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