| 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 Series |
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 allocation of telescope time) |
| CCD |
Charge-Coupled Device |
| CCI |
Comité Científico
Internacional (International Scientific Committee) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| IAU |
International Astronomical Union |
| IAU Circ |
IAU Circular |
| IC |
Imperial College |
| ICS |
Instrument Control System |
| ICSTM |
Imperial College of Science,
Technology and Medicine |
| IDS |
Intermediate Dispersion
Spectrograph |
| ING |
Isaac Newton Group |
| INGRID |
ING Red Imaging Device |
| Int Astron Union Symp |
IAU Symposia |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| NWO |
Nederlandse Organisatie
voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek |
| OAN |
Observatorio Astronómico
Nacional |
| 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 Science |
Planetary and Space Science Journal |
| PP |
People's Photometer |
| PPARC |
Particle Physics and Astronomy
Research Council |
| Proc |
Proceedings |
| RBS |
Richardson-Brealy Spectrograph |
| RGO |
Royal Greenwich Observatory |
| RAL |
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory |
| 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 |
| TCS |
Telescope Control System |
| TRIFFID |
Galway/DIAS Image Sharpening
Camera |
| UCLAN |
University of Central Lancashire |
| 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 |
