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