| burst and transient source experiment | BATSE | 633 | 28 | 1.859178 | 9701162,9701098,etc |
| all sky monitor | ASM | 239 | 24 | 1.502294 | 9701027,9701098,etc |
| kolmogorov smirnov | K-S | 99 | 23 | 1.174223 | 9702112,9702185,etc |
| faint object spectrograph | FOS | 246 | 21 | 1.763091 | 9702106,9702207,etc |
| low surface brightness | LSB | 744 | 20 | 1.502915 | 9701175,9701051,etc |
| high resolution imager | HRI | 251 | 20 | 1.351568 | 9703083,9703018,etc |
| inverse compton | IC | 234 | 19 | 1.317473 | 9703150,9703187,etc |
| rosat all sky survey | RASS | 219 | 19 | 1.580472 | 9704065,9704281,etc |
| proportional counter array | PCA | 141 | 17 | 1.883606 | 9703019,9703175,etc |
| tully fisher | TF | 241 | 15 | 1.801713 | 9701155,9701244,etc |
| particle mesh | PM | 395 | 15 | 1.868037 | 9701170,9701195,etc |
| signal to noise | S/N | 56 | 14 | 1.000547 | 9703169,9703199,etc |
| hopkins ultraviolet telescope | HUT | 126 | 12 | 1.667234 | 9701157,9701235,etc |
| sunyaev zel'dovich | S-Z | 278 | 11 | 2.002225 | 9702224,9702196,etc |
| standard cdm | SCDM | 122 | 11 | 1.819095 | 9702086,9702154,etc |
| low energy concentrator spectrometer | LECS | 192 | 11 | 1.185764 | 9706188,9706009,etc |
| wolf rayet | WR | 410 | 11 | 1.457106 | 9706235,9706122,etc |
| space telescope imaging spectrograph | STIS | 104 | 11 | 2.001841 | 9709109,9709034,etc |
| dwarf irregular | dIrr | 116 | 10 | 1.701008 | 9704031,9704104,etc |
| wide field planetary camera 2 | WFPC2 | 98 | 10 | 1.501875 | 9704212,9704012,etc |
| extended medium sensitivity survey | EMSS | 136 | 9 | 1.556589 | 9703018,9703176,etc |
| black hole candidate | BHC | 68 | 9 | 1.55625 | 9705108,9705130,etc |
| colour magnitude diagram | CMD | 59 | 9 | 1.445404 | 9707076,9707139,etc |
| synchrotron self compton | SSC | 39 | 8 | 1.000865 | 9702096,9702197,etc |
| narrow emission line galaxy | NELG | 45 | 8 | 1.375831 | 9704147,9704128,etc |
| wide field camera | WFC | 38 | 8 | 1.251343 | 9707216,9707282,etc |
| solid state spectrometer | SIS | 25 | 7 | 1.286759 | 9701122,9701123,etc |
| standard cold dark matter | sCDM | 108 | 7 | 1.286788 | 9702166,9702218,etc |
| dwarf elliptical | dE | 200 | 7 | 1.431509 | 9705129,9705139,etc |
| period luminosity | PL | 91 | 7 | 1.715845 | 9706097,9706096,etc |
| post asymptotic giant branch | P-AGB | 116 | 6 | 1.667791 | 9701157,9701235,etc |
| hardness intensity diagram | HID | 118 | 6 | 1.668336 | 9704229,9704055,etc |
| faint object camera | FOC | 45 | 6 | 1.667621 | 9704077,9704173,etc |
| smooth particle hydrodynamics | SPH | 60 | 6 | 1.001351 | 9704009,9704277,etc |
| low resolution imaging spectrograph | LRIS | 26 | 6 | 1.333535 | 9704090,9704051,etc |
| galactic black hole candidates | GBHC | 13 | 6 | 1.000669 | 9705254,9705136,etc |
| science verification phase | SVP | 16 | 6 | 1.000456 | 9707056,9707148,etc |
| gas imaging spectrometers | GIS | 47 | 6 | 2.000758 | 9707117,9707010,etc |
| high energy x ray timing experiment | HEXTE | 92 | 6 | 1.667865 | 9707322,9707110,etc |
| compact steep spectrum | CSS | 50 | 6 | 1.336743 | 9708050,9708049,etc |
| gas imaging spectrometer | GIS | 21 | 5 | 1.400986 | 9701122,9701123,etc |
| intermediate dispersion spectrograph | IDS | 13 | 5 | 1.600296 | 9702217,9702127,etc |
| color magnitude | CM | 94 | 5 | 2.001654 | 9705005,9705160,etc |
| broad emission line region | BELR | 27 | 5 | 1.600659 | 9705158,9705048,etc |
| very high energy | VHE | 57 | 5 | 2.002132 | 9706144,9706143,etc |
| cosmic infrared background | CIB | 48 | 5 | 1.401989 | 9707295,9707217,etc |
| goddard high resolution spectrograph | GHRS | 91 | 5 | 2.002634 | 9707157,9707306,etc |
| friends of friends | FOF | 74 | 5 | 1.402972 | 9711116,9711114,etc |
| optical transient | OT | 60 | 5 | 1.404387 | 9711064,9711245,etc |
| pioneer venus orbiter | PVO | 44 | 4 | 1.50022 | 9701162,9701111,etc |
| sunyaev zel'dovich infrared experiment | SuZIE | 76 | 4 | 2.00088 | 9702224,9702196,etc |
| gamma ray optical counterpart search experiment | GROCSE | 81 | 4 | 1.501572 | 9702240,9702168,etc |
| photodissociation region | PDR | 45 | 4 | 1.501853 | 9702091,9702118,etc |
| one dimensional | 1-D | 14 | 4 | 1.000111 | 9703106,9703085,etc |
| michigan dartmouth mit | MDM | 15 | 4 | 1.501429 | 9703163,9703124,etc |
| auto correlation function | ACF | 28 | 4 | 1.500449 | 9703043,9703091,etc |
| normal branch | NB | 220 | 4 | 1.503521 | 9704229,9704055,etc |
| flaring branch | FB | 152 | 4 | 1.5021 | 9704229,9704055,etc |
| total variation diminishing | TVD | 39 | 4 | 1.500717 | 9704258,9704171,etc |
| einstein de sitter | EdS | 20 | 4 | 1.50068 | 9705014,9705139,etc |
| magellanic cloud | MC | 315 | 4 | 2.003272 | 9706183,9706075,etc |
| solid state imaging spectrometers | SIS | 55 | 4 | 1.500446 | 9706189,9706058,etc |
| magneto hydrodynamic | MHD | 47 | 4 | 2.000271 | 9706177,9706176,etc |
| nasa extragalactic database | NED | 9 | 4 | 1.000102 | 9707109,9707306,etc |
| large area detector | LAD | 36 | 4 | 2.000581 | 9707282,9707125,etc |
| canadian network for observational cosmology | CNOC | 16 | 4 | 1.50051 | 9707285,9707339,etc |
| ministry of university, scientific research and technology | MURST | 4 | 4 | 1.000087 | 9707185,9707043,etc |
| gigahertz peaked spectrum | GPS | 25 | 4 | 1.500872 | 9708050,9708049,etc |
| wide field and planetary camera 2 | WFPC2 | 35 | 4 | 2.000201 | 9708025,9708056,etc |
| friedmann robertson walker | FRW | 28 | 4 | 1.00104 | 9708057,9708069,etc |
| center of excellence | COE | 4 | 4 | 1.000072 | 9708088,9708121,etc |
| power density spectrum | PDS | 53 | 4 | 1.501864 | 9710284,9710283,etc |
| deutsche agentur f"ur raumfahrtangelegenheiten | DARA | 5 | 4 | 1.000236 | 9711345,9711171,etc |
| narrow line seyfert 1 galaxies | NLS1 | 54 | 4 | 2.001646 | 9711158,9711047,etc |
| narrow field instruments | NFI | 12 | 4 | 1.000241 | 9711295,9711145,etc |
| x ray luminosity function | XLF | 54 | 3 | 2.006048 | 9701179,9701201,etc |
| intracluster | IC | 112 | 3 | 2.001561 | 9702224,9702222,etc |
| right ascension offset | RAO | 47 | 3 | 2.001098 | 9702224,9702222,etc |
| ultraviolet imaging telescope | UIT | 163 | 3 | 2.004309 | 9704042,9704297,etc |
| two dimensional | 2D | 14 | 3 | 1.000062 | 9706043,9706132,etc |
| turn off | TO | 38 | 3 | 1.001605 | 9707180,9707076,etc |
| non equilibrium ionization | NEI | 20 | 3 | 2.00112 | 9707055,9707035,etc |
| two micron galactic survey | TMGS | 31 | 3 | 2.002875 | 9710240,9710197,etc |
| indian x ray astronomy experiment | IXAE | 15 | 3 | 1.000365 | 9710284,9710283,etc |
| global oscillations network group | GONG | 23 | 3 | 1.001799 | 9710245,9710131,etc |
| cold plus hot dark matter | CHDM | 93 | 3 | 2.007757 | 9710107,9710026,etc |
| large velocity gradient | LVG | 13 | 3 | 1.00025 | 9710225,9710040,etc |
| narrow field instrument | NFI | 15 | 3 | 1.001422 | 9711279,9711215,etc |
| viewing period | VP | 15 | 3 | 1.002504 | 9711345,9711111,etc |
| energetic x ray imaging survey telescope | EXIST | 136 | 3 | 2.002207 | 9712359,9712357,etc |
| cd zn te | CZT | 70 | 3 | 1.002574 | 9712359,9712357,etc |
| proportional counter unit | PCU | 13 | 3 | 2.000346 | 9712311,9712340,etc |
| deuterium to hydrogen ratio | D/H | 245 | 3 | 2.000741 | 9712109,9712265,etc |
| standard big bang nucleosynthesis | SBBN | 27 | 3 | 2.000226 | 9712109,9712136,etc |
| d/h absorption system | DHAS | 13 | 3 | 2.000457 | 9712109,9712265,etc |