| spectral energy distribution | SED | 711 | 62 | 2.002027 | 0603516,0603559,etc |
| active galactic nucleus | AGN | 1424 | 59 | 2.003793 | 0603514,0603045,etc |
| cosmic microwave background | CMB | 1012 | 48 | 2.003526 | 0603451,0603704,etc |
| sloan digital sky survey | SDSS | 657 | 46 | 1.002186 | 0603514,0603509,etc |
| initial mass function | IMF | 426 | 43 | 1.002447 | 0603433,0603663,etc |
| point spread function | PSF | 329 | 43 | 1.001006 | 0603738,0603488,etc |
| interstellar medium | ISM | 311 | 38 | 1.000961 | 0603751,0603723,etc |
| star formation rate | SFR | 281 | 34 | 1.00419 | 0603182,0603202,etc |
| gamma ray burst | GRB | 1104 | 31 | 2.007095 | 0603045,0603377,etc |
| nasa/ipac extragalactic database | NED | 57 | 30 | 1.000229 | 0603555,0603400,etc |
| supernova | SN | 1687 | 29 | 2.009104 | 0603433,0603377,etc |
| supernova remnant | SNR | 533 | 26 | 2.004126 | 0603454,0603723,etc |
| cold dark matter | CDM | 256 | 23 | 2.00127 | 0603257,0603509,etc |
| hubble space telescope | HST | 174 | 23 | 1.001358 | 0603494,0603648,etc |
| smoothed particle hydrodynamics | SPH | 290 | 20 | 2.001223 | 0603257,0603360,etc |
| asymptotic giant branch | AGB | 283 | 19 | 2.005462 | 0603422,0603721,etc |
| equivalent width | EW | 157 | 18 | 1.00204 | 0603339,0603559,etc |
| advanced camera for surveys | ACS | 173 | 18 | 2.001223 | 0603648,0603374,etc |
| field of view | FOV | 79 | 17 | 1.000657 | 0603454,0603559,etc |
| full width at half maximum | FWHM | 153 | 16 | 1.001566 | 0603514,0603785,etc |
| infrared | IR | 441 | 16 | 1.006304 | 0603262,0603017,etc |
| luminosity function | LF | 249 | 16 | 1.001801 | 0603257,0603605,etc |
| young stellar object | YSO | 261 | 16 | 1.001914 | 0603119,0603592,etc |
| black hole | BH | 663 | 15 | 2.004585 | 0603300,0603207,etc |
| white dwarf | WD | 295 | 15 | 1.003878 | 0603846,0603347,etc |
| near infrared | NIR | 249 | 15 | 2.001427 | 0603559,0603636,etc |
| max planck institute for astrophysics | MPA | 15 | 15 | 1.000092 | 0603134,0603759,etc |
| wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe | WMAP | 424 | 14 | 1.00315 | 0603509,0603425,etc |
| zero age main sequence | ZAMS | 102 | 14 | 1.000807 | 0603846,0603571,etc |
| intergalactic medium | IGM | 221 | 14 | 2.002173 | 0603598,0603438,etc |
| max planck institute for astronomy | MPIA | 14 | 14 | 1.000094 | 0603134,0603759,etc |
| far infrared | FIR | 160 | 14 | 1.004974 | 0603558,0603628,etc |
| two micron all sky survey | 2MASS | 71 | 13 | 1.001236 | 0603025,0603812,etc |
| dark matter | DM | 387 | 12 | 2.006259 | 0603309,0603299,etc |
| color magnitude diagram | CMD | 154 | 12 | 2.002465 | 0603288,0603721,etc |
| signal to noise ratio | SNR | 175 | 12 | 1.002167 | 0603488,0603066,etc |
| equation of state | EOS | 153 | 12 | 2.00219 | 0603357,0603703,etc |
| astrophysical research consortium | ARC | 16 | 12 | 1.000127 | 0603134,0603759,etc |
| ultraluminous infrared galaxy | ULIRG | 138 | 12 | 2.005459 | 0603635,0603553,etc |
| polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon | PAH | 164 | 12 | 2.002094 | 0603604,0603515,etc |
| pre main sequence | PMS | 261 | 11 | 1.003124 | 0603262,0603233,etc |
| australia telescope compact array | ATCA | 76 | 11 | 2.000873 | 0603017,0603626,etc |
| planetary nebula | PN | 577 | 11 | 2.005957 | 0603422,0603642,etc |
| supermassive black hole | SMBH | 188 | 11 | 2.004627 | 0603803,0603759,etc |
| red giant branch | RGB | 160 | 11 | 1.002716 | 0603721,0603458,etc |
| broad line region | BLR | 104 | 10 | 2.001556 | 0603514,0603803,etc |
| cosmic ray | CR | 764 | 10 | 2.00818 | 0603462,0603308,etc |
| main sequence | MS | 288 | 10 | 1.006128 | 0603571,0603394,etc |
| neutron star | NS | 219 | 10 | 2.004839 | 0603227,0603276,etc |
| large magellanic cloud | LMC | 179 | 10 | 1.006649 | 0603581,0603290,etc |
| very large array | VLA | 120 | 9 | 1.001877 | 0603685,0603629,etc |
| ultraviolet | UV | 129 | 9 | 1.002085 | 0603182,0603459,etc |
| james clerk maxwell telescope | JCMT | 33 | 9 | 1.000325 | 0603785,0603604,etc |
| burst alert telescope | BAT | 105 | 9 | 2.001574 | 0603377,0603773,etc |
| globular cluster | GC | 352 | 9 | 2.00908 | 0603721,0603812,etc |
| adaptive mesh refinement | AMR | 64 | 9 | 1.00077 | 0603132,0603360,etc |
| position angle | PA | 134 | 8 | 2.002911 | 0603785,0603783,etc |
| signal to noise | S/N | 41 | 8 | 1.00024 | 0603738,0603559,etc |
| canada france hawaii telescope | CFHT | 89 | 8 | 2.002359 | 0603524,0603588,etc |
| large scale structure | LSS | 62 | 8 | 1.000708 | 0603494,0603019,etc |
| mid infrared | MIR | 165 | 8 | 1.003734 | 0603636,0603551,etc |
| atacama large millimeter array | ALMA | 16 | 8 | 1.000246 | 0603636,0603628,etc |
| broad absorption line | BAL | 113 | 8 | 1.004153 | 0603759,0603699,etc |
| gravitational wave | GW | 230 | 8 | 1.007141 | 0603144,0603828,etc |
| inverse compton | IC | 71 | 8 | 1.001833 | 0603501,0603829,etc |
| x ray telescope | XRT | 101 | 8 | 2.001919 | 0603773,0603590,etc |
| lyman break galaxy | LBG | 71 | 8 | 1.003046 | 0603244,0603742,etc |
| infrared array camera | IRAC | 138 | 8 | 2.002297 | 0603123,0603810,etc |
| radial velocity | RV | 80 | 7 | 1.00503 | 0603748,0603276,etc |
| markov chain monte carlo | MCMC | 67 | 7 | 2.000558 | 0603425,0603588,etc |
| photon counting | PC | 68 | 7 | 1.001782 | 0603738,0603773,etc |
| european southern observatory | ESO | 27 | 7 | 1.000355 | 0603202,0603559,etc |
| local standard of rest | LSR | 31 | 7 | 1.000502 | 0603017,0603238,etc |
| very large telescope | VLT | 28 | 7 | 1.000774 | 0603559,0603605,etc |
| rotation measure | RM | 215 | 7 | 2.006105 | 0603555,0603465,etc |
| line of sight | LOS | 58 | 7 | 2.000797 | 0603803,0603405,etc |
| magneto rotational instability | MRI | 36 | 7 | 1.000881 | 0603592,0603296,etc |
| low mass x ray binary | LMXB | 33 | 7 | 1.001287 | 0603227,0603436,etc |
| william herschel telescope | WHT | 24 | 7 | 1.000271 | 0603420,0603161,etc |
| intermediate mass black hole | IMBH | 43 | 7 | 1.001569 | 0603769,0603771,etc |
| cerro tololo inter american observatory | CTIO | 28 | 7 | 1.000379 | 0603832,0603391,etc |
| wide field camera | WFCAM | 83 | 7 | 2.001199 | 0603608,0603706,etc |
| red supergiant | RSG | 140 | 7 | 2.002445 | 0603331,0603443,etc |
| intracluster medium | ICM | 173 | 7 | 2.001652 | 0603166,0603246,etc |
| magnetorotational instability | MRI | 78 | 6 | 2.002755 | 0603045,0603178,etc |
| general relativity | GR | 52 | 6 | 1.002649 | 0603309,0603053,etc |
| big bang nucleosynthesis | BBN | 106 | 6 | 2.004321 | 0603494,0603144,etc |
| integrated sachs wolfe | ISW | 32 | 6 | 1.002065 | 0603494,0603299,etc |
| orion nebula cluster | ONC | 61 | 6 | 1.001824 | 0603233,0603278,etc |
| adaptive optics | AO | 60 | 6 | 2.001409 | 0603559,0603344,etc |
| wolf rayet | WR | 274 | 6 | 2.006695 | 0603571,0603336,etc |
| narrow line region | NLR | 116 | 6 | 2.003715 | 0603803,0603759,etc |
| space telescope imaging spectrograph | STIS | 44 | 6 | 1.001445 | 0603803,0603151,etc |
| star formation | SF | 160 | 6 | 1.004479 | 0603357,0603337,etc |
| synchrotron self compton | SSC | 34 | 6 | 1.001448 | 0603013,0603030,etc |
| small magellanic cloud | SMC | 219 | 6 | 1.006832 | 0603759,0603812,etc |
| high mass x ray binary | HMXB | 56 | 6 | 2.00055 | 0603698,0603130,etc |
| local thermodynamic equilibrium | LTE | 39 | 6 | 1.000549 | 0603674,0603069,etc |
| photon dominated region | PDR | 47 | 6 | 1.000785 | 0603604,0603515,etc |
| wide field channel | WFC | 61 | 6 | 2.0008 | 0603058,0603025,etc |
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