| cosmic microwave background | CMB | 794 | 41 | 1.004433 | 0205007,0205386,etc |
| spectral energy distribution | SED | 354 | 24 | 2.002593 | 0205401,0205494,etc |
| active galactic nucleus | AGN | 216 | 22 | 2.002115 | 0205510,0205290,etc |
| gamma ray burst | GRB | 586 | 21 | 2.008766 | 0205451,0205510,etc |
| interstellar medium | ISM | 115 | 21 | 2.001069 | 0205002,0205283,etc |
| nasa/ipac extragalactic database | NED | 34 | 19 | 1.000203 | 0205494,0205439,etc |
| cold dark matter | CDM | 254 | 18 | 1.001922 | 0205419,0205276,etc |
| initial mass function | IMF | 150 | 17 | 1.002492 | 0205130,0205371,etc |
| star formation rate | SFR | 244 | 17 | 2.003465 | 0205371,0205501,etc |
| luminosity function | LF | 299 | 15 | 2.00748 | 0205476,0205143,etc |
| point spread function | PSF | 150 | 13 | 2.001245 | 0205401,0205130,etc |
| sloan digital sky survey | SDSS | 198 | 13 | 2.002652 | 0205382,0205546,etc |
| supernova | SN | 411 | 13 | 2.006108 | 0205248,0205128,etc |
| signal to noise ratio | SNR | 71 | 11 | 1.000743 | 0205198,0205366,etc |
| hubble space telescope | HST | 61 | 11 | 2.001187 | 0205478,0205239,etc |
| large magellanic cloud | LMC | 455 | 11 | 2.005539 | 0205439,0205368,etc |
| asymptotic giant branch | AGB | 323 | 11 | 1.004694 | 0205472,0205376,etc |
| color magnitude diagram | CMD | 168 | 10 | 2.001996 | 0205130,0205496,etc |
| intergalactic medium | IGM | 151 | 9 | 2.002979 | 0205276,0205169,etc |
| main sequence | MS | 130 | 9 | 1.002243 | 0205498,0205248,etc |
| very large array | VLA | 45 | 8 | 1.000965 | 0205507,0205111,etc |
| full width at half maximum | FWHM | 44 | 8 | 2.000265 | 0205507,0205401,etc |
| large scale structure | LSS | 58 | 8 | 1.001679 | 0205386,0205428,etc |
| magnetohydrodynamic | MHD | 168 | 8 | 2.001799 | 0205290,0205002,etc |
| position angle | PA | 329 | 8 | 2.00467 | 0205433,0205469,etc |
| white dwarf | WD | 214 | 8 | 2.004989 | 0205153,0205501,etc |
| far infrared | FIR | 156 | 7 | 2.002925 | 0205401,0205439,etc |
| near infrared | NIR | 127 | 7 | 2.0021 | 0205401,0205366,etc |
| low mass x ray binary | LMXB | 49 | 7 | 1.000825 | 0205435,0205030,etc |
| cosmic microwave background radiation | CMBR | 93 | 7 | 2.002399 | 0205271,0205296,etc |
| sunyaev zel'dovich | SZ | 260 | 7 | 2.006681 | 0205467,0205295,etc |
| red giant branch | RGB | 237 | 7 | 2.002978 | 0205450,0205052,etc |
| infrared space observatory | ISO | 112 | 7 | 2.004958 | 0205400,0205022,etc |
| infrared | IR | 236 | 6 | 2.004441 | 0205510,0205401,etc |
| signal to noise | S/N | 28 | 6 | 1.000189 | 0205511,0205174,etc |
| young stellar object | YSO | 48 | 6 | 2.000316 | 0205465,0205400,etc |
| kolmogorov smirnov | KS | 13 | 6 | 1.000393 | 0205169,0205036,etc |
| high mass x ray binary | HMXB | 84 | 6 | 1.002892 | 0205371,0205454,etc |
| big bang nucleosynthesis | BBN | 88 | 6 | 2.003097 | 0205505,0205056,etc |
| supernova remnant | SNR | 91 | 6 | 2.004877 | 0205408,0205013,etc |
| digitized sky survey | DSS | 17 | 6 | 2.000383 | 0205196,0205493,etc |
| very small array | VSA | 211 | 6 | 2.003457 | 0205385,0205367,etc |
| equivalent width | EW | 46 | 6 | 1.000648 | 0205411,0205417,etc |
| equation of state | EOS | 56 | 5 | 2.001118 | 0205398,0205387,etc |
| fundamental plane | FP | 143 | 5 | 2.004134 | 0205518,0205193,etc |
| super star cluster | SSC | 95 | 5 | 1.003145 | 0205433,0205494,etc |
| proportional counter array | PCA | 26 | 5 | 2.00026 | 0205278,0205435,etc |
| owens valley radio observatory | OVRO | 42 | 5 | 2.000492 | 0205494,0205295,etc |
| giant molecular cloud | GMC | 64 | 5 | 1.002247 | 0205494,0205417,etc |
| black hole | BH | 195 | 5 | 1.008007 | 0205248,0205143,etc |
| star formation | SF | 43 | 5 | 2.001637 | 0205439,0205471,etc |
| ultraviolet | UV | 95 | 5 | 1.00829 | 0205439,0205080,etc |
| intracluster medium | ICM | 73 | 5 | 1.001227 | 0205037,0205350,etc |
| space telescope imaging spectrograph | STIS | 67 | 5 | 1.000961 | 0205082,0205416,etc |
| broad line region | BLR | 73 | 5 | 2.002991 | 0205407,0205252,etc |
| max planck institute for astrophysics | MPA | 5 | 5 | 1.000071 | 0205505,0205243,etc |
| x ray background | XRB | 64 | 5 | 1.002912 | 0205529,0205197,etc |
| lyman break galaxy | LBG | 163 | 5 | 2.005223 | 0205142,0205070,etc |
| blue compact galaxy | BCG | 215 | 5 | 1.004516 | 0205172,0205229,etc |
| cosmic background imager | CBI | 212 | 4 | 2.000533 | 0205386,0205385,etc |
| blue compact dwarf | BCD | 24 | 4 | 1.001415 | 0205433,0205472,etc |
| anglo australian telescope | AAT | 28 | 4 | 1.000332 | 0205039,0205009,etc |
| inverse compton | IC | 87 | 4 | 2.001437 | 0205405,0205375,etc |
| wolf rayet | WR | 178 | 4 | 2.008816 | 0205375,0205370,etc |
| local thermodynamic equilibrium | LTE | 66 | 4 | 2.001582 | 0205372,0205349,etc |
| two micron all sky survey | 2MASS | 14 | 4 | 1.000206 | 0205372,0205162,etc |
| nordic optical telescope | NOT | 15 | 4 | 2.000913 | 0205336,0205425,etc |
| low surface brightness | LSB | 15 | 4 | 1.000374 | 0205216,0205502,etc |
| astrophysical research consortium | ARC | 4 | 4 | 1.000015 | 0205243,0205490,etc |
| max planck institute for astronomy | MPIA | 4 | 4 | 1.000013 | 0205243,0205490,etc |
| supermassive black hole | SMBH | 92 | 4 | 2.003992 | 0205091,0205482,etc |
| dark matter | DM | 43 | 4 | 2.003858 | 0205245,0205471,etc |
| extensive air showers | EAS | 37 | 4 | 2.003221 | 0205260,0205015,etc |
| submillimetre common user bolometer array | SCUBA | 34 | 3 | 2.000255 | 0205328,0205457,etc |
| william herschel telescope | WHT | 35 | 3 | 2.000451 | 0205507,0205259,etc |
| phase dispersion minimization | PDM | 12 | 3 | 1.00027 | 0205392,0205338,etc |
| compton gamma ray observatory | CGRO | 4 | 3 | 1.000026 | 0205510,0205527,etc |
| energetic gamma ray experiment telescope | EGRET | 50 | 3 | 2.001596 | 0205510,0205375,etc |
| neutron star | NS | 76 | 3 | 2.003513 | 0205398,0205248,etc |
| equations of state | EOS | 46 | 3 | 2.002519 | 0205343,0205077,etc |
| magnetorotational instability | MRI | 146 | 3 | 2.003542 | 0205002,0205383,etc |
| circumstellar material | CSM | 25 | 3 | 1.004129 | 0205481,0205373,etc |
| kelvin helmholtz | K-H | 23 | 3 | 1.000143 | 0205465,0205377,etc |
| automatic plate measuring | APM | 6 | 3 | 1.000081 | 0205072,0205039,etc |
| 2df galaxy redshift survey | 2dFGRS | 38 | 3 | 2.003337 | 0205382,0205039,etc |
| zero age main sequence | ZAMS | 32 | 3 | 2.000938 | 0205435,0205248,etc |
| ultra high energy cosmic ray | UHECR | 40 | 3 | 2.001143 | 0205271,0205484,etc |
| greisen zatsepin kuzmin | GZK | 20 | 3 | 2.00174 | 0205271,0205059,etc |
| maximum entropy method | MEM | 27 | 3 | 2.002781 | 0205112,0205329,etc |
| anomalous x ray pulsar | AXP | 184 | 3 | 2.002464 | 0205310,0205212,etc |
| colour magnitude diagram | CMD | 64 | 3 | 2.001193 | 0205450,0205080,etc |
| national radio astronomy observatory | NRAO | 4 | 3 | 1.000043 | 0205169,0205196,etc |
| australia telescope compact array | ATCA | 23 | 3 | 1.000463 | 0205329,0205454,etc |
| small magellanic cloud | SMC | 21 | 3 | 1.00185 | 0205329,0205496,etc |
| far ultraviolet | FUV | 48 | 3 | 1.003276 | 0205439,0205332,etc |
| low mass x ray binaries | LMXB | 34 | 3 | 1.001861 | 0205160,0205175,etc |
| rossi x ray timing explorer | RXTE | 75 | 3 | 2.003331 | 0205183,0205030,etc |
| james clerk maxwell telescope | JCMT | 24 | 3 | 2.000246 | 0205457,0205422,etc |
| narrow line region | NLR | 10 | 3 | 1.000174 | 0205407,0205389,etc |
| broad absorption line | BAL | 47 | 3 | 2.007001 | 0205022,0205416,etc |
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