PowerShell/Data/Abbr/astronomy.csv

1	ABBR	TERM
2	21CSLC	21st Century Space Launch Complex
3	4LGSF	Four-Laser Guide Star Facility
4	4MOST	4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope (Proposed new spectroscopic instrument for VISTA)
5	4T	Four Telescope (VLTI mode)
6	A&A	Journal, Astronomy & Astrophysics
7	A&ARv	Journal, Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
8	ACD	Amplitude Calibration Device (ALMA)
9	ACe	Astaldi Cimolai EIE (Consortium)
10	ADA	ALMA Department of Administration
11	ADO	ALMA Director’s Office
12	ADS	International Italian optics company working on the DSM for the VLT
13	AEM	ALMA construction consortium
14	AFNOR	Association Française de Normalisation
15	AFTA	Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets
16	AGN	Active Galactic Nucleus
17	AIDA	Astronomical Infrastructure for Data Access
18	AIP	Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam
19	AIT	Assembly, Integration and Test
20	AIV	Assembly, Integration and Verification
21	AJ	The Astronomical Journal
22	ALMA	Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array
23	AMBER	Astronomical Multi-BEam combineR (VLTI Instrument)
24	AN	Journal, Astronomische Nachrichten
25	Antu	VLT Unit Telescope 1
26	AO	Adaptive Optics
27	AOF	Adaptive Optics Facility
28	AOS	Array Operations Site (ALMA)
29	APE	Active Phasing Experiment
30	APEX	Atacama Pathfinder Experiment
31	ApJ	Astrophysical Journal
32	ApJS	Journal, Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
33	AQUARIUS	Mid-infrared detector array (VISIR)
34	ARAL	Alignment facility for the VLTI
35	ARC	ALMA Regional Centre
36	ArTeMiS	Bolometric camera for APEX
37	ASAC	ALMA Science Advisory Committee
38	ASIAA	East Asia FEIC (ALMA)
39	ASIC	Application Specific Integrated Circuit
40	ASSIST	Adaptive Secondary Setup and Instrument Simulator (AOF test bench)
41	AstraLux	Lucky Imaging camera for the Calar Alto 2.2-metre telescope
42	AT	Auxiliary Telescope for the VLTI
43	ATC	Astronomy Technology Centre (United Kingdom)
44	ATILO	Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organisation
45	AU	Astronomical Unit
46	AUI	Associated Universities Inc.
47	AVM	Astronomical Visualisation Metadata
48	BAM	Construction company for the Headquarters extension
49	BE	Back-End (ALMA)
50	BELLA	Building Europe Link to Latin America
51	BFL	Budget and Forward Look
52	BlackGEM	(La Silla) Telescope array searching for optical counterparts of gravitational wave sources
53	BLIP	Background photon noise limited
54	C2PAP	Computational Center for Particle and Astrophysics, Universe Cluster, Garching
55	CAD	Computer Aided Design
56	CADC	Canadian Astronomy Data Centre
57	CAPj	Communicating Astronomy with the Public Journal
58	CARLA	Clusters Around Radio-Loud AGN (Spitzer)
59	CASA	Common Astronomy Software Applications (ALMA)
60	CCD	Charge Coupled Device
61	CCTV	Closed Circuit TeleVision
62	CDR	Critical Design Review
63	CDS	Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg (Strasbourg astronomical Data Center)
64	CEA	Commissariat à L’Energie Atomique, France
65	CELAC_EU	Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States–European Union
66	CES	Coude Echelle Spectrometer
67	CfP	Call for Proposal
68	CfT	Call for tender
69	CHAMP+	Dual channel heterodyne receiver array (APEX)
70	CLIF	Convolution with Linearized Inverse Filter algorithm for wavefront sensing
71	CLP	Chilean Peso
72	CMB	Cosmic Microwave Background
73	CMBR	Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
74	CME	Coronal Mass Ejection (usually Sun)
75	CNAM	Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers
76	CNRS	Centre national de la recherche scientifique
77	CO	Carbon monoxide
78	CO	Carried Over budget
79	COFUND	EU fellowship funding programme
80	CONDOR	1.5 THz heterodyne receiver (APEX)
81	CONICA	COudé Near-Infrared CAmera (VLT)
82	CORALIE	Echelle Spectrograph on the 1.2-metre Leonard Euler Swiss telescope
83	CoRoT	COnvection ROtation and planetary Transits (French Satellite)
84	COSMOS	HST survey programme
85	Cou-	Council Document
86	CP	Calibration Programme
87	CPI	Consumer Price Index
88	CRIRES+	Planned upgrade to CRIRES
89	CRIRES	Cryogenic InfraRed Echelle Spectrometer (VLT)
90	CSV	Commissioning and Science Verification
91	CTA	Cherenkov Telescope Array
92	CTA-S	Cherenkov Telescope Array South
93	CTAO	Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory
94	CUBES	Cassegrain U-band Brazilian ESO Spectrograph
95	CuRe	Fast wavefront reconstruction algorithms for XAO with pyramid WFS
96	CuReD	Fast wavefront reconstruction algorithms for XAO with pyramid WFS with pre-processing
97	DC	Direct Current
98	DDS	Data DistributIOn middleware for SPARTA
99	DDT	Director’s Discretionary Time
100	DFG	Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
101	DFS	(VLT) Data Flow System
102	DG	Director General
103	DIG	Deep Imaging Group (Vitacura)
104	DL	Delay Line (VLTI)
105	DMO	Data Management and Operations Division
106	DMS	Dome and Main Structure
107	DRS	DRS, formerly Boeing, detector manufacturer
108	DSC	Directorate for Science
109	DSM	Deformable Secondary Mirror
110	DSO	Department of Science Operations (ALMA)
111	eAPD	electron Avalanche Photodiode Detector
112	EASC	European ALMA Support Centre
113	EC	European Commission
114	ECRI	European Conference on Research Infrastructures
115	EFOSC2	ESO Faint Object Spectrograph and Camera (v.2)
116	EIB	European Investment Bank
117	EIROforum	Organisation consisting of the seven largest scientific European international organisations devoted to fostering mutual activities
118	ELT	Extremely Large Telescope
119	EM&P	Journal, Earth, Moon, and Planets
120	EMAC	ELT Management Advisory Committee
121	EMBL	European Molecular Biology Laboratory (Germany)
122	EMMI	ESO Multi-Mode Instrument (NTT)
123	ePOD	education and Public Outreach Department
124	ERC	European Research Council
125	ERIS	Enhanced Resolution Imager and Spectrograph
126	ERP	Enterprise Resource Planning (Administration software)
127	ESAC	European Science Advisory Committee (for ALMA)
128	ESAC	European Space Astronomy Centre (ESA, Spain)
129	ESC	ELT Subcommittee
130	ESE	ELT Science and Engineering
131	ESM	European School Munich
132	ESO	European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere
133	ESOF	Euroscience Open Forum
134	ESON	ESO Science Outreach Network
135	ESPRESSO	Echelle SPectrograph for Rocky Exoplanet- and Stable Spectroscopic Observations
136	ESRC	ELT Standing Review Committee
137	ETF	ELT Technical Facility
138	EVALSO	Enabling Virtual Access to Latin-american Southern Observatories
139	EWASS	European Week of Astronomy and Space Science
140	ExA	Journal, Experimental Astronomy
141	ExTrA	(La Silla) Exoplanets in Transit and their Atmospheres
142	FC	Finance Committee
143	FDR	Final Design Review
144	FE IPT	Front-End Integrated Project Team (ALMA)
145	FE	Front End
146	FEA	Finite Element Analysis
147	FEED	Front-End Engineering Design (ELT)
148	FEIC	Front End Integration Centre (ALMA)
149	FEROS	Fibre-fed, Extended Range, Échelle Spectrograph (MPG/ESO 2.2-metre)
150	FIAT	Facility (for) Infrared Arrays Testing
151	FITS	Flexible Image Transport System
152	FLAMES	Fibre Large Array Multi Element Spectrograph (VLT)
153	FORS1	FOcal Reducer/low dispersion Spectrograph (VLT)-1
154	FORS2	FOcal Reducer/low dispersion Spectrograph (VLT)-2
155	FOS	Faint Object Spectrograph (HST)
156	FP	Fabry-Perot
157	FP6	Sixth EC Framework Programme
158	FP7	Seventh EC Framework Programme
159	FWHM	Full Width at Half Maximum
160	GALACSI	Ground Atmospheric Layer Adaptive Optics for Spectroscopic Imaging (AOF)
161	GIRAFFE	Fibre-fed multi-object spectrograph and part of the VLT FLAMES facility
162	GLAO	Ground Layer Adaptive Optics
163	gNLT	Garching Night Log Tool
164	GRAAL	GRound-layer Adaptive optics Assisted by Lasers (AOF)
165	GROND	Gamma-Ray Burst Optical/Near-Infrared Detector (MPG/ESO 2.2-metre)
166	GTC	Gran Telescopio Canarias
167	GTO	Guaranteed Time for Observation
168	GWh	Gigawatt hours
169	GÉANT	European multi-gigabit computer network for research and education purposes
170	H-LTAO	HARMONI Laser Tomography Adaptive Optics
171	H2020	(EU) Horizon 2020 Programme
172	HARMONI	Proposed first light integral field spectrograph for the ELT
173	HARPS	High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planetary Searcher (3.6-metre)
174	HAWK-I	High Acuity Wide field K-band Imager
175	HCI	Human Computer Interface
176	HIA	Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics (Canada)
177	HIRES	(ELT) HIgh REsolution Spectrograph
178	HODM	High Order Deformable Mirror
179	HST	Hubble Space Telescope
180	IAS	International Accounting Standards
181	IAU	International Astronomical Union
182	Icar	Icarus, Planetary science journal, Planetary science journal
183	IFU	Integral Field Unit
184	INAF	Italian National Institute for Astrophysics
185	INRIA	Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique
186	IPAG	Institut de Planetologie et d’Astrophysique de Grenoble
187	IPC	(Chilean) Índice de Precios al Consumidor
188	IPP	Max-Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (Germany)
189	IPSAS	International Public Sector Accounting Standards
190	IPT	Integrated Product Team (ALMA)
191	IR	Infrared
192	IRAM	Institut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique
193	IRDIS	InfraRed Dual-beam Imager and Spectrograph (SPHERE, ELT)
194	IRIS	VLTI Infrared Image Sensor
195	IRLOS	InfraRed Low Order Sensor
196	IRO	International Relations Office
197	ISAAC	Infrared Spectrometer And Array Camera (VLT)
198	ISERD	Israeli inter-ministerial agency for R&D cooperation with Europe
199	ISM	International Staff Member
200	ISS	International Space Station
201	IT	Information Technology
202	ITAR	International Traffic in Arms Regulations
203	ITER	International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
204	IVOA	International Virtual Observatory Alliance
205	IVSLA	Istituto Veneto di Scienze ed Arti
206	IYA2009	International Year of Astronomy 2009
207	JAO	Joint ALMA Observatory
208	JENAM	Joint European and National Astronomy Meeting
209	JPL	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
210	JUICE	JUpiter ICy moons Explorer
211	JWST	James Webb Space Telescope
212	k	kilo/1,000
213	KIDS	(VST) Kilo-Degree Survey
214	KMOS	K-band Multi-Object Spectrograph (VLT)
215	KTS	Klaus Tschira Stiftung
216	Kueyan	VLT Unit Telescope 2
217	LABOCA	Large APEX Bolometer CAmera
218	LAOG	Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de l'Observatoire de Grenoble
219	LCS	Local Control System
220	LEO	Low Earth Orbit
221	LFC	Laser Frequency Comb
222	LGS	Laser Guide Star
223	LGSF	Laser Guide Star Facility
224	LMC	Large Magellanic Cloud
225	LMU	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
226	LN2	Liquid nitrogen
227	LOFAR	Low Frequency Array
228	LOPS	Local Optical Phasing Sensor
229	LP	Large Programme
230	LPG	Liquefied Petroleum Gas
231	LPO	La Silla ­Paranal Observatory
232	LSM	Local Staff Members
233	LSP	La Silla ­Paranal Subcommittee
234	LTAO	Laser Tomography Adaptive Optics
235	LVSM	Large Visible Sensor Module
236	M#	Mirror #
237	M	million/1,000,000
238	MACAO	Multiple Application Curvature Adaptive Optic
239	MACCON	Motion controller manufacturer
240	MAD	Multi-conjugate Adaptive optics Demonstrator
241	MAORY	(ELT) Multi-conjugate Adaptive Optics RelaY
242	mas	milliarcseconds
243	MASCOT	Mini All-Sky Cloud Observation Tool (Paranal)
244	MATISSE	Multi AperTure mid-Infrared SpectroScopic Experiment (VLTI)
245	MCAO	Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics
246	Melipal	VLT Unit Telescope 3
247	MELT	Minuscule ELT
248	MENLO systems	Optical equipment manufacturer
249	MERAC	Mobilising European Research in Astrophysics and Cosmology
250	MERIL	Mapping the European Research Infrastructure Landscape
251	METIS	Mid-infrared ELT Imager and Spectrograph
252	MICADO	Adaptive optics imaging camera (ELT)
253	MIDI	Mid-infrared Interferometric Instrument (VLTI)
254	MIT	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
255	mmVLBI	Millimeter Very Long Baseline Interferometry
256	Mn	Mirror #n
257	MOAO	Multiple-Object Adaptive Optics
258	MOONS	Multi Object Optical and Near-infrared Spectrograph (VLT third generation)
259	MOS	(ELT) Multi-Object Spectroscopy
260	MOSAIC	(ELT) Multi-Object Spectrograph (Multi-Object Spectrograph for Astrophysics, Intergalactic medium studies and Cosmology)
261	MOSFIRE	Near-infrared multi-object spectrograph (Keck)
262	MPA	Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
263	MPE	Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
264	MPG	Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
265	MPIA	Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
266	MPIfR	Max-Planck Institute for Radioastronomy (Germany)
267	MS	Member State(s)
268	MUSE	Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (VLT)
269	NACO	NAOS-CONICA (VLT)
270	NAOJ	National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
271	NAOMI	Adaptive optics system for the ATs (VLTI)
272	NAOS	Nasmyth Adaptive Optics System (VLT)
273	NASA	National Aeronautics and Space Administration
274	NAV	Navision
275	NDF	Non-Deliverable Forward Agreement
276	NEAR	New Earths in the Alpha Cen Region experiment
277	NEO	Near-Earth Object
278	NFM	Narrow Field Mode
279	NGC	New General Catalogue
280	NGC	New General detector Controller
281	NGSD	Proposed large natural/laser guide star WFS detector (ELT)
282	NGTS	Next Generation Transit Survey
283	NINS	National Institutes of Natural Sciences
284	NIRPS	(NNT) Near Infra Red Planet Searcher
285	NOVA	The Netherlands Research School for Astronomy (Nederlandse Onderzoekschool voor Astronomie)
286	NRAO	National Radio Astronomy Observatory
287	NSF	National Science Foundation
288	NTT	New Technology Telescope
289	NUVA	Network for UltraViolet Astrophysics
290	OAA	Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory
291	OBAMA	Optical Bidule for Aberration Measurement on the ATs
292	OCA-NICE	Cote d’Azur Observatory (Observatoire de la Cote d’Azur)
293	ODG	Office of the Director General
294	OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
295	OmegaCAM	Optical Camera for the VST
296	OPC	Observing Programmes Committee
297	OPO	Observing Programmes Office
298	OPTICON	Optical Infrared Coordination Network for Astronomy
299	OSF	ALMA Operations Support Facilities
300	OSO	Onsala Space Observatory
301	OT	Observing Tool
302	OTS	Operations Technical Support
303	P2PP	Peer to Peer Protocol
304	P86	Observing Period 86
305	P87	Observing Period 87
306	PA	Product Assurance
307	PAC	Provisional Acceptance Chile
308	PACMAN	Fringe tracker for PRIMA (VLTI)
309	PAE	Provisional Acceptance Europe
310	PARSEC	Sodium line laser for VLT AO
311	PDR	Preliminary Design Review
312	PESSTO	Public ESO Spectroscopic Survey of Transient Objects
313	PFS	(ELT) Pre-Focal Station
314	PFS-A	(ELT) Pre-Focal Station for Nasmyth A
315	PhD	Doctor of Philosophy
316	PI	Principal Investigator
317	PIO	Public Information Officer
318	PIONIER	VLTI visitor instrument
319	PIP	Paranal Instrumentation Programme
320	PLC	Programmable Logic Controllers (ELT)
321	PMD	Project Management Department
322	PMPD	Performance Management and Professional Development
323	PRIMA	Phase-Referenced Imaging and Micro-arcsecond Astrometry facility (VLTI)
324	PSF	Point Spread Function
325	PTP	Precision Time Protocol
326	Q	Quarter
327	QUEST	QUasar Equatorial Survey Team
328	R&D	Research and Development
329	RAB	Reflector Assembly Building
330	RCL	Radioastronomy Chajnantor Limitada
331	RedCLARA	Latin American Advanced Networks Cooperation (Academic data network in Latin America)
332	REM	Rapid Eye Mount Telescope (La Silla)
333	REUNA	Red Universitaria Nacional (Academic data network in Chile)
334	RM	Rossiter-McClaughlin (effect)
335	RMN	Reflective Memory Network (VLTI)
336	rms	Root Mean Square
337	SABOCA	Shortwave Apex BOlometer Camera
338	SAC	EURO-VO Science Advisory Committee
339	SAF	Science Archive Facility
340	SAFRAN-REOSC	High performance optics company
341	SAPHIRA	Detector for the GRAVITY wavefront sensor
342	SAXO	SPHERE’S AO system (VLT)
343	SCAO	Single-conjugate adaptive optics
344	SCO	Santiago Central Office (ALMA/ESO Vitacura)
345	SDD	Software Development Division
346	SDSS	Sloan Digital Sky Survey
347	SEPIA	Swedish ESO PI receiver for APEX
348	SHFI	Swedish Heterodyne Facility Instrument
349	SiC	(ELT) SiliconCarbide-mirrorsubstrate
350	SINFONI	Spectrograph for INtegral Field Observations in the Near Infrared (VLT)
351	SKA	Square Kilometer Array
352	SM	Service Mode (observing)
353	SM4	Servicing Mission 4 (HST)
354	SOFI	SOn oF Isaac (NTT)
355	SOPHIE	Spectrographe pour l’Observation des Phénomènes des Intérieurs stellaires et des Exoplanètes
356	SOXS	(NTT) Son Of X-Shooter
357	SPARTA	Real-time computer for the AOF
358	SPC	Scientific Personnel Committee
359	SPECULOOS	(Paranal) Search for habitable Planets EClipsing ULtra-cOOl Stars
360	SPHERE	Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet Research instrument (VLT)
361	SPIFFI	SPectrometer for Infrared Faint Field Imaging
362	SPT	South Pole Telescope
363	SSDF	Science Support Discretionary Fund
364	SSED	Software System Engineering Department
365	SSWG	Science Strategy Working Group
366	ST-ECF	Space Telescope European Coordination Facility
367	STC	Scientific Technical Committee
368	STFC	Science and Technology Facilities Council (UK)
369	STRAP	Tip-tilt sensors (VLTI)
370	STScI	Space Telescope Science Institute (USA)
371	sub-mm	submillimetre
372	SUSI2	Superb Seeing Imager 2 (NTT)
373	TAROT	Télescope à Action Rapide pour les Objets Transitoires
374	TAROT-S	Télescopes à Action Rapide pour les Objets Transitoires South
375	TBT	Test-Bed Telescope
376	TEC	Technology Division
377	telbib	ESO library telescope bibliography database
378	TFB	Tunable Filter Bank (ALMA)
379	TIMMI	TIMMI far-infrared camera (ESO 3.6-metre telescope)
380	ToO	Target of Opportunity
381	TRAPPIST	TRAnsiting Planets and PlanetesImals Small Telescope
382	TRR	Test Readiness Review
383	TUM	Technische Universität München
384	UC	Users Committee
385	UK ATC	UK Astronomy Technology Centre
386	Ultracam	High-speed camera (VLT)
387	UltraVISTA	Ultra-deep near-infrared survey in the COSMOS field
388	UNCOPUOS	United Nations Committee for the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
389	USM	University Observatory Munich
390	UT	Unit Telescope of the VLT
391	UT1–4	VLT Unit Telescopes 1–4: Antu, Kueyen, Melipal and Yepun
392	UV	UltraViolet
393	UVES	UV-Visual Echelle Spectrograph (VLT)
394	VAT	Value Added Tax
395	VHS	VISTA Hemisphere Survey
396	VIDEO	VISTA Deep Extragalactic Observations Survey
397	VIKING	VISTA Kilo-degree Infrared Galaxy survey
398	VIMOS	VIsible MultiObject Spectrograph (VLT)
399	VINCI	VLT INterferometer Commissioning Instrument (VLTI)
400	VIPERS	VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey
401	VIRCAM	VISTA Infrared Camera
402	VISA	VLTI Sub-Array
403	VISIR	VLT Mid-Infrared Imager Spectrometer
404	VISTA	Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy
405	VLT	Very Large Telescope
406	VLT/I	Very Large Telescope and its Interferometer
407	VLTI	Very Large Telescope Interferometer
408	VLTI-PR#	VLTI projects
409	VM	Visitor Mode (observing)
410	VMC	VISTA survey of the Magellanic Cloud system
411	VO	Virtual Observatory
412	VOP	Virtual Observatory Project Office
413	VPHAS+	VST Photometric Hα Survey
414	VSS	Variability Sky Survey
415	VST	VLT Survey Telescope
416	VVDS	VIMOS VLT Deep Survey
417	VVV	ESO public survey VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea
418	WASP	Wide Angle Search for Planets survey
419	WFCAM	Infrared wide field camera for the UK Infrared Telescope on Mauna Kea
420	WFI	Wide Field Imager (MPG/ESO 2.2-metre)
421	WiFi	Wireless Fidelity
422	WVR	Water Vapour Radiometer (ALMA)
423	X-shooter	Wideband ultraviolet-infrared single target spectrograph (VLT)
424	XAO	Extreme adaptive optics
425	XMM-Newton	X-ray Multi-Mirror satellite (ESA)
426	Yepun	VLT Unit Telescope 4
427	Z-Spec	Millimetre-wave spectrograph (APEX visitor instrument)
428	zCOSMOS	Large Programme to measure 30 000 galaxies in the HST Cosmic Origins field
429	ZIMPOL	Zurich Imaging Polarimeter (SPHERE, ELT)
430	ΛCDM	Lambda Cold Dark Matter
431	μm	Micrometre