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