| cosmic microwave background | CMB | 1019 | 59 | 1.003595 | 0302085,0302276,etc |
| active galactic nucleus | AGN | 550 | 41 | 2.003097 | 0302377,0302044,etc |
| initial mass function | IMF | 270 | 33 | 1.002742 | 0302032,0302606,etc |
| spectral energy distribution | SED | 455 | 29 | 2.002397 | 0302116,0302377,etc |
| interstellar medium | ISM | 275 | 26 | 2.001677 | 0302141,0302024,etc |
| nasa/ipac extragalactic database | NED | 48 | 21 | 1.000248 | 0302044,0302517,etc |
| gamma ray burst | GRB | 1265 | 20 | 2.007729 | 0302141,0302139,etc |
| cold dark matter | CDM | 135 | 18 | 2.002153 | 0302440,0302403,etc |
| supernova | SN | 494 | 16 | 2.006189 | 0302132,0302032,etc |
| point spread function | PSF | 98 | 15 | 1.000739 | 0302083,0302188,etc |
| asymptotic giant branch | AGB | 289 | 14 | 2.003289 | 0302083,0302103,etc |
| star formation rate | SFR | 84 | 13 | 1.000786 | 0302032,0302203,etc |
| hubble space telescope | HST | 98 | 13 | 2.00079 | 0302366,0302595,etc |
| equivalent width | EW | 142 | 12 | 1.001919 | 0302405,0302369,etc |
| black hole | BH | 369 | 11 | 2.008289 | 0302573,0302110,etc |
| very large array | VLA | 112 | 11 | 1.001939 | 0302397,0302027,etc |
| sloan digital sky survey | SDSS | 247 | 10 | 2.003562 | 0302405,0302403,etc |
| broad line region | BLR | 36 | 10 | 1.001445 | 0302369,0302355,etc |
| low mass x ray binary | LMXB | 71 | 9 | 1.002579 | 0302611,0302391,etc |
| wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe | WMAP | 168 | 9 | 2.001032 | 0302496,0302505,etc |
| large magellanic cloud | LMC | 198 | 9 | 1.004527 | 0302083,0302579,etc |
| signal to noise ratio | SNR | 114 | 9 | 2.002778 | 0302482,0302006,etc |
| cataclysmic variable | CV | 129 | 8 | 1.002404 | 0302405,0302438,etc |
| local thermodynamic equilibrium | LTE | 148 | 8 | 2.006323 | 0302407,0302408,etc |
| very long baseline array | VLBA | 76 | 8 | 2.001623 | 0302389,0302294,etc |
| luminosity function | LF | 312 | 8 | 2.002948 | 0302440,0302119,etc |
| full width at half maximum | FWHM | 19 | 8 | 1.000182 | 0302083,0302208,etc |
| australia telescope compact array | ATCA | 44 | 8 | 2.001341 | 0302192,0302520,etc |
| big bang nucleosynthesis | BBN | 107 | 8 | 1.006276 | 0302554,0302453,etc |
| far infrared | FIR | 136 | 7 | 2.002965 | 0302377,0302203,etc |
| smoothed particle hydrodynamics | SPH | 68 | 7 | 1.001085 | 0302427,0302606,etc |
| equation of state | EOS | 96 | 7 | 2.002513 | 0302038,0302606,etc |
| intergalactic medium | IGM | 104 | 7 | 1.00224 | 0302403,0302145,etc |
| globular cluster | GC | 225 | 7 | 2.005317 | 0302417,0302560,etc |
| near infrared | NIR | 133 | 7 | 2.001855 | 0302028,0302323,etc |
| equivalent widths | EW | 63 | 6 | 1.002498 | 0302551,0302147,etc |
| inverse compton | IC | 35 | 6 | 2.002204 | 0302039,0302524,etc |
| white dwarf | WD | 686 | 6 | 2.009621 | 0302405,0302119,etc |
| local standard of rest | LSR | 19 | 6 | 1.000639 | 0302534,0302037,etc |
| kolmogorov smirnov | KS | 35 | 6 | 1.000579 | 0302369,0302211,etc |
| field of view | FoV | 66 | 6 | 2.001352 | 0302139,0302329,etc |
| intracluster medium | ICM | 104 | 6 | 2.002544 | 0302427,0302503,etc |
| low surface brightness | LSB | 62 | 6 | 2.002157 | 0302440,0302147,etc |
| x ray background | XRB | 40 | 6 | 1.001478 | 0302553,0302328,etc |
| cosmic ray | CR | 55 | 6 | 2.001554 | 0302181,0302069,etc |
| rotation measure | RM | 204 | 6 | 1.003765 | 0302367,0302211,etc |
| interstellar matter | ISM | 124 | 6 | 1.005236 | 0302037,0302316,etc |
| neutron star | NS | 126 | 6 | 2.003458 | 0302110,0302163,etc |
| radial velocity | RV | 99 | 6 | 2.003158 | 0302309,0302562,etc |
| quasi periodic oscillation | QPO | 51 | 6 | 1.003538 | 0302271,0302581,etc |
| large scale structure | LSS | 30 | 6 | 2.001285 | 0302218,0302034,etc |
| time ordered data | TOD | 26 | 5 | 1.000912 | 0302276,0302224,etc |
| space telescope imaging spectrograph | STIS | 45 | 5 | 2.001098 | 0302534,0302369,etc |
| ultraviolet | UV | 119 | 5 | 2.001153 | 0302369,0302049,etc |
| national radio astronomy observatory | NRAO | 13 | 5 | 1.00047 | 0302389,0302364,etc |
| zero age main sequence | ZAMS | 42 | 5 | 1.000791 | 0302329,0302119,etc |
| planetary nebula | PN | 28 | 5 | 1.001148 | 0302579,0302164,etc |
| charge transfer efficiency | CTE | 12 | 5 | 1.000245 | 0302434,0302526,etc |
| 2df galaxy redshift survey | 2dFGRS | 102 | 5 | 2.001394 | 0302330,0302331,etc |
| supernova remnant | SNR | 182 | 5 | 1.002509 | 0302163,0302300,etc |
| young stellar object | YSO | 95 | 5 | 2.003382 | 0302481,0302415,etc |
| nasa extragalactic database | NED | 10 | 5 | 1.000197 | 0302251,0302572,etc |
| advection dominated accretion flow | ADAF | 23 | 4 | 1.000881 | 0302227,0302088,etc |
| polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon | PAH | 75 | 4 | 2.00262 | 0302044,0302157,etc |
| max planck institute for astronomy | MPIA | 4 | 4 | 1.000081 | 0302405,0302287,etc |
| max planck institute for astrophysics | MPA | 5 | 4 | 1.000151 | 0302405,0302287,etc |
| high electron mobility transistor | HEMT | 10 | 4 | 1.000422 | 0302224,0302207,etc |
| pulsar wind bubble | PWB | 57 | 4 | 2.003781 | 0302524,0302110,etc |
| proportional counter array | PCA | 36 | 4 | 1.00063 | 0302611,0302417,etc |
| signal to noise | S/N | 16 | 4 | 1.000441 | 0302369,0302149,etc |
| faint object spectrograph | FOS | 33 | 4 | 2.00052 | 0302369,0302394,etc |
| very long baseline interferometry | VLBI | 27 | 4 | 1.000713 | 0302389,0302294,etc |
| radio frequency interference | RFI | 12 | 4 | 2.000221 | 0302440,0302103,etc |
| intra cluster medium | ICM | 109 | 4 | 2.002655 | 0302322,0302185,etc |
| very large telescope | VLT | 21 | 4 | 1.000325 | 0302517,0302515,etc |
| deutsche forschungsgemeinschaft | DFG | 4 | 4 | 1.000338 | 0302606,0302052,etc |
| fundamental plane | FP | 44 | 4 | 2.001424 | 0302487,0302129,etc |
| inter stellar medium | ISM | 33 | 4 | 1.002017 | 0302069,0302101,etc |
| main sequence | MS | 166 | 4 | 2.00269 | 0302329,0302119,etc |
| position sensitive proportional counter | PSPC | 26 | 4 | 1.001304 | 0302579,0302562,etc |
| star formation | SF | 102 | 4 | 2.00824 | 0302098,0302575,etc |
| science analysis system | SAS | 8 | 4 | 1.000097 | 0302288,0302570,etc |
| low resolution | LRS | 27 | 4 | 1.000996 | 0302244,0302251,etc |
| brown dwarf | BD | 56 | 4 | 2.003259 | 0302293,0302422,etc |
| william herschel telescope | WHT | 6 | 4 | 1.000075 | 0302115,0302205,etc |
| small magellanic cloud | SMC | 161 | 4 | 2.002991 | 0302163,0302480,etc |
| fast fourier transform | FFT | 21 | 4 | 1.000189 | 0302163,0302354,etc |
| sunyaev zel'dovich | SZ | 99 | 4 | 1.005357 | 0302471,0302567,etc |
| ultra high energy cosmic ray | UHECR | 179 | 4 | 2.005032 | 0302144,0302491,etc |
| colour magnitude diagram | CMD | 68 | 4 | 2.000832 | 0302119,0302428,etc |
| x ray binary | XRB | 69 | 4 | 2.006313 | 0302363,0302546,etc |
| astronomical image processing system | AIPS | 10 | 4 | 1.000091 | 0302416,0302509,etc |
| one dimensional | 1-D | 57 | 4 | 2.001154 | 0302041,0302260,etc |
| canada france hawaii telescope | CFHT | 10 | 4 | 1.000389 | 0302392,0302475,etc |
| integrated sachs wolfe | ISW | 9 | 4 | 1.000284 | 0302167,0302138,etc |
| local group | LG | 16 | 4 | 1.001014 | 0302483,0302480,etc |
| red giant branch | RGB | 21 | 4 | 2.000283 | 0302233,0302601,etc |
| anomalous x ray pulsar | AXP | 34 | 3 | 1.002035 | 0302540,0302490,etc |
| magnetohydrodynamics | MHD | 7 | 3 | 1.000388 | 0302013,0302104,etc |
| astrophysical research consortium | ARC | 7 | 3 | 1.000637 | 0302405,0302287,etc |
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