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1ABBRMEANING
221CSLC21st Century Space Launch Complex
34LGSFFour-Laser Guide Star Facility
44MOST4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope (Proposed new spectroscopic instrument for VISTA)
54TFour Telescope (VLTI mode)
6A&AJournal, Astronomy & Astrophysics
7A&ARvJournal, Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
8AAAAmateur Astronomers Association of New York
9ACDAmplitude Calibration Device (ALMA)
10ACMAsteroids, Comets, and Meteors
11ACeAstaldi Cimolai EIE (Consortium)
12ADAALMA Department of Administration
13ADOALMA Directors Office
14ADSInternational Italian optics company working on the DSM for the VLT
15AEMALMA construction consortium
16AFNORAssociation Française de Normalisation
17AFTAAstrophysics Focused Telescope Assets
18AGNActive Galactic Nucleus
19AIDAAstronomical Infrastructure for Data Access
20AIPLeibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam
21AITAssembly, Integration and Test
22AIVAssembly, Integration and Verification
23AJThe Astronomical Journal
24ALMAAtacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array
25AMBERAstronomical Multi-BEam combineR (VLTI Instrument)
26ANJournal, Astronomische Nachrichten
27AntuVLT Unit Telescope 1
28AOAdaptive Optics
29AOFAdaptive Optics Facility
30AOSArray Operations Site (ALMA)
31APEActive Phasing Experiment
32APEXAtacama Pathfinder Experiment
33ApJAstrophysical Journal
34ApJSJournal, Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
35AQUARIUSMid-infrared detector array (VISIR)
36ARALAlignment facility for the VLTI
37ARCALMA Regional Centre, or Ames Research Center
38ArTeMiSBolometric camera for APEX
39ASACALMA Science Advisory Committee
40ASIAAEast Asia FEIC (ALMA)
41ASICApplication Specific Integrated Circuit
42ASSISTAdaptive Secondary Setup and Instrument Simulator (AOF test bench)
43AstraLuxLucky Imaging camera for the Calar Alto 2.2-metre telescope
44ATAuxiliary Telescope for the VLTI
45ATCAstronomy Technology Centre (United Kingdom)
46ATILOAdministrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organisation
47AUAstronomical Unit, the distance between the Earth and the Sun
48AUIAssociated Universities Inc.
49AVMAstronomical Visualisation Metadata
50AXPAnomalous X-Ray Pulsar
51BAMConstruction company for the Headquarters extension
52BEBack-End (ALMA)
53BELLABuilding Europe Link to Latin America
54BFLBudget and Forward Look
55BHBlack hole
56BLASTBalloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope
57BlackGEM(La Silla) Telescope array searching for optical counterparts of gravitational wave sources
58BLIPBackground photon noise limited
59C2PAPComputational Center for Particle and Astrophysics, Universe Cluster, Garching
60CADComputer Aided Design
61CADCCanadian Astronomy Data Centre
62CAPjCommunicating Astronomy with the Public Journal
63CARLAClusters Around Radio-Loud AGN (Spitzer)
64CASACommon Astronomy Software Applications (ALMA)
65CBRcosmic background radiation
66CCDCharge Coupled Device
67CDRCritical Design Review
68CDSCentre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg (Strasbourg astronomical Data Center)
69CEACommissariat à LEnergie Atomique, France
70CELAC_EUSummit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean StatesEuropean Union
71CESCoude Echelle Spectrometer
72CfPCall for Proposal
73CfTCall for tender
74CGMCircumgalactic medium
75CHAMP+Dual channel heterodyne receiver array (APEX)
76CLIFConvolution with Linearized Inverse Filter algorithm for wavefront sensing
77CLPChilean Peso
78CMcenter of mass
79CMBCosmic Microwave Background
80CMBRCosmic Microwave Background Radiation
81CMECoronal Mass Ejection (usually Sun)
82CNAMConservatoire National des Arts et Métiers
83CNRSCentre national de la recherche scientifique
84COCarbon monoxide
85COCarried Over budget
86COFUNDEU fellowship funding programme
87CONDOR1.5 THz heterodyne receiver (APEX)
88CONICACOudé Near-Infrared CAmera (VLT)
89CORALIEEchelle Spectrograph on the 1.2-metre Leonard Euler Swiss telescope
90CoRoTCOnvection ROtation and planetary Transits (French Satellite)
91COSMOSHST survey programme
92Cou-Council Document
93CPCalibration Programme
94CPIConsumer Price Index
95CRIRES+Planned upgrade to CRIRES
96CRIRESCryogenic InfraRed Echelle Spectrometer (VLT)
97CSVCommissioning and Science Verification
98CTACherenkov Telescope Array
99CTA-SCherenkov Telescope Array South
100CTAOCherenkov Telescope Array Observatory
101CUBESCassegrain U-band Brazilian ESO Spectrograph
102CuReFast wavefront reconstruction algorithms for XAO with pyramid WFS
103CuReDFast wavefront reconstruction algorithms for XAO with pyramid WFS with pre-processing
104DCDirect Current
105DDSData DistributIOn middleware for SPARTA
106DDTDirectors Discretionary Time
107DFGDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
108DFS(VLT) Data Flow System
109DGDirector General
110DIGDeep Imaging Group (Vitacura)
111DLDelay Line (VLTI)
112DMOData Management and Operations Division
113DMSDome and Main Structure
114DRSDRS, formerly Boeing, detector manufacturer
115DSCDirectorate for Science
116DSMDeformable Secondary Mirror
117DSODepartment of Science Operations (ALMA)
118eAPDelectron Avalanche Photodiode Detector
119EASCEuropean ALMA Support Centre
120ECEuropean Commission
121ECRIEuropean Conference on Research Infrastructures
122EFOSC2ESO Faint Object Spectrograph and Camera (v.2)
123EIBEuropean Investment Bank
124EIROforumOrganisation consisting of the seven largest scientific European international organisations devoted to fostering mutual activities
125ELTExtremely Large Telescope
126EM&PJournal, Earth, Moon, and Planets
127EMACELT Management Advisory Committee
128EMBLEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory (Germany)
129EMMIESO Multi-Mode Instrument (NTT)
130ePODeducation and Public Outreach Department
131ERCEuropean Research Council
132ERISEnhanced Resolution Imager and Spectrograph
133ERPEnterprise Resource Planning (Administration software)
134ESACEuropean Science Advisory Committee (for ALMA)
135ESACEuropean Space Astronomy Centre (ESA, Spain)
136ESCELT Subcommittee
137ESEELT Science and Engineering
138ESMEuropean School Munich
139ESOEuropean Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere
140ESOFEuroscience Open Forum
141ESONESO Science Outreach Network
142ESPRESSOEchelle SPectrograph for Rocky Exoplanet- and Stable Spectroscopic Observations
143ESRCELT Standing Review Committee
144ETFELT Technical Facility
145EVALSOEnabling Virtual Access to Latin-american Southern Observatories
146EWASSEuropean Week of Astronomy and Space Science
147ExAJournal, Experimental Astronomy
148ExTrA(La Silla) Exoplanets in Transit and their Atmospheres
149FCFinance Committee
150FDRFinal Design Review
151FE IPTFront-End Integrated Project Team (ALMA)
152FEFront End
153FEAFinite Element Analysis
154FEEDFront-End Engineering Design (ELT)
155FEICFront End Integration Centre (ALMA)
156FEROSFibre-fed, Extended Range, Échelle Spectrograph (MPG/ESO 2.2-metre)
157FIATFacility (for) Infrared Arrays Testing
158FITSFlexible Image Transport System
159FLAMESFibre Large Array Multi Element Spectrograph (VLT)
160FORS1FOcal Reducer/low dispersion Spectrograph (VLT)-1
161FORS2FOcal Reducer/low dispersion Spectrograph (VLT)-2
162FOSFaint Object Spectrograph (HST)
163FPFabry-Perot
164FP6Sixth EC Framework Programme
165FP7Seventh EC Framework Programme
166FWHMFull Width at Half Maximum
167GALACSIGround Atmospheric Layer Adaptive Optics for Spectroscopic Imaging (AOF)
168GIRAFFEFibre-fed multi-object spectrograph and part of the VLT FLAMES facility
169GLAOGround Layer Adaptive Optics
170gNLTGarching Night Log Tool
171GRAALGRound-layer Adaptive optics Assisted by Lasers (AOF)
172GRAVITYAO assisted, two-object, multiple-beam-combiner (VLTI)
173GRONDGamma-Ray Burst Optical/Near-Infrared Detector (MPG/ESO 2.2-metre)
174GTCGran Telescopio Canarias
175GTOGuaranteed Time for Observation
176GWhGigawatt hours
177GÉANTEuropean multi-gigabit computer network for research and education purposes
178H-LTAOHARMONI Laser Tomography Adaptive Optics
179H2020(EU) Horizon 2020 Programme
180HARMONIProposed first light integral field spectrograph for the ELT
181HARPSHigh Accuracy Radial Velocity Planetary Searcher (3.6-metre)
182HAWK-IHigh Acuity Wide field K-band Imager
183HCIHuman Computer Interface
184HIAHerzberg Institute of Astrophysics (Canada)
185HIRES(ELT) HIgh REsolution Spectrograph
186HODMHigh Order Deformable Mirror
187HSTHubble Space Telescope
188HVACHeating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning
189IAGInstitute of Astronomy, Geophysics and Atmospheric Sciences (Brazil)
190IAUInternational Astronomical Union
191IcarIcarus, Planetary science journal, Planetary science journal
192IFSIntegral Field Spectrograph (SPHERE, ELT)
193IFUIntegral Field Unit
194INAFItalian National Institute for Astrophysics
195INRIAInstitut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique
196IPAGInstitut de Planetologie et dAstrophysique de Grenoble
197IPC(Chilean) Índice de Precios al Consumidor
198IPPMax-Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (Germany)
199IPSASInternational Public Sector Accounting Standards
200IPTIntegrated Product Team (ALMA)
201IRInfrared
202IRAMInstitut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique
203IRDISInfraRed Dual-beam Imager and Spectrograph (SPHERE, ELT)
204IRISVLTI Infrared Image Sensor
205IRLOSInfraRed Low Order Sensor
206IROInternational Relations Office
207ISAACInfrared Spectrometer And Array Camera (VLT)
208ISERDIsraeli inter-ministerial agency for R&D cooperation with Europe
209ISMInternational Staff Member
210ISSInternational Space Station
211ITInformation Technology
212ITARInternational Traffic in Arms Regulations
213ITERInternational Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
214IVOAInternational Virtual Observatory Alliance
215IVSLAIstituto Veneto di Scienze ed Arti
216IYA2009International Year of Astronomy 2009
217JAOJoint ALMA Observatory
218JENAMJoint European and National Astronomy Meeting
219JPLJet Propulsion Laboratory
220JUICEJUpiter ICy moons Explorer
221JWSTJames Webb Space Telescope
222kkilo/1,000
223KIDS(VST) Kilo-Degree Survey
224KMOSK-band Multi-Object Spectrograph (VLT)
225KTSKlaus Tschira Stiftung
226KueyanVLT Unit Telescope 2
227LABOCALarge APEX Bolometer CAmera
228LAOGLaboratoire d'Astrophysique de l'Observatoire de Grenoble
229LCSLocal Control System
230LEOLow Earth Orbit
231LFCLaser Frequency Comb
232LGSLaser Guide Star
233LGSFLaser Guide Star Facility
234LMCLarge Magellanic Cloud
235LMULudwig-Maximilians-Universität München
236LN2Liquid nitrogen
237LOFARLow Frequency Array
238LOPSLocal Optical Phasing Sensor
239LPLarge Programme
240LPGLiquefied Petroleum Gas
241LPOLa Silla ­Paranal Observatory
242LSMLocal Staff Members
243LSPLa Silla ­Paranal Subcommittee
244LTAOLaser Tomography Adaptive Optics
245LVSMLarge Visible Sensor Module
246M#Mirror #
247Mmillion/1,000,000
248MACAOMultiple Application Curvature Adaptive Optic
249MACCONMotion controller manufacturer
250MADMulti-conjugate Adaptive optics Demonstrator
251MAORY(ELT) Multi-conjugate Adaptive Optics RelaY
252masmilliarcseconds
253MASCOTMini All-Sky Cloud Observation Tool (Paranal)
254MATISSEMulti AperTure mid-Infrared SpectroScopic Experiment (VLTI)
255MCAOMulti-Conjugate Adaptive Optics
256MelipalVLT Unit Telescope 3
257MELTMinuscule ELT
258MENLO systemsOptical equipment manufacturer
259MERACMobilising European Research in Astrophysics and Cosmology
260MERILMapping the European Research Infrastructure Landscape
261METISMid-infrared ELT Imager and Spectrograph
262MICADOAdaptive optics imaging camera (ELT)
263MIDIMid-infrared Interferometric Instrument (VLTI)
264MIMMuseo Interactivo Mirador, Santiago
265MITMassachusetts Institute of Technology
266mmVLBIMillimeter Very Long Baseline Interferometry
267MnMirror #n
268MNRASJournal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
269MOAOMultiple-Object Adaptive Optics
270MOONSMulti Object Optical and Near-infrared Spectrograph (VLT third generation)
271MOS(ELT) Multi-Object Spectroscopy
272MOSAIC(ELT) Multi-Object Spectrograph (Multi-Object Spectrograph for Astrophysics, Intergalactic medium studies and Cosmology)
273MOSFIRENear-infrared multi-object spectrograph (Keck)
274MPAMax Planck Institute for Astrophysics
275MPEMax Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
276MPGMax-Planck-Gesellschaft
277MPIAMax Planck Institute for Astronomy
278MPIfRMax-Planck Institute for Radioastronomy (Germany)
279MSMember State(s)
280MTMMT Mechatronics (European company of high technology, engineering and maintenance services)
281MUSEMulti Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (VLT)
282NACONAOS-CONICA (VLT)
283NAOJNational Astronomical Observatory of Japan
284NAOMIAdaptive optics system for the ATs (VLTI)
285NAOSNasmyth Adaptive Optics System (VLT)
286NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
287NAVNavision
288NDFNon-Deliverable Forward Agreement
289NEARNew Earths in the Alpha Cen Region experiment
290NEONear-Earth Object
291NewAJournal, New Astronomy
292NewARJournal, New Astronomy Reviews
293NFMNarrow Field Mode
294NGCNew General Catalogue
295NGCNew General detector Controller
296NGSDProposed large natural/laser guide star WFS detector (ELT)
297NGTSNext Generation Transit Survey
298NINSNational Institutes of Natural Sciences
299NIRPS(NNT) Near Infra Red Planet Searcher
300NOVAThe Netherlands Research School for Astronomy (Nederlandse Onderzoekschool voor Astronomie)
301NRAONational Radio Astronomy Observatory
302NSFNational Science Foundation
303NTTNew Technology Telescope
304NUVANetwork for UltraViolet Astrophysics
305OAAArcetri Astrophysical Observatory
306OBAMAOptical Bidule for Aberration Measurement on the ATs
307OCA-NICECote dAzur Observatory (Observatoire de la Cote dAzur)
308ODGOffice of the Director General
309OECDOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
310OmegaCAMOptical Camera for the VST
311OPCObserving Programmes Committee
312OPOObserving Programmes Office
313OPTICONOptical Infrared Coordination Network for Astronomy
314OSFALMA Operations Support Facilities
315OSOOnsala Space Observatory
316OTObserving Tool
317OTSOperations Technical Support
318P&SSJournal, Planetary and Space Science
319P2PPPeer to Peer Protocol
320P86Observing Period 86
321P87Observing Period 87
322PAProduct Assurance
323PACProvisional Acceptance Chile
324PACMANFringe tracker for PRIMA (VLTI)
325PAEProvisional Acceptance Europe
326PARLAPAranal Raman Laser, replacement for PARSEC (VLTI)
327PARSECSodium line laser for VLT AO
328PASJJournal, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
329PASPJournal, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
330PDRPreliminary Design Review
331PESSTOPublic ESO Spectroscopic Survey of Transient Objects
332PFS(ELT) Pre-Focal Station
333PFS-A(ELT) Pre-Focal Station for Nasmyth A
334PhDDoctor of Philosophy
335PIPrincipal Investigator
336PIOPublic Information Officer
337PIONIERVLTI visitor instrument
338PIPParanal Instrumentation Programme
339PLCProgrammable Logic Controllers (ELT)
340PMDProject Management Department
341PMPDPerformance Management and Professional Development
342PRIMAPhase-Referenced Imaging and Micro-arcsecond Astrometry facility (VLTI)
343PSFPoint Spread Function
344PTPPrecision Time Protocol
345QQuarter
346QSOQuasi Stellar Object, quasar
347QUESTQUasar Equatorial Survey Team
348R&DResearch and Development
349RABReflector Assembly Building
350RALRutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot (UK)
351RCLRadioastronomy Chajnantor Limitada
352RedCLARALatin American Advanced Networks Cooperation (Academic data network in Latin America)
353REMRapid Eye Mount Telescope (La Silla)
354REUNARed Universitaria Nacional (Academic data network in Chile)
355RMRossiter-McClaughlin (effect)
356RMNReflective Memory Network (VLTI)
357rmsRoot Mean Square
358SABOCAShortwave Apex BOlometer Camera
359SACEURO-VO Science Advisory Committee
360SAFScience Archive Facility
361SAFRAN-REOSCHigh performance optics company
362SAPHIRADetector for the GRAVITY wavefront sensor
363SAXOSPHERES AO system (VLT)
364SCAOSingle-conjugate adaptive optics
365SCOSantiago Central Office (ALMA/ESO Vitacura)
366SDDSoftware Development Division
367SDSSSloan Digital Sky Survey
368SEPIASwedish ESO PI receiver for APEX
369SHFISwedish Heterodyne Facility Instrument
370SiC(ELT) SiliconCarbide-mirrorsubstrate
371SINFONISpectrograph for INtegral Field Observations in the Near Infrared (VLT)
372SKASquare Kilometer Array
373SMService Mode (observing)
374SM4Servicing Mission 4 (HST)
375SMBHSupermassive black hole
376SOFISOn oF Isaac (NTT)
377SOPHIESpectrographe pour lObservation des Phénomènes des Intérieurs stellaires et des Exoplanètes
378SOXS(NTT) Son Of X-Shooter
379SPARTAReal-time computer for the AOF
380SPCScientific Personnel Committee
381SPECULOOS(Paranal) Search for habitable Planets EClipsing ULtra-cOOl Stars
382SPHERESpectro-Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet Research instrument (VLT)
383SPIFFISPectrometer for Infrared Faint Field Imaging
384SPTSouth Pole Telescope
385SSDFScience Support Discretionary Fund
386SSEDSoftware System Engineering Department
387SSWGScience Strategy Working Group
388ST-ECFSpace Telescope European Coordination Facility
389STCScientific Technical Committee
390STFCScience and Technology Facilities Council (UK)
391STRAPTip-tilt sensors (VLTI)
392STScISpace Telescope Science Institute (USA)
393sub-mmsubmillimetre
394SUSI2Superb Seeing Imager 2 (NTT)
395TAROTTélescope à Action Rapide pour les Objets Transitoires
396TAROT-STélescopes à Action Rapide pour les Objets Transitoires South
397TBTTest-Bed Telescope
398TECTechnology Division
399telbibESO library telescope bibliography database
400TFBTunable Filter Bank (ALMA)
401TIMMITIMMI far-infrared camera (ESO 3.6-metre telescope)
402ToOTarget of Opportunity
403TRAPPISTTRAnsiting Planets and PlanetesImals Small Telescope
404TRRTest Readiness Review
405UCUsers Committee
406UK ATCUK Astronomy Technology Centre
407UltracamHigh-speed camera (VLT)
408UltraVISTAUltra-deep near-infrared survey in the COSMOS field
409UNCOPUOSUnited Nations Committee for the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
410USMUniversity Observatory Munich
411UTUnit Telescope of the VLT
412UT14VLT Unit Telescopes 14: Antu, Kueyen, Melipal and Yepun
413UVUltraViolet
414UVESUV-Visual Echelle Spectrograph (VLT)
415VERTEX(APEX) VERTEX Antennentechnik GmbH, Duisburg (Germany)
416VHSVISTA Hemisphere Survey
417VIDEOVISTA Deep Extragalactic Observations Survey
418VIKINGVISTA Kilo-degree Infrared Galaxy survey
419VIMOSVIsible MultiObject Spectrograph (VLT)
420VINCIVLT INterferometer Commissioning Instrument (VLTI)
421VIPERSVIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey
422VIRCAMVISTA Infrared Camera
423VISAVLTI Sub-Array
424VISIRVLT Mid-Infrared Imager Spectrometer
425VISTAVisible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy
426VLTVery Large Telescope
427VLT/IVery Large Telescope and its Interferometer
428VLTIVery Large Telescope Interferometer
429VLTI-PR#VLTI projects
430VMVisitor Mode (observing)
431VMCVISTA survey of the Magellanic Cloud system
432VOVirtual Observatory
433VOPVirtual Observatory Project Office
434VPHAS+VST Photometric Hα Survey
435VSSVariability Sky Survey
436VSTVLT Survey Telescope
437VVDSVIMOS VLT Deep Survey
438VVVESO public survey VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea
439WASPWide Angle Search for Planets survey
440WFCAMInfrared wide field camera for the UK Infrared Telescope on Mauna Kea
441WFIWide Field Imager (MPG/ESO 2.2-metre)
442WiFiWireless Fidelity
443WVRWater Vapour Radiometer (ALMA)
444X-shooterWideband ultraviolet-infrared single target spectrograph (VLT)
445XAOExtreme adaptive optics
446XMM-NewtonX-ray Multi-Mirror satellite (ESA)
447YepunVLT Unit Telescope 4
448Z-SpecMillimetre-wave spectrograph (APEX visitor instrument)
449zCOSMOSLarge Programme to measure 30 000 galaxies in the HST Cosmic Origins field
450ZIMPOLZurich Imaging Polarimeter (SPHERE, ELT)
451ΛCDMLambda Cold Dark Matter
452μmMicrometre