List of astronomy acronyms

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This is a compilation of initialisms and acronyms commonly used in astronomy. Most are drawn from professional astronomy, and are used quite frequently in scientific publications. A few are frequently used by the general public or by amateur astronomers.

Contents

The acronyms listed below were placed into one or more of these categories:

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See also

References

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  2. "CASCA | Canadian Astronomical Society | Société Canadienne d'Astronomie". CASCA . Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  3. Campbell, S. W.; Constantino, T. N.; d'Orazi, V.; Meakin, C.; Stello, D.; Christensen-Dalsgaard, J.; Kuehn, C.; De Silva, G. M.; Arnett, W. D.; Lattanzio, J. C.; MacLean, B. T. (2016). "Towards 21st century stellar models: Star clusters, supercomputing and asteroseismology". Astronomische Nachrichten. 337 (8–9): 788–792. arXiv: 1512.04774 . Bibcode:2016AN....337..788C. doi:10.1002/asna.201612373. hdl:10150/621500. S2CID   118724415.
  4. Melbourne, J (6 August 2008). "Morphologies of High-Redshift Dust-Obscured Galaxies from Keck Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics". The Astronomical Journal. 136 (3): 1110–1117. arXiv: 0807.1115 . Bibcode:2008AJ....136.1110M. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/136/3/1110. S2CID   35372823.
  5. "HOPS: H2O southern Galactic Plane Survey". research.science.mq.edu.au.
  6. Kjeldsen, H.; Christensen-Dalsgaard, J.; Bedding, T.R. (2003). "A Danish space project: MONS - measuring oscillations in nearby stars". Advances in Space Research. 31 (2): 363–370. Bibcode:2003AdSpR..31..363K. doi:10.1016/S0273-1177(02)00627-0.