| cosmic microwave background | CMB | 629 | 37 | 2.003188 | 0502093,0502029,etc |
| spectral energy distribution | SED | 373 | 33 | 2.001794 | 0502272,0502117,etc |
| gamma ray burst | GRB | 1044 | 30 | 2.008283 | 0502559,0502300,etc |
| active galactic nucleus | AGN | 467 | 29 | 1.002049 | 0502272,0502568,etc |
| sloan digital sky survey | SDSS | 274 | 26 | 1.002308 | 0502568,0502117,etc |
| point spread function | PSF | 212 | 26 | 2.001143 | 0502007,0502545,etc |
| interstellar medium | ISM | 237 | 24 | 2.00214 | 0502272,0502302,etc |
| initial mass function | IMF | 265 | 21 | 2.004621 | 0502302,0502339,etc |
| cold dark matter | CDM | 157 | 21 | 2.00119 | 0502011,0502234,etc |
| nasa/ipac extragalactic database | NED | 33 | 18 | 1.000178 | 0502302,0502246,etc |
| star formation rate | SFR | 308 | 17 | 1.00271 | 0502302,0502385,etc |
| very large array | VLA | 113 | 17 | 2.000944 | 0502456,0502428,etc |
| near infrared | NIR | 223 | 17 | 2.002496 | 0502176,0502585,etc |
| supernova | SN | 575 | 16 | 1.006932 | 0502234,0502104,etc |
| low mass x ray binary | LMXB | 77 | 14 | 2.001126 | 0502140,0502324,etc |
| hubble space telescope | HST | 76 | 12 | 1.000727 | 0502367,0502493,etc |
| color magnitude diagram | CMD | 150 | 12 | 2.001397 | 0502058,0502585,etc |
| equation of state | EOS | 209 | 11 | 2.002861 | 0502140,0502344,etc |
| advanced camera for surveys | ACS | 114 | 11 | 2.002105 | 0502493,0502258,etc |
| equivalent width | EW | 104 | 10 | 2.000965 | 0502272,0502568,etc |
| two micron all sky survey | 2MASS | 111 | 10 | 1.001862 | 0502117,0502269,etc |
| signal to noise ratio | S/N | 47 | 10 | 1.000344 | 0502149,0502014,etc |
| infrared | IR | 339 | 10 | 2.00615 | 0502246,0502523,etc |
| globular cluster | GC | 490 | 10 | 2.007418 | 0502176,0502467,etc |
| asymptotic giant branch | AGB | 108 | 10 | 1.002581 | 0502269,0502510,etc |
| kolmogorov smirnov | KS | 44 | 9 | 1.000223 | 0502302,0502166,etc |
| astrophysical research consortium | ARC | 13 | 9 | 1.000145 | 0502117,0502055,etc |
| wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe | WMAP | 71 | 9 | 2.001461 | 0502093,0502029,etc |
| intergalactic medium | IGM | 169 | 9 | 2.003242 | 0502029,0502487,etc |
| ultraviolet | UV | 320 | 9 | 2.004123 | 0502504,0502246,etc |
| infrared space observatory | ISO | 169 | 9 | 2.002654 | 0502246,0502400,etc |
| supernova remnant | SNR | 117 | 9 | 1.002388 | 0502452,0502327,etc |
| max planck institute for astronomy | MPIA | 8 | 8 | 1.000161 | 0502117,0502055,etc |
| max planck institute for astrophysics | MPA | 10 | 8 | 1.00021 | 0502117,0502055,etc |
| luminosity function | LF | 121 | 8 | 2.001307 | 0502058,0502508,etc |
| friedmann robertson walker | FRW | 23 | 8 | 1.000443 | 0502212,0502234,etc |
| far infrared | FIR | 191 | 7 | 2.003763 | 0502302,0502448,etc |
| magnetohydrodynamic | MHD | 58 | 7 | 1.001688 | 0502368,0502547,etc |
| australia telescope compact array | ATCA | 38 | 7 | 1.001567 | 0502456,0502011,etc |
| dark matter | DM | 335 | 7 | 2.025488 | 0502234,0502126,etc |
| neutron star | NS | 280 | 7 | 2.003741 | 0502277,0502124,etc |
| planetary nebula | PN | 408 | 7 | 2.005073 | 0502176,0502400,etc |
| main sequence | MS | 91 | 7 | 2.001665 | 0502508,0502451,etc |
| large magellanic cloud | LMC | 220 | 7 | 2.005782 | 0502354,0502378,etc |
| soft gamma ray repeater | SGR | 103 | 7 | 1.003193 | 0502320,0502417,etc |
| broad line region | BLR | 34 | 6 | 1.000253 | 0502272,0502296,etc |
| black hole | BH | 84 | 6 | 1.003084 | 0502499,0502241,etc |
| lyman break galaxy | LBG | 55 | 6 | 1.005308 | 0502271,0502207,etc |
| chandra deep field south | CDFS | 35 | 6 | 1.000679 | 0502246,0502091,etc |
| small magellanic cloud | SMC | 83 | 6 | 2.002809 | 0502067,0502132,etc |
| intermediate mass black hole | IBH | 100 | 6 | 2.004186 | 0502493,0502143,etc |
| red giant branch | RGB | 238 | 6 | 2.004817 | 0502510,0502180,etc |
| innermost stable circular orbit | ISCO | 13 | 5 | 1.000491 | 0502140,0502461,etc |
| intracluster medium | ICM | 111 | 5 | 1.003276 | 0502146,0502362,etc |
| young stellar object | YSO | 58 | 5 | 2.000836 | 0502103,0502400,etc |
| william herschel telescope | WHT | 17 | 5 | 1.000397 | 0502504,0502535,etc |
| astronomical image processing system | AIPS | 7 | 5 | 1.000121 | 0502456,0502059,etc |
| big bang nucleosynthesis | BBN | 70 | 5 | 2.002774 | 0502234,0502465,etc |
| james clerk maxwell telescope | JCMT | 32 | 5 | 2.001109 | 0502055,0502532,etc |
| pre main sequence | PMS | 141 | 5 | 2.00288 | 0502042,0502535,etc |
| colour magnitude diagram | CMD | 129 | 5 | 2.001494 | 0502508,0502451,etc |
| field of view | FOV | 27 | 5 | 1.00036 | 0502498,0502197,etc |
| three dimensional | 3-D | 61 | 5 | 2.000793 | 0502378,0502289,etc |
| united kingdom infrared telescope | UKIRT | 18 | 5 | 1.000233 | 0502587,0502410,etc |
| digital sky survey | DSS | 16 | 5 | 1.000759 | 0502290,0502285,etc |
| large scale structure | LSS | 33 | 5 | 2.002685 | 0502359,0502136,etc |
| rayleigh taylor | R-T | 37 | 4 | 2.000712 | 0502146,0502104,etc |
| very long baseline array | VLBA | 21 | 4 | 1.000389 | 0502149,0502016,etc |
| very large telescope | VLT | 16 | 4 | 2.000312 | 0502103,0502585,etc |
| particle physics and astronomy research council | PPARC | 4 | 4 | 1.000104 | 0502385,0502063,etc |
| milky way | MW | 115 | 4 | 1.003796 | 0502067,0502496,etc |
| westerbork synthesis radio telescope | WSRT | 8 | 4 | 1.000569 | 0502011,0502183,etc |
| sunyaev zel'dovich | SZ | 12 | 4 | 1.000139 | 0502234,0502413,etc |
| space telescope imaging spectrograph | STIS | 52 | 4 | 2.001021 | 0502493,0502378,etc |
| wide field camera | WFC | 8 | 4 | 1.000476 | 0502300,0502420,etc |
| signal to noise | S/N | 27 | 4 | 1.000298 | 0502400,0502467,etc |
| position angle | PA | 199 | 4 | 2.004001 | 0502166,0502535,etc |
| science analysis system | SAS | 8 | 4 | 1.000501 | 0502461,0502063,etc |
| dwarf spheroidal | dSph | 65 | 4 | 1.001954 | 0502126,0502525,etc |
| las campanas observatory | LCO | 25 | 4 | 1.000139 | 0502378,0502553,etc |
| cataclysmic variable | CV | 66 | 4 | 1.005426 | 0502445,0502102,etc |
| markov chain monte carlo | MCMC | 8 | 4 | 1.000195 | 0502063,0502136,etc |
| anomalous x ray pulsar | AXP | 75 | 4 | 2.003135 | 0502431,0502351,etc |
| very long baseline interferometry | VLBI | 26 | 4 | 1.000718 | 0502384,0502016,etc |
| owens valley radio observatory | OVRO | 12 | 4 | 1.000458 | 0502532,0502131,etc |
| cosmic ray | CR | 80 | 4 | 2.005222 | 0502132,0502239,etc |
| horizontal branch | HB | 308 | 4 | 2.005734 | 0502510,0502180,etc |
| white dwarf | WD | 217 | 4 | 2.005243 | 0502258,0502102,etc |
| intra cluster medium | ICM | 22 | 4 | 1.001198 | 0502444,0502153,etc |
| great observatories origins deep survey | GOODS | 103 | 4 | 2.001485 | 0502542,0502526,etc |
| isaac newton telescope | INT | 10 | 4 | 1.000329 | 0502408,0502395,etc |
| x ray telescope | XRT | 62 | 4 | 1.004987 | 0502326,0502128,etc |
| smoothed particle hydrodynamics | SPH | 45 | 4 | 1.002557 | 0502466,0502284,etc |
| full width half maximum | FWHM | 23 | 4 | 1.00055 | 0502072,0502312,etc |
| integral field unit | IFU | 96 | 4 | 2.000953 | 0502581,0502096,etc |
| narrow line region | NLR | 9 | 3 | 1.000163 | 0502272,0502551,etc |
| nrao vla sky survey | NVSS | 47 | 3 | 2.003125 | 0502302,0502235,etc |
| kelvin helmholtz | K-H | 34 | 3 | 2.000501 | 0502146,0502104,etc |
| square kilometer array | SKA | 26 | 3 | 1.000738 | 0502149,0502218,etc |
| low frequency array | LOFAR | 4 | 3 | 1.000082 | 0502149,0502253,etc |
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