)
(See: Royal Astronomy Society (RAS))
https://ras.ac.uk/membership/RAS-job-list
 
Red de Infraestructuras de Astronomie
(RIA)
(Spanish astronomy research organization)
(organization,Spain)
https://riastronomia.es/en/

Referenced by page:
Astronet

 
Research Experience for Undergraduates
(REU)
(NSF funding program)
(program,NSF,education)
https://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/
 
Research Foundation - Flanders
(FWO)
(Belgian research council)
(organization,Belgium)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_Foundation_-_Flanders_(FWO)
https://www.fwo.be/en/

Referenced by page:
Astronet

 
Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Science
(ROSES)
(NASA program)
(program)
https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/solicitations/roses-2022/research-opportunities-space-and-earth-sciences-roses-2022-be-released-february-14-2022
 
Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics
(RSAA)
(Australian National University astrophysics school)
(organization,Australia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_National_University
https://rsaa.anu.edu.au/
 
RIX
(review item exchange)
(enquiry/answer about some issue regarding a project review)
(missions,abbreviation)
 
Royal Astronomy Society
(RAS)
(UK society supporting and promoting astronomy)
(UK,organization)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Astronomical_Society
https://ras.ac.uk/

Referenced by page:
RAS JobList

 
Royal Astronomy Society of Canada
(RASC)
(Canadian society supporting and promoting astronomy)
(Canada,organization)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Astronomical_Society_of_Canada
https://www.rasc.ca/
 
Royal Greenwich Observatory
(RGO)
(former UK national observatory)
(observatory,organization,UK)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Observatory,_Greenwich
http://www.royalobservatorygreenwich.org/
 
Santa Barbara Instrument Group
(SBIG)
(old name of Santa Barbara Scientific, telescope instrument manufacturer)
(USA,instruments)
https://www.sbscientific.com/
 
satellite constellation
(satcon, satellite mega-constellation)
(group of many coordinated satellites such as for communication)
(space)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_constellation
https://aas.org/sites/default/files/2020-06/Seitzer_SIAAAS_2020May26.pdf

Referenced by pages:
dark sky
light pollution

 
satellite constellation
(type of communication system incorporating tens/hundreds of satellites)
(space)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_constellation
 
Science and Engineering Research Council
(SERC)
(old name of UK's EPSRC)
(organization,UK)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_and_Engineering_Research_Council
https://epsrc.ukri.org/about/history/ourbeginnings/
 
Science and Technology Facilities Council, UK
(STFC)
(UK research agency)
(organization,UK)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_and_Technology_Facilities_Council
https://www.ukri.org/councils/stfc/

Referenced by page:
Astronet

 
SciPy
(Python library for scientific programming)
(software,Python)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SciPy
https://www.scipy.org/
 
SDSS-DR12 Quasars
(SDSS-DR12Q)
(catalog of quasar information in SDSS DR12)
(catalog,quasars)
(See: Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS))
 
SDSS-DR16 Quasars
(SDSS-DR16Q)
(catalog of quasar information in SDSS DR16)
(catalog,quasars)
(See: Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS))
 
Segue 3
(faint star cluster i the constellation Pegasus)
(globular cluster,Milky Way)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segue_3
 
SHAM
(sub-halo abundance mapping)
(method of galaxy mock-catalog creation)
(simulations)
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006MNRAS.371.1173V/abstract
 
showyourwork!
(workflow software for reproducible research)
(software)
https://show-your.work/
 
Simultaneous Quad Infrared Imaging Device
(QUIID)
(NOAO instrument imaging in four infrared bands at once)
(instrument,infrared)
https://www.noao.edu/kpno/sqiid/sqiidmanual.html
 
Sky & Telescope
(S&T)
(amateur astronomy publication)
(publication)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_%26_Telescope
https://www.skyandtelescope.com/
 
sky quality meter
(SQM)
(device to measure the brightness/magnitude of the sky itself.)
(astronomy)
https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/312640-what-to-determine-a-nelm/
 
Small Bodies Names Committee
(SBNC)
(old name of IAU Committee for Small Body Nomenclature)
(IAU,organization,past)
(See: International Astronomical Union (IAU))
https://www.iau.org/static/science/scientific_bodies/working_groups/97/wg-sbn-triennial-report-2015-2018.pdf
 
Small Explorer Program
(SMEX)
(NASA program for small science spacecraft)
(NASA,space)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explorers_Program#Small_Explorers_(SMEX)
https://explorers.gsfc.nasa.gov/smex.html

Referenced by pages:
Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX)
Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX)
IXPE
NASA
NuSTAR
PUNCH
TRACE
Wide Field Infrared Explorer (WIRE)

 
small satellite
(smallsat)
(NASA term for a satellite of 1200 kg or less)
(NASA,space,terminology)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_satellite
 
smoking gun
(convincing piece of evidence)
(terminology)
 
Snapshot Program
(SNAP)
(short HST observation program aimed to fit between more substantial programs)
(surveys)
http://www.stsci.edu/itt/APT_help/CP_Cycle21/3_Proposal_Categories04.html
 
Snowmass
(initiative recommending the next decade's particle physics strategy)
(initiative,USA,particles)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowmass_Process
https://snowmass21.org/
 
Société astronomique de France
(SAF, French Astronomical Society)
(French non-profit astronomical society)
(organization)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Société_astronomique_de_France
https://saf-astronomie.fr/en-french-astronomical-society/
 
Sociedad Astronómica de Valparaíso y Viña del Mar
(SAVAL)
(Chilean amateur astronomy society)
(Chile,organization)
https://www.facebook.com/AstroSaval/
 
Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers
(SARA)
(US organization)
(USA,organization,radio,astronomy)
http://www.radio-astronomy.org/
 
Solar Influences Data Analysis Center
(SDIC, Sunspot Index Data Center)
(Royal Observatory of Belgium division on solar weather data)
(organization,Belgium,Sun)
http://sidc.oma.be/
 
Solar Mesophere Explorer
(SME, Explorer 64)
(1980s Earth atmospheric ozone research satellite)
(spacecraft,NASA,Sun,atmosphere)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Mesosphere_Explorer
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/solar-mesosphere-explorer-sme/

Referenced by page:
solar physics

 
solar powered satellite
(SPS)
(concept for a satellite to collect and transfer energy to Earth)
(concept,spacecraft)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-based_solar_power
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2011_Practical_Solar_Power_Satellite
 
Southeast Asia Astronomy Network
(SEAAN)
(astronomy research/education organization)
(organization)
http://conference.narit.or.th/seaan/
 
Southern Observatory for Near Earth Asteroids Research
(SONEAR)
(private telescope tracking NEOs)
(telescope,Brazil,near-Earth objects)
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2019/08/Southern_Observatory_for_Near_Earth_Asteroids_Research_in_Minas_Gerais_Brazil
 
Southwest Research Institute
(SwRI)
(Texas research organization)
(organization)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Research_Institute
https://www.swri.org/
 
Space Interferometry Mission
(SIM)
(past space interferometer plan for parallax and exoplanet detection)
(spacecraft,plan,past,NASA,interferometer)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Interferometry_Mission
https://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/future/sim.html
 
Space Research Organization of the Netherlands
(SRON)
(national research institution)
(organization,Netherlands)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands_Institute_for_Space_Research
https://www.sron.nl/
 
Space Studies Board
(SSB)
(National Academy of Sciences unit re astronomy an research via spacecraft)
(organization,USA)
(See: National Acadamy of Sciences (NAS))
https://www.nationalacademies.org/ssb/space-studies-board
 
Space Studies Institute
(SSI)
(organization promoting interest in and use of space technology)
(organization,space)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Studies_Institute
http://ssi.org/
 
Space Surveillance Telescope
(SST)
(3.5-m US telescope to discover and monitor objects in space)
(telescope,USA)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Surveillance_Telescope

Referenced by pages:
LINEAR
monolithic mirror
near-Earth object (NEO)

 
Space Telescope Science Data Analysis System
(STSDAS)
(software designed for analysis of HST data)
(software,HST)
http://www.stsci.edu/institute/software_hardware/stsdas
 
Space Transport System
(STS)
(early NASA plan for a Space-Shuttle-like vehicle)
(past,plan,NASA,space)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Transportation_System
 
Spaceguard Centre
(Near Earth Objects Information Centre, NEOIC)
(UK private observatory dedicated to NEOs)
(UK,observatory,near-Earth objects)
https://spaceguardcentre.com/
 
SpaceGuard Foundation
(SGF)
(private organization to discover and track NEOs)
(organization,near-Earth objects)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spaceguard_Foundation
 
Spacelab
(SL)
(reusable laboratory that was an optional Space Shuttle payload)
(space,ESA)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacelab
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Space_Shuttle/Spacelab
 
Special Breakthrough Prize
(Breakthrough Prize award in addition to the year's annual awards)
(award,physics)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakthrough_Prize
https://breakthroughprize.org/
 
Stampede
(research supercomputer at U. Texas)
(computer)
https://www.tacc.utexas.edu/systems/stampede
 
STAR Academy
(Arecbio pre-college program)
(program,education)
https://www.naic.edu/stars/
 
STarSPot
(STSP)
(code to model starspots)
(code,stars)
https://github.com/lesliehebb/STSP
 
Stellar Planet Survey
(STEPS)
(astrometric search for planets around nearby stars)
(survey,exoplanets)
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003ASPC..294..107P/abstract
 
Steward Observatory Asteroid Relational Database
(SOARD)
(1980s/1990s repository of asteroid data)
(data,asteroids)
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1991ulpr.nasaQ....S/abstract
 
Stripe 82
(S82, SDSS Stripe 82)
(SDSS field in southern hemisphere)
(abbreviation,survey field)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stripe_82
 
Students for the Exploration and Development of Space
(SEDS)
(student-run organization focused on space exploration)
(organization)
http://seds.org/
 
Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite
(SWAS)
(submillimeter space telescope operating 1998-2004)
(spacecraft,NASA,telescope,submillimeter)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submillimeter_Wave_Astronomy_Satellite
https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/swas/
 
super Mercury
(like the planet Mercury only larger)
(planet type)

Referenced by page:
planet type

 
superconducting quantum interference device
(SQUID)
(type of very sensitive magnetometer using Josephson junctions)
(instrument type)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQUID
 
superior conjunction
(conjunction of an "superior planet", Mars, Jupiter, etc.)
(astronomy)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjunction_(astronomy)
 
superstring theory
(version of string theory including supersymmetry)
(physics)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstring_theory
 
Swedish-ESO Submillimetre Telescope
(SEST)
(1990s 15 m submillimeter telescope in Chile)
(telescope,past,infrared)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish-ESO_Submillimetre_Telescope
http://www.apex-telescope.org/sest/
 
TAC
(telescope allocation committee)
(abbreviation)
https://science.nrao.edu/observing/proposal-types/time-allocation-committee
 
TAC
(time allocation committee (for telescopes))
(abbreviation)
https://www.noao.edu/gateway/tac/
 
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research - India
(TIFR)
(Indian math and science research institute)
(organization,India)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tata_Institute_of_Fundamental_Research
https://www.tifr.res.in/

Referenced by page:
Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT)

 
telescope nut
(TN)
(avid amateur telescope maker self-description)
(abbreviation)
https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/651720-bob-cox-10-f8/
 
telescope operator
(TO)
(professional technical position at a research telescope site)
(abbreviation)
https://www.postmatric.co.za/telescope-operator/
 
Telescopes in Education
(TIE)
(program giving grade-school students access to robotic telescopes)
(organization)
http://www.telescopesineducation.org/
 
terrestrial gamma-ray flash
(TGF)
(gamma rays emitted from Earth lightning storms)
(atmosphere,Earth,gamma rays)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial_gamma-ray_flash
https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2014/31dec_tgfs
 
The Amateur Sky Survey
(TASS)
(amateur comet and variable-star search survey)
(survey,comets,variable stars)
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1997AAS...190.3010D/abstract
 
The Near Earth Space Surveillance Initiative
(NESSI)
(collaboration to survey NEOs)
(survey,near-Earth objects)
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005AAS...20717314M/abstract
 
thermal infrared
(TIR)
(infrared emission due to black body radiation)
(abbreviation,infrared,black body)
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014acm..conf..391O/abstract
 
Thousand Astronomical Units
(TAU)
(1980s plan for space probe to travel 1000 AU over 50 years)
(spacecraft,plan,past,NASA)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAU_(spacecraft)
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19870019057.pdf
 
Tiangong space station
(Chinese manned space laboratory under construction in space)
(spacecraft,construction,Chinese)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiangong_space_station
http://en.cmse.gov.cn/
 
timestream
(stream of digital data representing measurements taken over time)
(computation)
 
TLM
(magnitude of the dimmest astronomical object you can see)
(astronomy,abbreviation)
http://fisherka.csolutionshosting.net/astronote/plan/tlmnelm/LimitMagFields.htm
 
TOA
(time of arrival)
(abbreviation)
 
ToO
(target of opportunity)
(abbreviation)
 
total infrared
(TIR)
(typically meaning a wide wavelength range covering NIR to FIR)
(abbreviation,infrared)
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016A%26A...592A.155S/abstract
 
total infrared luminosity
(LTIR)
(luminosity over a wide IR range)
(abbreviation,infrared,luminosity)
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016A%26A...592A.155S/abstract
 
Toward Other Planetary Systems
(TOPS)
(workshops on developing techniques and observing programs)
(meeting)
https://www.nrao.edu/archives/Burke/burke_item_comm-tops.shtml
 
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
(TDRSS)
(NASA satellites used for communication and tracking of space probes)
(NASA,space)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracking_and_Data_Relay_Satellite_System
https://www.nasa.gov/mission/tracking-and-data-relay-satellites/
 
Transits of Extrasolar Planets
(TEP)
(late 1990s search for transiting planets)
(survey,exoplanets)
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1998A%26A...338..479D/abstract
 
UF
("ultra faint")
(abbreviation)
(See: ultra-faint dwarf galaxy (UFD))
 
UK Space Agency
(UKSA)
(UK government agency like NASA)
(organization,UK)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Space_Agency
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-space-agency
 
unidentified flying object
(UFO)
(reported but unexplained observation)
(abbreviation)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unidentified_flying_object
 
United States Geological Survey
(USGS)
(US government geological division)
(USA,organization,geophysics)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Geological_Survey
https://www.usgs.gov/
 
United States Space Force
(USSF, US Space Force, Space Force)
(US space-related military organization)
(organization,USA)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Space_Force
https://www.spaceforce.mil/

Referenced by page:
LINEAR

 
United States Space Surveillance Network
(SSN, Space Surveillance Network)
(US survey-effort of space objects of interest)
(telescopes,USA)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Space_Surveillance_Network
https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/intelligence/2023-03-13/whats-there-where-it-and-whats-it-doing-us-space-surveillance
 
Universities Space Research Association
(USRA)
(university research collaboration)
(organization)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universities_Space_Research_Association
https://www.usra.edu/
 
US ELT Program
(US-ELTP)
(NOIRlab program supporting the TMT and GMT)
(project,telescopes)
(See: Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) and
Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT))
https://noirlab.edu/science/programs/us-eltp
 
Variable Star Observers League in Japan
(VSOLJ)
(amateur variable star group)
(organization,variable stars,Japan)
http://vsolj.cetus-net.org/
 
velocity orientation-space
(space with one dimension of RV and two dimensions of orientation)
(data)
http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/Kinematic-Identification-Young-Nearby-Moving-Groups-Sample-Chromospherically-Active-Stars
 
Venus Orbiting Imaging Radar
(VOIR)
(1980s plan for Venus probe to map the surface)
(plan,past,Venus,spacecraft)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_Orbiting_Imaging_Radar
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1981ESASP.164..189L/abstract
 
Venus-Earth-Earth Gravity Assist
(VEEGA)
(interplanetary method of Galileo spacecraft)
(abbreviation,gravity,space)
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1989JAnSc..37..281D/abstract
 
Vereinigung der Sternfreunde
(VdS)
(German amateur astronomy association)
(organization,Germany)
https://www.vds-astro.de/
 
very low luminosity object
(VeLLO)
(term sometimes used for protostars with luminosity less than 0.1 solar)
(object type,abbreviation,luminosity)
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017A%26A...600A..36V/abstract
 
very low mass
(VLM)
(abbreviation)
(abbreviation,mass)
https://arxiv.org/abs/1303.6652
 
very small grains
(VSG)
(dust grains of just a few molecules)
(dust,abbreviation)
 
Vetenskapsrådet
(Swedish research council)
(organization,Sweden)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Research_Council
https://www.vr.se/english.html

Referenced by page:
Astronet

 
Virtual Meteor Observatory
(VMO)
(online database of meteors)
(database,meteors)
https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/meteor/vmo
 
VisieR
(online astronomical catalog contents/data)
(database,astronomy,site)
http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/
 
vulcanoid
(theoretical asteroid orbiting within Mercury's orbit)
(minor planets,solar system,object type,theory)
 
white hole
(the inverse of a black hole, into which matter cannot enter)
(physics,relativity)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_hole
 
white paper
(WP)
(paper giving a general explanation of an issue or proposal)
(abbreviation)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_paper
 
WISARD
(Web Interface for Searching Archival Research Data)
(early Internet-based interface to NASA data)
(database,NASA)
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1996ASPC..101..528O/abstract
 
WISE x SuperCOSMOS photometric redshift catalog
(WISExSCOSPZ)
(catalog of distant galaxies in WISE and SuperCOSMOS)
(catalog,galaxies,redshift)
(See: Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE))
http://ssa.roe.ac.uk/WISExSCOS.html
 
WIT
("what is it" for an unexplainable object)
(abbreviation,object type)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VVV-WIT-07
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020MNRAS.492.4847L/abstract
 
WIYN
(Wisconsin-Indiana-Yale-NOAO)
(abbreviation,organization)
http://ast.noao.edu/facilities/wiyn

Referenced by page:
WIYN Open Cluster Study (WOCS)

 
Wolf-Rayet supernova
(identified by rapidly expanding carbon, oxygen and neon)
(transient type,supernovae)
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022Natur.601..201G/abstract
 
Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature
(WGPSN)
(IAU group on terminology regarding planetary systems)
(planets,stars,IAU)
(See: International Astronomical Union (IAU))
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary_nomenclature
https://www.iau.org/science/scientific_bodies/working_groups/98/
 
Working Group on Accessibility and Disability
(WGAD)
(AAS working group)
(organization,astronomy)
(See: American Astronomical Society (AAS))
https://aas.org/comms/wgad
 
wrt
("with respect to")
(abbreviation)
 
XMM-Newton Science Analysis System
(SAS, XMM-Newton SAS)
(software designed to analyze XMM-Newton X-ray data)
(software)
https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/how-to-use-sas
 
zenith hourly rate
(ZHR)
(a meteor shower's maximum meteors/per/hour rate)
(abbreviation,meteors)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenithal_hourly_rate
 
Zenodo
(online repository for making research data available)
(site)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenodo
https://zenodo.org/
 
Zooniverse
(effort supporting research through crowdsourcing)
(crowdsource,site)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zooniverse
https://www.zooniverse.org/

Referenced by pages:
Disk Detective
Galaxy Zoo
Galaxy Zoo 2 (GZ2)
Hubble Asteroid Hunter
Planet Hunters (PH)
Radio Galaxy Zoo (RGZ)

 
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