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2MASS | Two Micron All Sky Survey |
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5MUSES | 5 mJy Unbiased Spitzer Extragalactic Survey |
A |
AAS | American Astronomical Society |
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ABS | Atacama B-Mode Search |
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ACBAR | Arcminute Cosmology Bolometer Array Receiver |
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ACMC | Auriga-California Molecular Cloud Herschel program |
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ACME | Advanced Combustion via Microgravity Experiements |
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ACME / HACME | Advanced Cosmic Microwave Explorer / HEMT+ACME |
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ACT | Atacama Cosmology Telescope |
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ACTPol | Atacama Cosmology Telescope - Polarization |
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ADAP | Astrophysics Data Analysis Program |
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ADCAR | Astrophysics Data Curation and Archival Research |
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ADEC | Astronomical Data Centers Executive Council |
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Advanced ACTPol | Advanced Atacama Cosmology Telescope - Polarization |
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ADS | Astrophysics Data System |
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AGN | Active Galactic Nucleus |
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AKARI | Infrared Astronomical Satellite - "AKARI" means a "light" in Japanese. |
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ALiCPT | Ali CMB Polarization Telescope |
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ALMA | Atacama Large Millimeter Array |
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AMI | Arcminute MicroKelvin Imager |
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AOR | Astronomical Observation Request |
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APACHE | Antarctic PlateauAnisotropy CHasing Experiment |
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API | Application Programming Interface |
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APRA | Astrophysics Research and Analysis |
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ARCADE | Absolute Radiometer for Cosmology, Astrophysics, and Diffuse Emission |
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ARGO | ARGO - a 1.2m balloon-borne telescope |
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ASDS | Analyzed Science Data Sets |
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ASTRO-F | ASTRO-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. |
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ATCA | Australia Telescope Compact Array |
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AWS | Amazon Web Services |
B |
BAM | Balloon-borne Anisotropy Measurement |
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BaR-SPOrt | Balloon-borne Radiometers for Sky Polarisation Observations |
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BCD | Basic Calibrated Data |
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BEAST | Background Emission Anisotropy Scanning Telescope |
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BICEP1 | Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization (BICEP/Keck series of experiments) |
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BICEP2 | Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization (BICEP/Keck series of experiments) |
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BICEP3 | Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization (BICEP/Keck series of experiments) |
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BICEP/Keck | Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization (BICEP/Keck series of experiments) |
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BIMA | Berkeley Illinois Maryland Associations |
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BJD | Barycentric Julian Date |
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BLAST | Balloon-borne Large-Aperture Submillimeter Telescope |
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Bolocam | millimeter-wavelength bolometer array camera |
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BOOMERanG | Balloon Observations Of Millimetric Extragalactic Radiation AND Geophysics |
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BRAVA | Bulge RAdial Velocity Assay |
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BRE | Burning Rate Emulator |
C |
C2D | Spitzer "Cores to Disks" legacy program |
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CADC | Canadian Astronomy Data Centre |
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CADE | Centre d'Analyse de Données Etendues |
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CAMB | Code for Anisotropies in the Microwave Background |
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CAOM | Common Archive Observation Model |
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CAPMAP | Cosmic Anisotropy Polarization MAPper |
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CARMA | Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy |
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CAT | Cosmic Anisotropy Telescope |
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CBI | Cosmic Background Imager |
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CCAT/FYST | Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope |
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CDS | Strasbourg Astronomical Data Center |
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CFHT | Canada France Hawaii Telescope |
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CG | Cosmological Gene |
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CIP | Cosmic Infrared Background |
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CLASH | Cluster Lensing And Supernova survey with Hubble |
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CLASS | data format used in submillimeter astronomy |
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CLASS | Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor |
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CLD Flame | Coflow Lamina Diffusion Flame |
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CMB | Cosmic Microwave Background |
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CMB-HD | Cosmic Microwave Background - High Definition |
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CMB-S4 | is the next generation ground-base cosmic microwave background experiment. |
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CO | Carbon Monoxide |
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COBE | COsmic Background Explorer |
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COBE-DMR | COsmic Background Explorer Differential Microwave Radiometer |
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COBE/FIRAS | COsmic Background Explorer Far Infrared Absolute Spectrophotometer |
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COMPASS | COsmic Microwave Polarization At Small Scales |
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COOLTNOs | TNOs are Cool! - A Survey of the trans-Neptunian Region |
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COPAG | Cosmic Origins Program Analysis Group |
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CoRoT | Convection, Rotation, and Planetary Transits satellite |
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COSMOSOMAS | COSMOlogical Structures On Medium Angular Scales |
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CPU | Central Processing Unit |
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CSI2264 | The Coordinated Synoptic Investigation of NGC 2264 |
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CSV | Comma Separated Values |
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CUBISM | CUbe Builder for IRS Spectra Maps |
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CUPID | Customizable User Pipeline for IRS Data |
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CXC | Chandra X-Ray Center |
D |
DASI | Degree Angular Scale Interferometer |
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DBMS | DataBase Management System |
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DCE | Data Collection Explorer |
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DENIS | DEep Near-Infrared Survey of the Southern Sky |
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DIGIT | Dust, Ice, and Gas In Time Herschel program |
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DIRBE | Diffuse Infrared Background Experiment |
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DMR | Differntial Microwave Radiometer |
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DOI | Digital Object Identifier |
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DR | Data Release |
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DUNES | DUst Around NEarby Stars |
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DUSTiNGS | DUST in Nearby Galaxies with Spitzer |
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DSS | Digitized Sky Survey |
E |
ECDFS | Extended Chandra Deep Field South |
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E-FIELD Flames | Electric-Field Effects on Laminar Diffusion Flames |
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EBEX | The E and B Experiment |
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EGS | Extended Groth Strip |
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eHOPS | Extension of HOPS out to 500 Parsecs |
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EIGA | Extended IRAS Galaxy Atlas |
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ELFLock | Eureka LBNL Far-IR Lockman Hole |
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ERCSC | Planck Early Release Compact Source Catalogs |
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ESA | European Space Agency |
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EXES | Echelon-Cross-Echelle Spectrograph |
F |
FEPS | Spitzer Legacy program, Formation and Evolution of Planetary System |
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FIDEL | Far-Infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey |
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FIFI-LS | Field Imaging Far-Infrared Line Spectrometer |
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FIR | Far-Infra-Red |
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FIRAS | Far Infra-Red Absolute Spectrophotometer |
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FIRS | Far Infra-Red Survey |
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FITS | Flexible Image Transport System |
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FLITECAM | First Light Infrared TEst CAMera |
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FLS | First Look Survey |
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FORCAST | Faint Object InfraRed CAmera for the SOFIA Telescope |
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FOV | field of view |
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FPI+ | Focal Plane Imager |
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FTS | Fourier Transform Spectrometer |
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FY | Fiscal Year |
G |
GALCEN | Galactic Cennter IRAC catalog |
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GALEX | Galaxy Evolution Explorer |
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Gator | nickname for IRSA's catalog search service |
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GB | Gigabyte |
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GeRT | Germanium Reduction Tool |
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GLIMPSE | Galactic Legacy Infrared Midplane Survey Extraordinaire |
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GO | General Observer |
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GOALS | Great Observatories All-Sky LIRG Survey |
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GOODS | Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey |
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GOT_Cplus | Galactic Observations of Terahertz C+ |
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GREAT | German Receiver for Astronomy at Terahertz Frequencies |
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GroundBIRD | Ground B-mode Imaging Radiation Detector |
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GSFC | Goddard Space Flight Center |
H |
H | standard 1.6 micron imaging filter |
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H-Atlas | Herschel Astrophysical Terahertz Large Area Survey |
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HAWC+ | High-resolution Airborne Wideband Camera |
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HDF | Hubble Deep Field |
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HDU | Header Data Unit |
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HEALPIX | Hierarchical Equal Area isoLatitude PIXelization |
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HEASARC | NASA's High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center |
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HELGA | Herschel Exploitation of the Local Galaxy Andromeda |
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HERITAGE | Herschel Inventory of the Agents of Galaxy Evolution |
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HerM33es | Herschel M33 Extended Survey |
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HerMES | Herschel Multi-tiered Extragalactic Survey |
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HERUS | Herschel Ultra Luminous Infrared Galaxy Survey |
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HETDEX | Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment |
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HeVICS | Herschel Virgo Cluster Survey |
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HEXOS | Herschel observations of Extra-Ordinary Sources |
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HFI | Planck High Frequency Instrument |
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HGBS | Herschel Gould Belt Survey |
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HHLI | Herschel High Level Images |
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HIFI | Heterodyne Instrument for the Far Infrared |
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HIFISTARS | The physical and chemical properties of circumstellar environments around evolved stars Herschel program |
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Hi-GAL | Herschel Infrared Galactic Plane Survey |
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HIPO | High Speed Imaging Photometer for Occultations |
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HiPS | Hierarchical Progressive Surveys |
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HIRES | IRAS data tool |
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HIRMES | HIgh Resolution Mid-infrarEd Spectrometer |
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HOP | Herschel Oxygen Project |
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HOPS | Herschel Orion Protostar Survey |
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HPDP | Highly Processed Data Products |
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HSA | ESA's Herschel Science Archive |
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HST | Hubble Space Telescope |
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HTM | Hierarchical Triangular Mesh |
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HTML | Hypertext Markup Language |
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HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
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HUDF | Hubble Ultra-Deep Field |
I |
IBE | IRSA Image Server (Image Back End) |
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IDL | Interactive Data Language |
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I/F | Interface |
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IGA | IRAS Galaxy Atlas |
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IMF | Initial Mass Function |
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IPAC | Infrared Processing and Analysis Center |
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IR | Infrared |
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IRAC | Spitzer's InfraRed Array Camera |
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IRAF | Image Reduction and Analysis Facility |
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IRAS | Infrared Astronomical Satellite |
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IRIS | Improved Reprocessing of the IRAS Survey |
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IRS | Spitzer's Infrared Spectrometer |
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IRSA | NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive |
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IRTF | Infrared Telescope Facility |
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IRTS | The Infrared Telescope in Space |
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ISM | Inter-stellar Medium |
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ISO | Infrared Space Observatory |
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ISSA | IRAS Sky Survey Atlas |
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IUDF | IRAC UltraDeep Field |
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IVOA | International Virtual Observatory Alliance |
J |
J | standard 1.2 micron imaging filter |
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JAXA | Japanese Aerospace EXploration Agency |
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JPL | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
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JWST | James Webb Space Telescope |
K |
K | standard 2 micron imaging filter (also Ks) |
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KINGFISH | Key Insights on Nearby Galaxies: A Far-Infrared Survey with Herschel |
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KUPID | KU-band Polarization IDentifier |
L |
ΛCDM | Lambda Cold Dark Matter |
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LAMBDA | Legacy Archive for Microwave Background Data Analysis |
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LBNL | Lawrence Berkeley National Lab |
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LCOGT | Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope |
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LDB | long-duration balloon |
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LFI | Planck Low Frequency Instrument |
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LGA | 2MASS Large Galaxy Atlas |
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LIM | Line Intensity Mapping |
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LIRG | luminous infrared galaxy |
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LiteBIRD | Lite B-mode polarization and nflation from cosmic background Radiation Detection |
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LMC | Large Magellanic Cloud |
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LSPE | Large-Scale Polarization Explorer |
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LSS | Large Scale Structure |
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LSST | Large Synoptic Survey Telescope |
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LVL | Spitzer Local Volume Survey |
M |
MAST | Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes |
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MAT | Microwave Anisotropy Telescope |
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MAXIMA | Millimeter Anisotropy eXperiment Imaging Array |
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MESS | Mass-loss of Evolved StarS Herschel Key Program |
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MIGA | IRAS Mid-Infrared Galaxy Atlas |
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MINT | Millimeter INTerferometer |
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MIPOL | MIlano POLarimeter |
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MIPS | Spitzer's Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer |
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MIPSGAL | MIPS mapping of the GALactic Plane |
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MJD | Modified Julian Date |
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MOC | Multi-Order Coverage |
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MOPEX | MOsaicker and Point source EXtractor |
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MOST | Moving Object Search Tool |
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MSAM | Medium Scale Anisotropy Measurement |
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MPC | Minor Planet Center |
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MSX | Midcourse Survey Experiment |
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MUSYC | Multiwavelength Survey by Yale-Chile |
N |
NAIF ID | Navigation and Ancillary Information Facility IDentification |
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NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
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NAVO | NASA Astrophysics Virtual Observatory |
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NED | NASA Extragalactic Database |
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NEO | Near Earth Object |
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NExScI | NASA Exoplanet Science Institute |
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NHSC | NASA Herschel Science Center |
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NITARP | NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program |
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NOAO | National Optical Astronomy Observatory |
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NRC | National Research Council |
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NSF | National Science Foundation |
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NSSDC | NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive |
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NVO | National Virtual Observatory |
O |
ODR | Open Data Registry |
P |
P60 GRB | Palomar 60 inch telescope for Gamma Ray Burst afterglows |
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PACS | Photodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer |
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PAH | Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons |
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PanSTARRS | Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System |
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PB | Petabyte |
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PBCD | Post Basic Calibrated Data |
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PCCS | Planck Catalog of Compact Sources |
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PEP | PACS Evolutionary Probe |
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PHPDP | PACS Highly Processed Data Products |
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PI | Principal Investigator |
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PICO | Probe of Inflation and Cosmic Origins |
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PIQUE | Princeton I, Q, and U Experiment |
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PLA | Planck Legacy Archive |
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POLAR | Polarization Observations of Large Angular Regions |
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PR | Public Release |
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PRISMAS | PRobing InterStellar Molecules with Absorption line Studies |
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PSC | Point Source Catalog |
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PSF | Point Spread Function |
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PSPIPE | Power Spectrum PIPEline |
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PTF | Palomar Transient Factory |
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Python | an instrument in the CARA study |
Q |
QSO | Quasi-Stellar Object |
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QUBIC | Q & U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology |
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QUIET | Q/U Imaging ExperimenT |
R |
Radar | nickname for IRSA's inventory search service |
S |
s-Flames | Structure and Response of Spherical Flames |
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S4G | Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies |
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S5 | Spitzer SDSS Statistical Spectroscopic Survey |
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SAFIRES | Spitzer Archival FIR Extragalactic Survey |
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SAG-4 | Evolution of Interstellar Dust Herschel Key Program |
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SAGE | Surveying the Agents of a Galaxy's Evolution |
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SASS | Spitzer Atlas of Stellar Spectra |
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S-CANDELS | Spitzer Cosmic Assembly Deep Near-Infrared Extragalactic Survey |
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Scanpi | IRAS data analysis tool |
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SCS | Simple Cone Search |
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SCUBA | Submillimetre Common-User Bolometer Array |
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SDSS | Sloan Digitized Sky Survey |
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SDWFS | Spitzer Deep Wide Field Survey |
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SED | Spectral Energy Distribution |
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SEIP | Spitzer Enhanced Imaging Products |
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SERVS | Spitzer Extragalactic Representative Volume Survey |
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SHA | Spitzer Heritage Archive |
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SHELA | Spitzer/HETDEX Exploratory Large-Area Survey |
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SHPDP | SPIRE Highly Processed Data Products |
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SIA | Simple Image Access |
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SIA2 | Simple Image Access 2 |
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Simons Array | will include more than 20,000 POLARBEAR-2 style detectors |
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SIMPLE | Spitzer IRAC/MUSYC Public Legacy Survey in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South |
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SINGS | SpItzer Nearby Galaxy Survey |
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SIRTF | Space Infrared Telescope Facility (Spitzer) |
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SMC | Small Magellanic Cloud |
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SMOG | Spitzer Mapping of the Outer Galaxy |
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SMUVS | Spitzer Matching Survey of the Ultra-VISTA Deep Stripes |
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SNR | Signal-to-Noise Ratio |
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SPICE | Spitzer IRS Custom Extraction |
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SPICY | Spitzer/IRAC Candidate YSO |
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SPIDER | used to be an acronym, but now is the project’s formal name |
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SpIES | Spitzer IRAC Equatorial Survey |
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SPIRE | Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver |
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SPOT | Spitzer Planning Observations Tool (also used by Herschel and SOFIA) |
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SPT | South Pole Telescope |
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SPTpol | South Pole Telescope-polarization |
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SQL | Structured Query Language |
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SSA | Simple Spectra Access |
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SSC | Spitzer Science Center |
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SST | Spitzer Space Telescope |
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SSDF | SPT-Spitzer Deep Field |
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STScI | Space Telescope Science Institute |
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SWAS | Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite |
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SZ | Sunyaev-Zel'dovich |
T |
TAP | Table Access Protocol |
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Taurus | name of a ballon-borne telescope |
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TB | Terabyte |
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TES | transition-edge sensor |
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TEXES | IRTF high-resolution mid-infrared spectrograph |
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TOI | Time Ordered Information |
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TopHat | an instrument that has been designed to collect data on the CMBR. |
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TRIS | Three Radiometer CMB Spectrum Experiment |
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TSV | Tab Separated Values |
U |
UCAC | USNO CCD Astrograph Catalog |
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UDS | UKIDSS Ultra-Deep Survey |
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UKIDSS | The UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey |
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UKIRT | the UK Infrared Telescope |
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USNO | US Naval Observatory |
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USNO-B | US Naval Observatory B1.0 catalog |
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UV | ultraviolet |
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UWS | Universal Worker Service |
V |
VAO | Virtual Astronomical Observatory |
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VLA | Very Large Array |
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VLT | Very Large Telescope |
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VNGS | Very Nearby Galaxy Survey |
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VO | Virtual Observatory |
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VSA | Very Small Array |
W |
WCS | World Coordinate System |
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WFC3 | Wide Field Camera 3 |
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WFIRST | Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope |
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WhiteMountain | White Mt. (Berkeley, Bologna, Haverford, Milano, Padova) collaboration |
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WISE | Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer |
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WIYN | 3.5m telescope at Kitt Peak |
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WMAP | Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe |
X |
XMM | ESA's XMM-Newton, the X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission |
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XML | Extensible Markup Language |
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XSC | Extended Source Catalog |
Y |
YSO | Young Stellar Object |
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YSOVAR | Young Stellar Object Variability |
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YTLA (formerly AMiBA) | Yan-Tseh Lee Array |
Z |
z0MGS | z=0 Multiwavelength Galaxy Synthesis |
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ZTF | Zwicky Transient Factory |
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