| active galactic nucleus | AGN | 731 | 46 | 1.005412 | 0412043,0412026,etc |
| spectral energy distribution | SED | 455 | 37 | 2.00219 | 0412178,0412200,etc |
| cosmic microwave background | CMB | 451 | 34 | 2.002826 | 0412255,0412026,etc |
| cold dark matter | CDM | 312 | 27 | 2.0017 | 0412419,0412196,etc |
| point spread function | PSF | 263 | 27 | 1.003413 | 0412669,0412234,etc |
| interstellar medium | ISM | 251 | 26 | 2.001684 | 0412279,0412393,etc |
| initial mass function | IMF | 254 | 22 | 2.006974 | 0412260,0412049,etc |
| nasa/ipac extragalactic database | NED | 35 | 22 | 1.000291 | 0412093,0412588,etc |
| star formation rate | SFR | 301 | 20 | 2.004904 | 0412260,0412574,etc |
| sloan digital sky survey | SDSS | 236 | 20 | 2.002709 | 0412615,0412544,etc |
| hubble space telescope | HST | 144 | 19 | 2.000917 | 0412669,0412026,etc |
| signal to noise ratio | SNR | 118 | 18 | 2.001447 | 0412564,0412480,etc |
| gamma ray burst | GRB | 660 | 16 | 1.007034 | 0412309,0412024,etc |
| red giant branch | RGB | 508 | 14 | 1.005312 | 0412196,0412178,etc |
| very large array | VLA | 111 | 13 | 1.003302 | 0412298,0412660,etc |
| main sequence | MS | 310 | 13 | 1.006427 | 0412550,0412668,etc |
| very long baseline array | VLBA | 100 | 12 | 1.000982 | 0412298,0412564,etc |
| field of view | FOV | 38 | 12 | 1.001484 | 0412217,0412249,etc |
| two micron all sky survey | 2MASS | 71 | 11 | 1.000944 | 0412669,0412049,etc |
| full width at half maximum | FWHM | 32 | 11 | 1.000522 | 0412409,0412657,etc |
| infrared | IR | 492 | 11 | 2.007179 | 0412707,0412190,etc |
| low mass x ray binary | LMXB | 59 | 11 | 1.004673 | 0412107,0412172,etc |
| advanced camera for surveys | ACS | 119 | 11 | 1.00253 | 0412038,0412192,etc |
| near infrared | NIR | 182 | 10 | 2.002278 | 0412455,0412707,etc |
| far infrared | FIR | 289 | 10 | 2.002686 | 0412707,0412172,etc |
| cataclysmic variable | CV | 214 | 9 | 2.005756 | 0412545,0412504,etc |
| synchrotron self compton | SSC | 34 | 9 | 1.000621 | 0412026,0412141,etc |
| globular cluster | GC | 187 | 9 | 2.006135 | 0412200,0412373,etc |
| luminosity function | LF | 112 | 9 | 2.002691 | 0412200,0412249,etc |
| wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe | WMAP | 53 | 9 | 1.001032 | 0412052,0412334,etc |
| intracluster medium | ICM | 122 | 9 | 1.00172 | 0412353,0412529,etc |
| equivalent width | EW | 57 | 9 | 1.00088 | 0412501,0412228,etc |
| position angle | PA | 61 | 9 | 1.001746 | 0412186,0412152,etc |
| magnetohydrodynamic | MHD | 45 | 9 | 1.001716 | 0412194,0412172,etc |
| supernova | SN | 455 | 9 | 2.008666 | 0412277,0412487,etc |
| wolf rayet | WR | 166 | 9 | 1.00414 | 0412490,0412483,etc |
| equation of state | EOS | 91 | 9 | 2.002859 | 0412107,0412444,etc |
| very long baseline interferometry | VLBI | 105 | 9 | 1.001498 | 0412074,0412480,etc |
| dark matter | DM | 158 | 9 | 2.003602 | 0412340,0412652,etc |
| asymptotic giant branch | AGB | 223 | 8 | 2.002332 | 0412196,0412183,etc |
| intergalactic medium | IGM | 109 | 8 | 1.001648 | 0412133,0412566,etc |
| color magnitude diagram | CMD | 85 | 8 | 2.001969 | 0412178,0412487,etc |
| planetary nebula | PN | 177 | 8 | 2.012894 | 0412449,0412380,etc |
| ultraviolet | UV | 239 | 8 | 2.004223 | 0412172,0412008,etc |
| white dwarf | WD | 345 | 7 | 2.005303 | 0412260,0412501,etc |
| big bang nucleosynthesis | BBN | 73 | 7 | 1.00205 | 0412255,0412544,etc |
| large scale structure | LSS | 32 | 7 | 1.002159 | 0412255,0412525,etc |
| colour magnitude diagram | CMD | 150 | 7 | 2.004513 | 0412196,0412008,etc |
| signal to noise | S/N | 22 | 7 | 1.000194 | 0412026,0412152,etc |
| young stellar object | YSO | 71 | 7 | 2.001913 | 0412510,0412272,etc |
| fundamental plane | FP | 157 | 7 | 2.002819 | 0412038,0412208,etc |
| high mass x ray binary | HMXB | 75 | 7 | 2.00131 | 0412172,0412057,etc |
| neutron star | NS | 135 | 7 | 2.003076 | 0412137,0412670,etc |
| zero age main sequence | ZAMS | 23 | 7 | 1.000127 | 0412104,0412253,etc |
| large magellanic cloud | LMC | 533 | 7 | 1.005807 | 0412530,0412312,etc |
| weakly interacting massive particle | WIMP | 123 | 6 | 2.007191 | 0412419,0412671,etc |
| adaptive optics | AO | 55 | 6 | 2.002326 | 0412433,0412143,etc |
| inverse compton | IC | 48 | 6 | 1.000971 | 0412026,0412372,etc |
| astronomical image processing system | AIPS | 10 | 6 | 1.000188 | 0412026,0412563,etc |
| wide field planetary camera 2 | WFPC2 | 28 | 6 | 1.000197 | 0412026,0412138,etc |
| ultraluminous infrared galaxy | ULIRG | 100 | 6 | 2.00141 | 0412574,0412050,etc |
| cosmic microwave background radiation | CMB | 118 | 6 | 2.001763 | 0412544,0412638,etc |
| radio frequency interference | RFI | 46 | 6 | 1.003751 | 0412037,0412046,etc |
| supermassive black hole | SMBH | 79 | 6 | 2.002238 | 0412172,0412452,etc |
| small magellanic cloud | SMC | 172 | 6 | 1.002274 | 0412345,0412530,etc |
| star formation history | SFH | 95 | 6 | 2.002541 | 0412530,0412506,etc |
| star formation | SF | 126 | 6 | 2.003406 | 0412506,0412379,etc |
| low surface brightness | LSB | 45 | 6 | 1.002831 | 0412122,0412561,etc |
| local thermodynamic equilibrium | LTE | 46 | 6 | 1.000698 | 0412180,0412367,etc |
| black hole | BH | 236 | 5 | 2.007582 | 0412433,0412074,etc |
| australia telescope compact array | ATCA | 21 | 5 | 1.000528 | 0412547,0412598,etc |
| simple stellar population | SSP | 59 | 5 | 2.001142 | 0412178,0412020,etc |
| lyman break galaxy | LBG | 61 | 5 | 1.002982 | 0412574,0412648,etc |
| black holes | BH | 16 | 5 | 1.000469 | 0412544,0412635,etc |
| local standard of rest | LSR | 15 | 5 | 1.000476 | 0412070,0412188,etc |
| infrared space observatory | ISO | 77 | 5 | 1.001458 | 0412707,0412220,etc |
| proportional counter array | PCA | 44 | 5 | 1.000895 | 0412527,0412141,etc |
| pre main sequence | PMS | 90 | 5 | 1.001516 | 0412392,0412188,etc |
| european vlbi network | EVN | 40 | 5 | 1.002719 | 0412660,0412472,etc |
| polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon | PAH | 36 | 5 | 2.001557 | 0412190,0412602,etc |
| milky way | MW | 41 | 5 | 1.001045 | 0412098,0412312,etc |
| quasi periodic oscillation | QPO | 140 | 5 | 2.011576 | 0412136,0412697,etc |
| very large telescope | VLT | 16 | 5 | 1.000597 | 0412698,0412343,etc |
| max planck institute for astronomy | MPIA | 4 | 4 | 1.000048 | 0412005,0412631,etc |
| max planck institute for astrophysics | MPA | 23 | 4 | 1.000743 | 0412005,0412631,etc |
| anomalous x ray pulsar | AXP | 44 | 4 | 2.004153 | 0412641,0412106,etc |
| line of sight velocity distribution | LOSVD | 16 | 4 | 1.000796 | 0412433,0412186,etc |
| dwarf spheroidal | dSph | 103 | 4 | 2.001065 | 0412196,0412065,etc |
| wide field imager | WFI | 18 | 4 | 1.000676 | 0412196,0412139,etc |
| super massive black hole | SMBH | 19 | 4 | 2.001078 | 0412043,0412340,etc |
| low luminosity active galactic nucleus | LLAGN | 61 | 4 | 2.00582 | 0412410,0412298,etc |
| broad line region | BLR | 26 | 4 | 1.001537 | 0412410,0412074,etc |
| mass function | MF | 52 | 4 | 2.004183 | 0412200,0412512,etc |
| low luminosity agn | LLAGN | 17 | 4 | 1.000474 | 0412249,0412588,etc |
| singular isothermal sphere | SIS | 51 | 4 | 1.001812 | 0412615,0412108,etc |
| ultra luminous infrared galaxy | ULIRG | 11 | 4 | 1.000209 | 0412437,0412162,etc |
| extremely red object | ERO | 28 | 4 | 2.000634 | 0412574,0412020,etc |
| william herschel telescope | WHT | 8 | 4 | 1.00019 | 0412186,0412527,etc |
| mid infrared | MIR | 40 | 4 | 2.00045 | 0412490,0412388,etc |
| tully fisher | TF | 27 | 4 | 1.001488 | 0412038,0412583,etc |
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