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Name
Description
2MASSTwo Micron All Sky Survey

5MUSES5 mJy Unbiased Spitzer Extragalactic Survey
AASAmerican Astronomical Society

ABSAtacama B-Mode Search

ACBARArcminute Cosmology Bolometer Array Receiver

ACMCAuriga-California Molecular Cloud Herschel program

ACMEAdvanced Combustion via Microgravity Experiements

ACME / HACMEAdvanced Cosmic Microwave Explorer / HEMT+ACME

ACTAtacama Cosmology Telescope

ACTPolAtacama Cosmology Telescope - Polarization

ADAPAstrophysics Data Analysis Program

ADCARAstrophysics Data Curation and Archival Research

ADECAstronomical Data Centers Executive Council

Advanced ACTPolAdvanced Atacama Cosmology Telescope - Polarization

ADSAstrophysics Data System

AGNActive Galactic Nucleus

AKARIInfrared Astronomical Satellite - "AKARI" means a "light" in Japanese.

ALiCPTAli CMB Polarization Telescope

ALMAAtacama Large Millimeter Array

AMIArcminute MicroKelvin Imager

AORAstronomical Observation Request

APACHEAntarctic PlateauAnisotropy CHasing Experiment

APIApplication Programming Interface

APRAAstrophysics Research and Analysis

ARCADEAbsolute Radiometer for Cosmology, Astrophysics, and Diffuse Emission

ARGOARGO - a 1.2m balloon-borne telescope

ASDSAnalyzed Science Data Sets

ASTRO-FASTRO-F is an astronomical satellite to observe the Universe in the infrared light. The ASTRO-F was given a nickname of "AKARI" after the launch.

ATCAAustralia Telescope Compact Array

AWSAmazon Web Services
BAMBalloon-borne Anisotropy Measurement

BaR-SPOrtBalloon-borne Radiometers for Sky Polarisation Observations

BCDBasic Calibrated Data

BEASTBackground Emission Anisotropy Scanning Telescope

BICEP1Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization (BICEP/Keck series of experiments)

BICEP2Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization (BICEP/Keck series of experiments)

BICEP3Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization (BICEP/Keck series of experiments)

BICEP/KeckBackground Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization (BICEP/Keck series of experiments)

BIMABerkeley Illinois Maryland Associations

BJDBarycentric Julian Date

BLASTBalloon-borne Large-Aperture Submillimeter Telescope

Bolocammillimeter-wavelength bolometer array camera

BOOMERanGBalloon Observations Of Millimetric Extragalactic Radiation AND Geophysics

BRAVABulge RAdial Velocity Assay

BREBurning Rate Emulator
C2DSpitzer "Cores to Disks" legacy program

CADCCanadian Astronomy Data Centre

CADECentre d'Analyse de Données Etendues

CAMBCode for Anisotropies in the Microwave Background

CAOMCommon Archive Observation Model

CAPMAPCosmic Anisotropy Polarization MAPper

CARMACombined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy

CATCosmic Anisotropy Telescope

CBICosmic Background Imager

CCAT/FYSTFred Young Submillimeter Telescope

CDSStrasbourg Astronomical Data Center

CFHTCanada France Hawaii Telescope

CGCosmological Gene

CIPCosmic Infrared Background

CLASHCluster Lensing And Supernova survey with Hubble

CLASSdata format used in submillimeter astronomy

CLASSCosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor

CLD FlameCoflow Lamina Diffusion Flame

CMBCosmic Microwave Background

CMB-HDCosmic Microwave Background - High Definition

CMB-S4is the next generation ground-base cosmic microwave background experiment.

COCarbon Monoxide

COBECOsmic Background Explorer

COBE-DMRCOsmic Background Explorer Differential Microwave Radiometer

COBE/FIRASCOsmic Background Explorer Far Infrared Absolute Spectrophotometer

COMPASSCOsmic Microwave Polarization At Small Scales

COOLTNOsTNOs are Cool! - A Survey of the trans-Neptunian Region

COPAGCosmic Origins Program Analysis Group

CoRoTConvection, Rotation, and Planetary Transits satellite

COSMOSOMASCOSMOlogical Structures On Medium Angular Scales

CPUCentral Processing Unit

CSI2264The Coordinated Synoptic Investigation of NGC 2264

CSVComma Separated Values

CUBISMCUbe Builder for IRS Spectra Maps

CUPIDCustomizable User Pipeline for IRS Data

CXCChandra X-Ray Center
DASIDegree Angular Scale Interferometer

DBMSDataBase Management System

DCEData Collection Explorer

DENISDEep Near-Infrared Survey of the Southern Sky

DIGITDust, Ice, and Gas In Time Herschel program

DIRBEDiffuse Infrared Background Experiment

DMRDifferntial Microwave Radiometer

DOIDigital Object Identifier

DRData Release

DUNESDUst Around NEarby Stars

DUSTiNGSDUST in Nearby Galaxies with Spitzer

DSSDigitized Sky Survey
ECDFSExtended Chandra Deep Field South

E-FIELD FlamesElectric-Field Effects on Laminar Diffusion Flames

EBEXThe E and B Experiment

EGSExtended Groth Strip

eHOPSExtension of HOPS out to 500 Parsecs

EIGAExtended IRAS Galaxy Atlas

ELFLockEureka LBNL Far-IR Lockman Hole

ERCSCPlanck Early Release Compact Source Catalogs

ESAEuropean Space Agency

EXESEchelon-Cross-Echelle Spectrograph
FEPSSpitzer Legacy program, Formation and Evolution of Planetary System

FIDELFar-Infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey

FIFI-LSField Imaging Far-Infrared Line Spectrometer

FIRFar-Infra-Red

FIRASFar Infra-Red Absolute Spectrophotometer

FIRSFar Infra-Red Survey

FITSFlexible Image Transport System

FLITECAMFirst Light Infrared TEst CAMera

FLSFirst Look Survey

FORCASTFaint Object InfraRed CAmera for the SOFIA Telescope

FOVfield of view

FPI+Focal Plane Imager

FTSFourier Transform Spectrometer

FYFiscal Year
GALCENGalactic Cennter IRAC catalog

GALEXGalaxy Evolution Explorer

Gatornickname for IRSA's catalog search service

GBGigabyte

GeRTGermanium Reduction Tool

GLIMPSEGalactic Legacy Infrared Midplane Survey Extraordinaire

GOGeneral Observer

GOALSGreat Observatories All-Sky LIRG Survey

GOODSGreat Observatories Origins Deep Survey

GOT_CplusGalactic Observations of Terahertz C+

GREATGerman Receiver for Astronomy at Terahertz Frequencies

GroundBIRDGround B-mode Imaging Radiation Detector

GSFCGoddard Space Flight Center
Hstandard 1.6 micron imaging filter

H-AtlasHerschel Astrophysical Terahertz Large Area Survey

HAWC+High-resolution Airborne Wideband Camera

HDFHubble Deep Field

HDUHeader Data Unit

HEALPIXHierarchical Equal Area isoLatitude PIXelization

HEASARCNASA's High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center

HELGAHerschel Exploitation of the Local Galaxy Andromeda

HERITAGEHerschel Inventory of the Agents of Galaxy Evolution

HerM33esHerschel M33 Extended Survey

HerMESHerschel Multi-tiered Extragalactic Survey

HERUSHerschel Ultra Luminous Infrared Galaxy Survey

HETDEXHobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment

HeVICSHerschel Virgo Cluster Survey

HEXOSHerschel observations of Extra-Ordinary Sources

HFIPlanck High Frequency Instrument

HGBSHerschel Gould Belt Survey

HHLIHerschel High Level Images

HIFIHeterodyne Instrument for the Far Infrared

HIFISTARSThe physical and chemical properties of circumstellar environments around evolved stars Herschel program

Hi-GALHerschel Infrared Galactic Plane Survey

HIPOHigh Speed Imaging Photometer for Occultations

HiPSHierarchical Progressive Surveys

HIRESIRAS data tool

HIRMESHIgh Resolution Mid-infrarEd Spectrometer

HOPHerschel Oxygen Project

HOPSHerschel Orion Protostar Survey

HPDPHighly Processed Data Products

HSAESA's Herschel Science Archive

HSTHubble Space Telescope

HTMHierarchical Triangular Mesh

HTMLHypertext Markup Language

HTTPHypertext Transfer Protocol

HUDFHubble Ultra-Deep Field
IBEIRSA Image Server (Image Back End)

IDLInteractive Data Language

I/FInterface

IGAIRAS Galaxy Atlas

IMFInitial Mass Function

IPACInfrared Processing and Analysis Center

IRInfrared

IRACSpitzer's InfraRed Array Camera

IRAFImage Reduction and Analysis Facility

IRASInfrared Astronomical Satellite

IRISImproved Reprocessing of the IRAS Survey

IRSSpitzer's Infrared Spectrometer

IRSANASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive

IRTFInfrared Telescope Facility

IRTSThe Infrared Telescope in Space

ISMInter-stellar Medium

ISOInfrared Space Observatory

ISSAIRAS Sky Survey Atlas

IUDFIRAC UltraDeep Field

IVOAInternational Virtual Observatory Alliance
Jstandard 1.2 micron imaging filter

JAXAJapanese Aerospace EXploration Agency

JPLJet Propulsion Laboratory

JWSTJames Webb Space Telescope
Kstandard 2 micron imaging filter (also Ks)

KINGFISHKey Insights on Nearby Galaxies: A Far-Infrared Survey with Herschel

KUPIDKU-band Polarization IDentifier
ΛCDMLambda Cold Dark Matter

LAMBDALegacy Archive for Microwave Background Data Analysis

LBNLLawrence Berkeley National Lab

LCOGTLas Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope

LDBlong-duration balloon

LFIPlanck Low Frequency Instrument

LGA2MASS Large Galaxy Atlas

LIMLine Intensity Mapping

LIRGluminous infrared galaxy

LiteBIRDLite B-mode polarization and nflation from cosmic background Radiation Detection

LMCLarge Magellanic Cloud

LSPELarge-Scale Polarization Explorer

LSSLarge Scale Structure

LSSTLarge Synoptic Survey Telescope

LVLSpitzer Local Volume Survey
MASTMikulski Archive for Space Telescopes

MATMicrowave Anisotropy Telescope

MAXIMAMillimeter Anisotropy eXperiment Imaging Array

MESSMass-loss of Evolved StarS Herschel Key Program

MIGAIRAS Mid-Infrared Galaxy Atlas

MINTMillimeter INTerferometer

MIPOLMIlano POLarimeter

MIPSSpitzer's Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer

MIPSGALMIPS mapping of the GALactic Plane

MJDModified Julian Date

MOCMulti-Order Coverage

MOPEXMOsaicker and Point source EXtractor

MOSTMoving Object Search Tool

MSAMMedium Scale Anisotropy Measurement

MPCMinor Planet Center

MSXMidcourse Survey Experiment

MUSYCMultiwavelength Survey by Yale-Chile
NAIF IDNavigation and Ancillary Information Facility IDentification

NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

NAVONASA Astrophysics Virtual Observatory

NEDNASA Extragalactic Database

NEONear Earth Object

NExScINASA Exoplanet Science Institute

NHSCNASA Herschel Science Center

NITARPNASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program

NOAONational Optical Astronomy Observatory

NRCNational Research Council

NSFNational Science Foundation

NSSDCNASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive

NVONational Virtual Observatory
ODROpen Data Registry
P60 GRBPalomar 60 inch telescope for Gamma Ray Burst afterglows

PACSPhotodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer

PAHPolycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

PanSTARRSPanoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System

PBPetabyte

PBCDPost Basic Calibrated Data

PCCSPlanck Catalog of Compact Sources

PEPPACS Evolutionary Probe

PHPDPPACS Highly Processed Data Products

PIPrincipal Investigator

PICOProbe of Inflation and Cosmic Origins

PIQUEPrinceton I, Q, and U Experiment

PLAPlanck Legacy Archive

POLARPolarization Observations of Large Angular Regions

PRPublic Release

PRISMASPRobing InterStellar Molecules with Absorption line Studies

PSCPoint Source Catalog

PSFPoint Spread Function

PSPIPEPower Spectrum PIPEline

PTFPalomar Transient Factory

Pythonan instrument in the CARA study
QSOQuasi-Stellar Object

QUBICQ & U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology

QUIETQ/U Imaging ExperimenT
Radarnickname for IRSA's inventory search service
s-FlamesStructure and Response of Spherical Flames

S4GSpitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies

S5Spitzer SDSS Statistical Spectroscopic Survey

SAFIRESSpitzer Archival FIR Extragalactic Survey

SAG-4Evolution of Interstellar Dust Herschel Key Program

SAGESurveying the Agents of a Galaxy's Evolution

SASSSpitzer Atlas of Stellar Spectra

S-CANDELSSpitzer Cosmic Assembly Deep Near-Infrared Extragalactic Survey

ScanpiIRAS data analysis tool

SCSSimple Cone Search

SCUBASubmillimetre Common-User Bolometer Array

SDSSSloan Digitized Sky Survey

SDWFSSpitzer Deep Wide Field Survey

SEDSpectral Energy Distribution

SEIPSpitzer Enhanced Imaging Products

SERVSSpitzer Extragalactic Representative Volume Survey

SHASpitzer Heritage Archive

SHELASpitzer/HETDEX Exploratory Large-Area Survey

SHPDPSPIRE Highly Processed Data Products

SIASimple Image Access

SIA2Simple Image Access 2

Simons Arraywill include more than 20,000 POLARBEAR-2 style detectors

SIMPLESpitzer IRAC/MUSYC Public Legacy Survey in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South

SINGSSpItzer Nearby Galaxy Survey

SIRTFSpace Infrared Telescope Facility (Spitzer)

SMCSmall Magellanic Cloud

SMOGSpitzer Mapping of the Outer Galaxy

SMUVSSpitzer Matching Survey of the Ultra-VISTA Deep Stripes

SNRSignal-to-Noise Ratio

SPICESpitzer IRS Custom Extraction

SPICYSpitzer/IRAC Candidate YSO

SPIDERused to be an acronym, but now is the project’s formal name

SpIESSpitzer IRAC Equatorial Survey

SPIRESpectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver

SPOTSpitzer Planning Observations Tool (also used by Herschel and SOFIA)

SPTSouth Pole Telescope

SPTpolSouth Pole Telescope-polarization

SQLStructured Query Language

SSASimple Spectra Access

SSCSpitzer Science Center

SSTSpitzer Space Telescope

SSDFSPT-Spitzer Deep Field

STScISpace Telescope Science Institute

SWASSubmillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite

SZSunyaev-Zel'dovich
TAPTable Access Protocol

Taurusname of a ballon-borne telescope

TBTerabyte

TEStransition-edge sensor

TEXESIRTF high-resolution mid-infrared spectrograph

TOITime Ordered Information

TopHatan instrument that has been designed to collect data on the CMBR.

TRISThree Radiometer CMB Spectrum Experiment

TSVTab Separated Values
UCACUSNO CCD Astrograph Catalog

UDSUKIDSS Ultra-Deep Survey

UKIDSSThe UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey

UKIRTthe UK Infrared Telescope

USNOUS Naval Observatory

USNO-BUS Naval Observatory B1.0 catalog

UVultraviolet

UWSUniversal Worker Service
VAOVirtual Astronomical Observatory

VLAVery Large Array

VLTVery Large Telescope

VNGSVery Nearby Galaxy Survey

VOVirtual Observatory

VSAVery Small Array
WCSWorld Coordinate System

WFC3Wide Field Camera 3

WFIRSTWide Field Infrared Survey Telescope

WhiteMountainWhite Mt. (Berkeley, Bologna, Haverford, Milano, Padova) collaboration

WISEWide-field Infrared Survey Explorer

WIYN3.5m telescope at Kitt Peak

WMAPWilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
XMMESA's XMM-Newton, the X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission

XMLExtensible Markup Language

XSCExtended Source Catalog
YSOYoung Stellar Object

YSOVARYoung Stellar Object Variability

YTLA (formerly AMiBA)Yan-Tseh Lee Array
z0MGSz=0 Multiwavelength Galaxy Synthesis

ZTFZwicky Transient Factory

 

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