| 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 allocation of 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 |
| Fib |
AUTOFIB fibre positioner |
| 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 |
Instituto de Matemáticas y Física
Fundamental, Madrid |
| INAOE |
Instituto Nacional 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 |
| STJ |
Superconducting Tunnel Junction |
| 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 |
