| cosmic microwave background | CMB | 766 | 43 | 2.003779 | 0301563,0301615,etc |
| active galactic nucleus | AGN | 410 | 38 | 2.003369 | 0301040,0301057,etc |
| interstellar medium | ISM | 375 | 36 | 2.002745 | 0301126,0301569,etc |
| spectral energy distribution | SED | 312 | 28 | 2.002662 | 0301419,0301227,etc |
| nasa/ipac extragalactic database | NED | 43 | 27 | 1.000173 | 0301122,0301187,etc |
| gamma ray burst | GRB | 874 | 25 | 2.007559 | 0301644,0301342,etc |
| cold dark matter | CDM | 185 | 24 | 1.0012 | 0301293,0301655,etc |
| point spread function | PSF | 399 | 23 | 2.003119 | 0301122,0301218,etc |
| initial mass function | IMF | 337 | 23 | 2.002452 | 0301342,0301380,etc |
| star formation rate | SFR | 226 | 20 | 1.005421 | 0301532,0301380,etc |
| astrophysical research consortium | ARC | 27 | 18 | 1.000333 | 0301527,0301019,etc |
| max planck institute for astronomy | MPIA | 19 | 18 | 1.000128 | 0301527,0301019,etc |
| max planck institute for astrophysics | MPA | 18 | 18 | 1.000124 | 0301527,0301019,etc |
| sloan digital sky survey | SDSS | 540 | 16 | 2.00361 | 0301527,0301185,etc |
| supernova | SN | 1471 | 16 | 2.015067 | 0301644,0301236,etc |
| asymptotic giant branch | AGB | 143 | 15 | 1.001412 | 0301569,0301419,etc |
| luminosity function | LF | 470 | 13 | 1.005476 | 0301187,0301550,etc |
| intergalactic medium | IGM | 184 | 13 | 1.002243 | 0301635,0301293,etc |
| signal to noise ratio | SNR | 58 | 12 | 1.00115 | 0301227,0301480,etc |
| magnetohydrodynamic | MHD | 214 | 11 | 1.00222 | 0301060,0301462,etc |
| color magnitude diagram | CMD | 88 | 10 | 2.001876 | 0301532,0301001,etc |
| near infrared | NIR | 143 | 10 | 2.001082 | 0301300,0301616,etc |
| smoothed particle hydrodynamics | SPH | 81 | 10 | 1.002444 | 0301300,0301591,etc |
| main sequence | MS | 176 | 9 | 2.002498 | 0301569,0301380,etc |
| white dwarf | WD | 227 | 9 | 2.004242 | 0301380,0301415,etc |
| hubble space telescope | HST | 85 | 9 | 1.000898 | 0301187,0301157,etc |
| kolmogorov smirnov | KS | 82 | 9 | 1.001539 | 0301227,0301388,etc |
| low surface brightness | LSB | 160 | 9 | 2.006573 | 0301459,0301525,etc |
| large scale structure | LSS | 27 | 8 | 2.000823 | 0301527,0301562,etc |
| advanced ccd imaging spectrometer | ACIS | 44 | 8 | 1.001252 | 0301040,0301475,etc |
| planetary nebula | PN | 313 | 8 | 2.008244 | 0301129,0301204,etc |
| cataclysmic variable | CV | 70 | 8 | 1.003552 | 0301168,0301409,etc |
| infrared | IR | 152 | 8 | 1.003608 | 0301479,0301511,etc |
| equivalent width | EW | 111 | 7 | 1.002583 | 0301282,0301443,etc |
| red giant branch | RGB | 54 | 7 | 1.001351 | 0301419,0301550,etc |
| low mass x ray binary | LMXB | 49 | 7 | 1.000901 | 0301245,0301127,etc |
| quasi periodic oscillation | QPO | 62 | 7 | 2.006421 | 0301168,0301161,etc |
| digitized sky survey | DSS | 50 | 7 | 2.000739 | 0301275,0301001,etc |
| supernova remnant | SNR | 150 | 7 | 1.004095 | 0301514,0301205,etc |
| intracluster medium | ICM | 71 | 7 | 1.001106 | 0301459,0301468,etc |
| position angle | PA | 51 | 7 | 2.001614 | 0301177,0301144,etc |
| nobeyama radio observatory | NRO | 25 | 6 | 1.000384 | 0301126,0301511,etc |
| james clerk maxwell telescope | JCMT | 39 | 6 | 1.000647 | 0301126,0301610,etc |
| wolf rayet | WR | 50 | 6 | 1.003834 | 0301299,0301287,etc |
| horizontal branch | HB | 177 | 6 | 2.001769 | 0301419,0301550,etc |
| cosmic ray | CR | 195 | 6 | 1.006012 | 0301187,0301625,etc |
| young stellar object | YSO | 130 | 6 | 1.004388 | 0301429,0301445,etc |
| two micron all sky survey | 2MASS | 19 | 6 | 1.00083 | 0301227,0301275,etc |
| proportional counter array | PCA | 65 | 6 | 2.001589 | 0301090,0301208,etc |
| lyman break galaxy | LBG | 360 | 6 | 2.004301 | 0301121,0301097,etc |
| very long baseline interferometry | VLBI | 177 | 6 | 2.007029 | 0301580,0301465,etc |
| intra cluster medium | ICM | 94 | 6 | 2.002084 | 0301447,0301352,etc |
| giant molecular cloud | GMC | 52 | 5 | 1.000459 | 0301126,0301060,etc |
| large magellanic cloud | LMC | 121 | 5 | 2.003775 | 0301532,0301489,etc |
| ultraviolet | UV | 50 | 5 | 2.00179 | 0301380,0301415,etc |
| field of view | FOV | 12 | 5 | 1.00029 | 0301523,0301245,etc |
| neutron star | NS | 194 | 5 | 2.002369 | 0301245,0301161,etc |
| supermassive black hole | SMBH | 133 | 5 | 2.004381 | 0301231,0301365,etc |
| australia telescope compact array | ATCA | 16 | 5 | 2.000964 | 0301227,0301108,etc |
| very large array | VLA | 37 | 5 | 2.000782 | 0301206,0301377,etc |
| astronomical image processing system | AIPS | 13 | 5 | 1.000171 | 0301206,0301413,etc |
| equation of state | EOS | 247 | 5 | 2.005471 | 0301071,0301161,etc |
| signal to noise | S/N | 31 | 5 | 1.000251 | 0301029,0301048,etc |
| synchrotron self compton | SSC | 47 | 5 | 1.002136 | 0301431,0301333,etc |
| local thermodynamic equilibrium | LTE | 64 | 5 | 2.000468 | 0301124,0301161,etc |
| inverse compton | IC | 35 | 5 | 1.001863 | 0301479,0301205,etc |
| star formation | SF | 69 | 5 | 2.000669 | 0301388,0301616,etc |
| pre main sequence | PMS | 35 | 5 | 1.001804 | 0301254,0301478,etc |
| uk astrophysical fluids facility | UKAFF | 8 | 5 | 1.000741 | 0301620,0301619,etc |
| japan society for the promotion of science | JSPS | 8 | 5 | 1.000088 | 0301302,0301008,etc |
| intermediate polar | IP | 41 | 5 | 2.001227 | 0301557,0301654,etc |
| weakly interacting massive particle | WIMP | 25 | 5 | 2.00054 | 0301399,0301188,etc |
| space telescope imaging spectrograph | STIS | 33 | 5 | 1.000864 | 0301396,0301248,etc |
| optical transient | OT | 85 | 4 | 2.006278 | 0301644,0301342,etc |
| five college radio astronomy observatory | FCRAO | 13 | 4 | 2.000714 | 0301126,0301060,etc |
| two dimensional | 2D | 40 | 4 | 2.00096 | 0301218,0301093,etc |
| star formation rates | SFR | 18 | 4 | 1.00051 | 0301342,0301410,etc |
| fundamental plane | FP | 74 | 4 | 2.001952 | 0301626,0301647,etc |
| all sky monitor | ASM | 21 | 4 | 1.000628 | 0301245,0301208,etc |
| gamma ray bursts | GRB | 51 | 4 | 2.006489 | 0301039,0301549,etc |
| early data release | EDR | 46 | 4 | 1.000488 | 0301185,0301464,etc |
| 2df galaxy redshift survey | 2dFGRS | 107 | 4 | 2.001358 | 0301042,0301005,etc |
| accretion induced collapse | AIC | 79 | 4 | 2.003198 | 0301461,0301460,etc |
| reflection grating spectrometer | RGS | 31 | 4 | 2.002286 | 0301609,0301544,etc |
| luminous blue variable | LBV | 32 | 4 | 2.002197 | 0301287,0301621,etc |
| cosmic microwave background radiation | CMBR | 37 | 4 | 2.001455 | 0301431,0301164,etc |
| probability distribution function | PDF | 170 | 4 | 1.008668 | 0301093,0301186,etc |
| advection dominated accretion flow | ADAF | 78 | 4 | 2.003617 | 0301113,0301142,etc |
| adaptive optics | AO | 37 | 4 | 2.001205 | 0301095,0301311,etc |
| orthomode transducer | OMT | 36 | 4 | 2.000868 | 0301164,0301160,etc |
| interstellar matter | ISM | 42 | 4 | 2.001622 | 0301236,0301248,etc |
| rossi x ray timing explorer | RXTE | 40 | 4 | 1.001072 | 0301544,0301130,etc |
| full width at half maximum | FWHM | 8 | 4 | 1.000139 | 0301016,0301396,etc |
| radio frequency interference | RFI | 18 | 4 | 2.001042 | 0301158,0301418,etc |
| south african astronomical observatory | SAAO | 25 | 4 | 1.001872 | 0301324,0301219,etc |
| big bang nucleosynthesis | BBN | 21 | 4 | 2.000287 | 0301490,0301392,etc |
| globular clusters | GC | 22 | 3 | 2.000973 | 0301349,0301550,etc |
| ultra high energy cosmic ray | UHECR | 62 | 3 | 2.004091 | 0301497,0301640,etc |
| acousto optical spectrometer | AOS | 4 | 3 | 1.000649 | 0301126,0301511,etc |
| large velocity gradient | LVG | 44 | 3 | 2.000561 | 0301126,0301511,etc |
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