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	GRAVITY	AO assisted, two-object, multiple-beam-combiner (VLTI)
166	GROND	Gamma-Ray Burst Optical/Near-Infrared Detector (MPG/ESO 2.2-metre)
167	GTC	Gran Telescopio Canarias
168	GTO	Guaranteed Time for Observation
169	GWh	Gigawatt hours
170	GÉANT	European multi-gigabit computer network for research and education purposes
171	H-LTAO	HARMONI Laser Tomography Adaptive Optics
172	H2020	(EU) Horizon 2020 Programme
173	HARMONI	Proposed first light integral field spectrograph for the ELT
174	HARPS	High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planetary Searcher (3.6-metre)
175	HAWK-I	High Acuity Wide field K-band Imager
176	HCI	Human Computer Interface
177	HIA	Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics (Canada)
178	HIRES	(ELT) HIgh REsolution Spectrograph
179	HODM	High Order Deformable Mirror
180	HST	Hubble Space Telescope
181	HVAC	Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning
182	IAG	Institute of Astronomy, Geophysics and Atmospheric Sciences (Brazil)
183	IAS	International Accounting Standards
184	IAU	International Astronomical Union
185	Icar	Icarus, Planetary science journal, Planetary science journal
186	IFS	Integral Field Spectrograph (SPHERE, ELT)
187	IFU	Integral Field Unit
188	INAF	Italian National Institute for Astrophysics
189	INRIA	Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique
190	IPAG	Institut de Planetologie et d’Astrophysique de Grenoble
191	IPC	(Chilean) Índice de Precios al Consumidor
192	IPP	Max-Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (Germany)
193	IPSAS	International Public Sector Accounting Standards
194	IPT	Integrated Product Team (ALMA)
195	IR	Infrared
196	IRAM	Institut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique
197	IRDIS	InfraRed Dual-beam Imager and Spectrograph (SPHERE, ELT)
198	IRIS	VLTI Infrared Image Sensor
199	IRLOS	InfraRed Low Order Sensor
200	IRO	International Relations Office
201	ISAAC	Infrared Spectrometer And Array Camera (VLT)
202	ISERD	Israeli inter-ministerial agency for R&D cooperation with Europe
203	ISM	International Staff Member
204	ISS	International Space Station
205	IT	Information Technology
206	ITAR	International Traffic in Arms Regulations
207	ITER	International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
208	IVOA	International Virtual Observatory Alliance
209	IVSLA	Istituto Veneto di Scienze ed Arti
210	IYA2009	International Year of Astronomy 2009
211	JAO	Joint ALMA Observatory
212	JENAM	Joint European and National Astronomy Meeting
213	JPL	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
214	JUICE	JUpiter ICy moons Explorer
215	JWST	James Webb Space Telescope
216	k	kilo/1,000
217	KIDS	(VST) Kilo-Degree Survey
218	KMOS	K-band Multi-Object Spectrograph (VLT)
219	KTS	Klaus Tschira Stiftung
220	Kueyan	VLT Unit Telescope 2
221	LABOCA	Large APEX Bolometer CAmera
222	LAOG	Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de l'Observatoire de Grenoble
223	LCS	Local Control System
224	LEO	Low Earth Orbit
225	LFC	Laser Frequency Comb
226	LGS	Laser Guide Star
227	LGSF	Laser Guide Star Facility
228	LMC	Large Magellanic Cloud
229	LMU	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
230	LN2	Liquid nitrogen
231	LOFAR	Low Frequency Array
232	LOPS	Local Optical Phasing Sensor
233	LP	Large Programme
234	LPG	Liquefied Petroleum Gas
235	LPO	La Silla ­Paranal Observatory
236	LSM	Local Staff Members
237	LSP	La Silla ­Paranal Subcommittee
238	LTAO	Laser Tomography Adaptive Optics
239	LVSM	Large Visible Sensor Module
240	M#	Mirror #
241	M	million/1,000,000
242	MACAO	Multiple Application Curvature Adaptive Optic
243	MACCON	Motion controller manufacturer
244	MAD	Multi-conjugate Adaptive optics Demonstrator
245	MAORY	(ELT) Multi-conjugate Adaptive Optics RelaY
246	mas	milliarcseconds
247	MASCOT	Mini All-Sky Cloud Observation Tool (Paranal)
248	MATISSE	Multi AperTure mid-Infrared SpectroScopic Experiment (VLTI)
249	MCAO	Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics
250	Melipal	VLT Unit Telescope 3
251	MELT	Minuscule ELT
252	MENLO systems	Optical equipment manufacturer
253	MERAC	Mobilising European Research in Astrophysics and Cosmology
254	MERIL	Mapping the European Research Infrastructure Landscape
255	METIS	Mid-infrared ELT Imager and Spectrograph
256	MICADO	Adaptive optics imaging camera (ELT)
257	MIDI	Mid-infrared Interferometric Instrument (VLTI)
258	MIT	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
259	mmVLBI	Millimeter Very Long Baseline Interferometry
260	Mn	Mirror #n
261	MOAO	Multiple-Object Adaptive Optics
262	MOONS	Multi Object Optical and Near-infrared Spectrograph (VLT third generation)
263	MOS	(ELT) Multi-Object Spectroscopy
264	MOSAIC	(ELT) Multi-Object Spectrograph (Multi-Object Spectrograph for Astrophysics, Intergalactic medium studies and Cosmology)
265	MOSFIRE	Near-infrared multi-object spectrograph (Keck)
266	MPA	Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
267	MPE	Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
268	MPG	Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
269	MPIA	Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
270	MPIfR	Max-Planck Institute for Radioastronomy (Germany)
271	MS	Member State(s)
272	MUSE	Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (VLT)
273	NACO	NAOS-CONICA (VLT)
274	NAOJ	National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
275	NAOMI	Adaptive optics system for the ATs (VLTI)
276	NAOS	Nasmyth Adaptive Optics System (VLT)
277	NASA	National Aeronautics and Space Administration
278	NAV	Navision
279	NDF	Non-Deliverable Forward Agreement
280	NEAR	New Earths in the Alpha Cen Region experiment
281	NEO	Near-Earth Object
282	NFM	Narrow Field Mode
283	NGC	New General Catalogue
284	NGC	New General detector Controller
285	NGSD	Proposed large natural/laser guide star WFS detector (ELT)
286	NGTS	Next Generation Transit Survey
287	NINS	National Institutes of Natural Sciences
288	NIRPS	(NNT) Near Infra Red Planet Searcher
289	NOVA	The Netherlands Research School for Astronomy (Nederlandse Onderzoekschool voor Astronomie)
290	NRAO	National Radio Astronomy Observatory
291	NSF	National Science Foundation
292	NTT	New Technology Telescope
293	NUVA	Network for UltraViolet Astrophysics
294	OAA	Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory
295	OBAMA	Optical Bidule for Aberration Measurement on the ATs
296	OCA-NICE	Cote d’Azur Observatory (Observatoire de la Cote d’Azur)
297	ODG	Office of the Director General
298	OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
299	OmegaCAM	Optical Camera for the VST
300	OPC	Observing Programmes Committee
301	OPO	Observing Programmes Office
302	OPTICON	Optical Infrared Coordination Network for Astronomy
303	OSF	ALMA Operations Support Facilities
304	OSO	Onsala Space Observatory
305	OT	Observing Tool
306	OTS	Operations Technical Support
307	P2PP	Peer to Peer Protocol
308	P86	Observing Period 86
309	P87	Observing Period 87
310	PA	Product Assurance
311	PAC	Provisional Acceptance Chile
312	PACMAN	Fringe tracker for PRIMA (VLTI)
313	PAE	Provisional Acceptance Europe
314	PARSEC	Sodium line laser for VLT AO
315	PDR	Preliminary Design Review
316	PESSTO	Public ESO Spectroscopic Survey of Transient Objects
317	PFS	(ELT) Pre-Focal Station
318	PFS-A	(ELT) Pre-Focal Station for Nasmyth A
319	PhD	Doctor of Philosophy
320	PI	Principal Investigator
321	PIO	Public Information Officer
322	PIONIER	VLTI visitor instrument
323	PIP	Paranal Instrumentation Programme
324	PLC	Programmable Logic Controllers (ELT)
325	PMD	Project Management Department
326	PMPD	Performance Management and Professional Development
327	PRIMA	Phase-Referenced Imaging and Micro-arcsecond Astrometry facility (VLTI)
328	PSF	Point Spread Function
329	PTP	Precision Time Protocol
330	Q	Quarter
331	QUEST	QUasar Equatorial Survey Team
332	R&D	Research and Development
333	RAB	Reflector Assembly Building
334	RCL	Radioastronomy Chajnantor Limitada
335	RedCLARA	Latin American Advanced Networks Cooperation (Academic data network in Latin America)
336	REM	Rapid Eye Mount Telescope (La Silla)
337	REUNA	Red Universitaria Nacional (Academic data network in Chile)
338	RM	Rossiter-McClaughlin (effect)
339	RMN	Reflective Memory Network (VLTI)
340	rms	Root Mean Square
341	SABOCA	Shortwave Apex BOlometer Camera
342	SAC	EURO-VO Science Advisory Committee
343	SAF	Science Archive Facility
344	SAFRAN-REOSC	High performance optics company
345	SAPHIRA	Detector for the GRAVITY wavefront sensor
346	SAXO	SPHERE’S AO system (VLT)
347	SCAO	Single-conjugate adaptive optics
348	SCO	Santiago Central Office (ALMA/ESO Vitacura)
349	SDD	Software Development Division
350	SDSS	Sloan Digital Sky Survey
351	SEPIA	Swedish ESO PI receiver for APEX
352	SHFI	Swedish Heterodyne Facility Instrument
353	SiC	(ELT) SiliconCarbide-mirrorsubstrate
354	SINFONI	Spectrograph for INtegral Field Observations in the Near Infrared (VLT)
355	SKA	Square Kilometer Array
356	SM	Service Mode (observing)
357	SM4	Servicing Mission 4 (HST)
358	SOFI	SOn oF Isaac (NTT)
359	SOPHIE	Spectrographe pour l’Observation des Phénomènes des Intérieurs stellaires et des Exoplanètes
360	SOXS	(NTT) Son Of X-Shooter
361	SPARTA	Real-time computer for the AOF
362	SPC	Scientific Personnel Committee
363	SPECULOOS	(Paranal) Search for habitable Planets EClipsing ULtra-cOOl Stars
364	SPHERE	Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet Research instrument (VLT)
365	SPIFFI	SPectrometer for Infrared Faint Field Imaging
366	SPT	South Pole Telescope
367	SSDF	Science Support Discretionary Fund
368	SSED	Software System Engineering Department
369	SSWG	Science Strategy Working Group
370	ST-ECF	Space Telescope European Coordination Facility
371	STC	Scientific Technical Committee
372	STFC	Science and Technology Facilities Council (UK)
373	STRAP	Tip-tilt sensors (VLTI)
374	STScI	Space Telescope Science Institute (USA)
375	sub-mm	submillimetre
376	SUSI2	Superb Seeing Imager 2 (NTT)
377	TAROT	Télescope à Action Rapide pour les Objets Transitoires
378	TAROT-S	Télescopes à Action Rapide pour les Objets Transitoires South
379	TBT	Test-Bed Telescope
380	TEC	Technology Division
381	telbib	ESO library telescope bibliography database
382	TFB	Tunable Filter Bank (ALMA)
383	TIMMI	TIMMI far-infrared camera (ESO 3.6-metre telescope)
384	ToO	Target of Opportunity
385	TRAPPIST	TRAnsiting Planets and PlanetesImals Small Telescope
386	TRR	Test Readiness Review
387	TUM	Technische Universität München
388	UC	Users Committee
389	UK ATC	UK Astronomy Technology Centre
390	Ultracam	High-speed camera (VLT)
391	UltraVISTA	Ultra-deep near-infrared survey in the COSMOS field
392	UNCOPUOS	United Nations Committee for the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
393	USM	University Observatory Munich
394	UT	Unit Telescope of the VLT
395	UT1–4	VLT Unit Telescopes 1–4: Antu, Kueyen, Melipal and Yepun
396	UV	UltraViolet
397	UVES	UV-Visual Echelle Spectrograph (VLT)
398	VAT	Value Added Tax
399	VHS	VISTA Hemisphere Survey
400	VIDEO	VISTA Deep Extragalactic Observations Survey
401	VIKING	VISTA Kilo-degree Infrared Galaxy survey
402	VIMOS	VIsible MultiObject Spectrograph (VLT)
403	VINCI	VLT INterferometer Commissioning Instrument (VLTI)
404	VIPERS	VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey
405	VIRCAM	VISTA Infrared Camera
406	VISA	VLTI Sub-Array
407	VISIR	VLT Mid-Infrared Imager Spectrometer
408	VISTA	Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy
409	VLT	Very Large Telescope
410	VLT/I	Very Large Telescope and its Interferometer
411	VLTI	Very Large Telescope Interferometer
412	VLTI-PR#	VLTI projects
413	VM	Visitor Mode (observing)
414	VMC	VISTA survey of the Magellanic Cloud system
415	VO	Virtual Observatory
416	VOP	Virtual Observatory Project Office
417	VPHAS+	VST Photometric Hα Survey
418	VSS	Variability Sky Survey
419	VST	VLT Survey Telescope
420	VVDS	VIMOS VLT Deep Survey
421	VVV	ESO public survey VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea
422	WASP	Wide Angle Search for Planets survey
423	WFCAM	Infrared wide field camera for the UK Infrared Telescope on Mauna Kea
424	WFI	Wide Field Imager (MPG/ESO 2.2-metre)
425	WiFi	Wireless Fidelity
426	WVR	Water Vapour Radiometer (ALMA)
427	X-shooter	Wideband ultraviolet-infrared single target spectrograph (VLT)
428	XAO	Extreme adaptive optics
429	XMM-Newton	X-ray Multi-Mirror satellite (ESA)
430	Yepun	VLT Unit Telescope 4
431	Z-Spec	Millimetre-wave spectrograph (APEX visitor instrument)
432	zCOSMOS	Large Programme to measure 30 000 galaxies in the HST Cosmic Origins field
433	ZIMPOL	Zurich Imaging Polarimeter (SPHERE, ELT)
434	ΛCDM	Lambda Cold Dark Matter
435	μm	Micrometre