| Astron Astrophys |
Astronomy and Astrophysics Journal |
| Astron Astrophys Suppl |
Astronomy and Astrophysics Journal
Supplement Series |
| Astron J |
Astronomical Journal |
| 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) |
| 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 allocation of telescope time) |
| CCD |
Charge-Coupled Device |
| CCI |
Comité Científico Internacional
(International Scientific Committee) |
| 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 |
| Fib |
AUTOFIB fibre positioner |
| FOS |
Faint Object Spectrograph |
| FWHM |
Full Width Half Maximum |
| GHRIL |
Ground Based High Resolution Imaging
Laboratory |
| HST |
Hubble Space Telescope |
| IAC |
Instituto de Astrofísica de
Canarias |
| ICS |
Instrument Control System |
| IDS |
Intermediate Dispersion Spectrograph |
| ING |
Isaac Newton Group |
| INGRID |
ING Red Imaging Device |
| INT |
Isaac Newton Telescope |
| INTEGRAL |
Integral field fibre feed for WYFFOS |
| IR |
Infrared |
| Irish Astron J |
Irish Astronomical Journal |
| ISIS |
ISIS double spectrograph |
| ITP |
International Time Programme |
| JKT |
Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope |
| JOSE |
Joint Observatories Seeing Evaluation
programme |
| JSC |
Joint Steering Committee |
| LDSS |
Low Dispersion Survey Spectrograph |
| LIRIS |
Long-Slit Intermediate-Resolution Infrared
Spectrograph |
| MARTINI |
Multi-Aperture Real Time Image Normalisation
Instrument |
| Mem Soc Astron Ital |
Memorie della Società Astronomica
Italiana |
| MNRAS |
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society |
| NAOMI |
Natural guide star Adaptive Optics
system for Multiple-Purpose Instrumentation |
| NBST |
National Board of Science and Technology
of Ireland |
| NWO |
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk
Onderzoek |
| 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 |
| PP |
People's Photometer |
| PPARC |
Particle Physics and Astronomy Research
Council |
| RBS |
Richardson-Brealy Spectrograph |
| RGO |
Royal Greenwich Observatory |
| TAG |
Time Allocation Group |
| TAURUS |
TAURUS Fabry-Perot spectrograph |
| TCS |
Telescope Control System |
| UES |
Utrecht Echelle Spectrograph |
| UKIRT |
United Kingdom Infrared Telescope |
| WHIRCAM |
William Herschel Infrared Camera |
| WFC |
Wide Field Camera |
| WHT |
William Herschel Telescope |
| WYFFOS |
Wide Field Fibre Optics Spectrograph |
| ZAMS |
Zero-Age Main Sequence |
