AAO |
Anglo-Australian
Observatory |
Astron Astrophys |
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Journal |
Astron Astrophys
Suppl |
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Journal Supplement Series |
Astron J |
Astronomical Journal |
Astron Soc Pac
Conf Ser |
Astronomical Society
of the Pacific Conference Series |
Astrophys J |
Astrophysical Journal |
Astrophys J Suppl |
Astrophysical Journal
Supplement Series |
Astrophys Space
Science |
Astrophysics and
Space Science Journal |
AU |
Astronomical Unit
(1.496×108 km) |
AUTOFIB |
Autofib Fibre Positioner |
Aux |
Auxiliary Port at
the WHT Cassegrain focus |
Bull Am Astron
Soc |
Bulletin of the American
Astronomical Society |
Cass |
Cassegrain focus |
CAT |
Comité para
la Asignación de Tiempos (Spanish panel for the allocationof telescope
time) |
CCD |
Charge-Coupled Device |
CCI |
Comité Científico
Internacional (International Scientific Committee) for Astrophysics |
CfA |
Harvard-Smithsonian
Centre for Astrophysics |
CIRSI |
Cambridge Infra Red
Survey Instrument |
DAS |
Data Acquisition
System |
DIAS |
Dublin Institute
for Advanced Studies |
DIMM |
Differential Image
Motion Monitor |
ELECTRA |
Enhanced Light Efficiency
Cophasing Telescope Resolution Actuator |
ESA |
European Space Agency |
ESTEC |
European Space Technology
Centre |
FOS |
Faint Object Spectrograph |
FWHM |
Full Width Half Maximum |
GHRIL |
Ground Based High
Resolution Imaging Laboratory |
HST |
Hubble Space Telescope |
IAA |
Instituto de Astrofísica
de Andalucía |
IAC |
Instituto de Astrofísica
de Canarias |
IAU |
International Astronomical
Union |
IAU |
Circ IAU Circular |
IAUNAM |
Instituto de Astronomía
de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico |
IC |
Imperial College |
ICS |
Instrument Control
System |
ICSTM |
Imperial College
of Science, Technology and Medicine |
IDS |
Intermediate Dispersion
Spectrograph |
IFCA |
Instituto de Física
de Cantabria |
IMAFF |
Institutode Matemáticas
y Física Fundamental, Madrid |
INAOE |
InstitutoNacional
de Astrofísica, Optica y Electrónica, Mexico |
Inf Bull Variable
Stars |
Information Bulletin
on Variable Stars |
ING |
Isaac Newton Group |
ING Newsl |
ING Newsletter |
INGRID |
ING Red Imaging Device |
Int Astron Union
Symp |
International Astronomical
Union Symposium |
INT |
Isaac Newton Telescope |
INTEGRAL |
Integral field fibre
feed for WYFFOS |
IoA |
Institute of Astronomy |
IR |
Infrared |
Irish Astron J |
Irish Astronomical
Journal |
ISIS |
ISIS double spectrograph |
ITP |
International Time
Programme |
JAG |
JKT Acquisition and
Guiding Unit |
JKT |
Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope |
JOSE |
Joint Observatories
Seeing Evaluation programme |
JSC |
Joint Steering Committee |
LAEFF |
Laboratory for Space
Astrophysics and Fundamental Physics |
LDSS |
Low Dispersion Survey
Spectrograph |
LIRIS |
Long-Slit Intermediate-Resolution
Infrared Spectrograph |
LJMU |
Liverpool John Moores
University |
MARTINI |
Multi-Aperture Real
Time Image Normalisation Instrument |
MCCD |
Mosaic CCD camera
or National Astronomical Observatory of Japan camera |
Mem Soc Astron
Ital |
Memorie della Società
Astronomica Italiana |
MNRAS |
Monthly Notices of
the Royal Astronomical Society |
MOMI |
Manchester Occulting
Mask Imager |
MPIA |
Max Planck Institute
of Astrophysics |
MSSL |
Mullard Space Science
Laboratory |
MSSSO |
Mount Stromlo and
Siding Spring Observatories |
Musicos |
Multi-SIte COntinuous
Spectroscopy (fibre spectrograph on the INT) |
NAOMI |
Natural guide star
Adaptive Optics system for Multiple-Purpose Instrumentation |
NBST |
National Board of
Science and Technology of Ireland |
New Astron |
New Astronomy Journal |
New Astron Rev |
New Astronomy Review |
NRAL |
National Radio Astronomy
Laboratory |
NWO |
Nederlandse Organisatie
voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek |
OAN |
Observatorio Astronómico
Nacional |
OASIS |
OASIS Integral Field
Spectrograph |
OAT |
Observatorio Astronomico
de Trieste |
ORM |
Observatorio del
Roque de Los Muchachos (Roque de los Muchachos Observatory) |
PASA |
Publications of the
Astronomical Society of Australia |
PASP |
Publications of the
Astronomical Society of the Pacific |
PATT |
Panel for the Allocation
of Telescope Time |
PF |
Prime Focus |
PFC |
Prime Focus Camera |
Planet Space Sci |
Planetary and Space
Science Journal |
PP |
People's Photometer |
PPARC |
Particle Physics
and Astronomy Research Council |
Proc |
Proceedings |
QMW |
Queen Mary and Westfield
College |
QUB |
Queen's University
Belfast |
RBS |
Richardson-Brealy
Spectrograph |
RGO |
Royal Greenwich Observatory |
RAL |
Rutherford Appleton
Laboratory |
SAURON |
Spectrographic Areal
Unit for Research on Optical Nebulae |
S-Cam |
Super-conducting
Tunnel Junction Camera |
Space Sci Rev |
Space Science Reviews |
SPIE |
Society of Photo-Optical
Instrumentation Engineers |
STScI |
Space Telescope Science
Institute |
TAG |
Time Allocation Group |
TAURUS |
TAURUS Fabry-Perot
spectrograph or imager |
TCS |
Telescope Control
System |
TRIFFID |
Galway/DIAS Image
Sharpening Camera |
UCL |
University College
London |
UCLAN |
University of Central
Lancashire |
UCM |
Universidad Complutense
de Madrid |
UES |
Utrecht Echelle Spectrograph |
UKIRT |
United Kingdom Infrared
Telescope |
WHIRCAM |
William Herschel
Infrared Camera |
WFC |
Wide Field Camera |
WFS |
Wide Field Surveys
with the WFC |
WHT |
William Herschel
Telescope |
WYFFOS |
Wide Field Fibre
Optics Spectrograph |
ZAMS |
Zero-Age Main Sequence |