| cosmic microwave background | CMB | 553 | 42 | 1.002884 | 0604223,0604039,etc |
| spectral energy distribution | SED | 415 | 37 | 1.001478 | 0604501,0604081,etc |
| point spread function | PSF | 521 | 31 | 1.005764 | 0604554,0604243,etc |
| active galactic nucleus | AGN | 862 | 31 | 1.005709 | 0604019,0604357,etc |
| initial mass function | IMF | 401 | 30 | 2.002901 | 0604250,0604297,etc |
| star formation rate | SFR | 607 | 29 | 1.00398 | 0604554,0604250,etc |
| gamma ray burst | GRB | 1379 | 29 | 2.007996 | 0604093,0604349,etc |
| sloan digital sky survey | SDSS | 370 | 29 | 2.002259 | 0604206,0604130,etc |
| interstellar medium | ISM | 137 | 22 | 1.000567 | 0604004,0604408,etc |
| nasa/ipac extragalactic database | NED | 34 | 20 | 1.000115 | 0604493,0604408,etc |
| intergalactic medium | IGM | 289 | 19 | 2.002771 | 0604223,0604250,etc |
| cold dark matter | CDM | 113 | 18 | 1.000605 | 0604526,0604554,etc |
| supernova | SN | 794 | 17 | 2.006918 | 0604186,0604389,etc |
| signal to noise ratio | SNR | 103 | 17 | 1.000582 | 0604243,0604495,etc |
| hubble space telescope | HST | 98 | 16 | 2.000777 | 0604082,0604232,etc |
| supernova remnant | SNR | 296 | 14 | 2.003665 | 0604186,0604004,etc |
| ultraviolet | UV | 184 | 12 | 2.00257 | 0604223,0604442,etc |
| color magnitude diagram | CMD | 70 | 12 | 1.001582 | 0604243,0604030,etc |
| equivalent width | EW | 159 | 12 | 2.00252 | 0604597,0604093,etc |
| large scale structure | LSS | 41 | 11 | 1.001052 | 0604460,0604488,etc |
| very large array | VLA | 71 | 11 | 1.000769 | 0604389,0604400,etc |
| red giant branch | RGB | 165 | 11 | 1.004937 | 0604541,0604030,etc |
| full width at half maximum | FWHM | 49 | 10 | 1.001004 | 0604554,0604250,etc |
| signal to noise | S/N | 38 | 10 | 1.000375 | 0604493,0604408,etc |
| main sequence | MS | 118 | 10 | 1.001764 | 0604243,0604541,etc |
| infrared | IR | 237 | 10 | 2.008081 | 0604324,0604164,etc |
| asymptotic giant branch | AGB | 174 | 10 | 2.003658 | 0604445,0604194,etc |
| equation of state | EOS | 122 | 9 | 2.004322 | 0604099,0604460,etc |
| far infrared | FIR | 48 | 9 | 1.000394 | 0604442,0604098,etc |
| luminosity function | LF | 305 | 9 | 2.004419 | 0604149,0604211,etc |
| cataclysmic variable | CV | 260 | 8 | 2.005498 | 0604275,0604319,etc |
| young stellar object | YSO | 42 | 8 | 1.000529 | 0604208,0604426,etc |
| large magellanic cloud | LMC | 150 | 8 | 2.002398 | 0604009,0604382,etc |
| high velocity cloud | HVC | 321 | 7 | 2.005153 | 0604186,0604408,etc |
| polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon | PAH | 243 | 7 | 1.005535 | 0604008,0604328,etc |
| infrared array camera | IRAC | 159 | 7 | 2.002804 | 0604554,0604250,etc |
| advanced camera for surveys | ACS | 62 | 7 | 2.001249 | 0604554,0604082,etc |
| kolmogorov smirnov | K-S | 26 | 7 | 1.000471 | 0604493,0604020,etc |
| wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe | WMAP | 78 | 7 | 1.001754 | 0604215,0604087,etc |
| cosmic microwave background radiation | CMBR | 69 | 7 | 2.002208 | 0604087,0604460,etc |
| intracluster medium | ICM | 73 | 7 | 1.000769 | 0604039,0604103,etc |
| black hole | BH | 95 | 7 | 2.003763 | 0604148,0604140,etc |
| neutron star | NS | 103 | 7 | 1.00377 | 0604386,0604481,etc |
| smoothed particle hydrodynamics | SPH | 180 | 6 | 2.004026 | 0604554,0604203,etc |
| field of view | FOV | 66 | 6 | 2.002539 | 0604243,0604208,etc |
| local standard of rest | LSR | 53 | 6 | 2.001984 | 0604408,0604246,etc |
| lyman break galaxy | LBG | 92 | 6 | 1.003418 | 0604250,0604135,etc |
| very large telescope | VLT | 27 | 6 | 1.000348 | 0604250,0604232,etc |
| near infrared | near-IR | 78 | 6 | 2.000622 | 0604076,0604480,etc |
| low mass x ray binary | LMXB | 23 | 6 | 1.000875 | 0604159,0604466,etc |
| friedmann robertson walker | FRW | 31 | 6 | 1.000873 | 0604458,0604254,etc |
| white dwarf | WD | 175 | 6 | 1.010842 | 0604319,0604277,etc |
| wolf rayet | WR | 126 | 6 | 2.003146 | 0604297,0604540,etc |
| two micron all sky survey | 2MASS | 69 | 6 | 1.001274 | 0604328,0604180,etc |
| dark matter | DM | 78 | 6 | 2.003476 | 0604148,0604127,etc |
| probability distribution function | PDF | 108 | 6 | 2.003068 | 0604228,0604360,etc |
| magnetohydrodynamic | MHD | 319 | 6 | 2.007163 | 0604034,0604573,etc |
| monte carlo | MC | 26 | 6 | 1.000442 | 0604194,0604365,etc |
| equivalent widths | EW | 33 | 5 | 1.000936 | 0604262,0604495,etc |
| national astronomical observatory of japan | NAOJ | 11 | 5 | 1.000319 | 0604341,0604593,etc |
| position angle | PA | 75 | 5 | 2.00092 | 0604341,0604400,etc |
| giant molecular cloud | GMC | 25 | 5 | 1.001065 | 0604004,0604164,etc |
| great observatories origins deep survey | GOODS | 85 | 5 | 2.001854 | 0604554,0604250,etc |
| pre main sequence | PMS | 75 | 5 | 2.001235 | 0604081,0604243,etc |
| orion nebula cluster | ONC | 63 | 5 | 2.00193 | 0604243,0604018,etc |
| mid infrared | MIR | 49 | 5 | 2.001774 | 0604243,0604222,etc |
| anomalous x ray pulsar | AXP | 44 | 5 | 2.001892 | 0604076,0604386,etc |
| australia telescope compact array | ATCA | 101 | 5 | 2.002738 | 0604480,0604489,etc |
| broad line region | BLR | 28 | 5 | 2.000829 | 0604353,0604468,etc |
| x ray telescope | XRT | 39 | 5 | 2.001508 | 0604389,0604109,etc |
| advanced ccd imaging spectrometer | ACIS | 20 | 5 | 1.001087 | 0604164,0604201,etc |
| space telescope imaging spectrograph | STIS | 87 | 5 | 2.000957 | 0604357,0604180,etc |
| star formation | SF | 143 | 5 | 2.003718 | 0604009,0604135,etc |
| local thermodynamic equilibrium | LTE | 100 | 5 | 1.005565 | 0604067,0604047,etc |
| max planck institute for astronomy | MPIA | 5 | 5 | 1.000161 | 0604354,0604211,etc |
| max planck institute for astrophysics | MPA | 5 | 5 | 1.000161 | 0604354,0604211,etc |
| galactic center | GC | 233 | 5 | 2.00333 | 0604277,0604311,etc |
| supermassive black hole | SMBH | 22 | 5 | 2.000808 | 0604487,0604473,etc |
| inverse compton | IC | 53 | 5 | 2.000772 | 0604103,0604437,etc |
| globular cluster | GC | 238 | 5 | 2.010912 | 0604140,0604137,etc |
| cosmic ray | CR | 93 | 4 | 2.005465 | 0604004,0604541,etc |
| star formation history | SFH | 71 | 4 | 2.001242 | 0604554,0604009,etc |
| low surface brightness | LSB | 33 | 4 | 1.000435 | 0604055,0604444,etc |
| planetary nebula | PN | 51 | 4 | 2.002513 | 0604501,0604445,etc |
| weakly interacting massive particle | WIMP | 15 | 4 | 2.000572 | 0604215,0604123,etc |
| general relativity | GR | 20 | 4 | 1.00158 | 0604087,0604431,etc |
| australian research council | Australia | 9 | 4 | 1.000176 | 0604597,0604211,etc |
| narrow line region | NLR | 18 | 4 | 1.00033 | 0604480,0604125,etc |
| spitzer science center | SSC | 12 | 4 | 2.000467 | 0604369,0604328,etc |
| cross correlation function | CCF | 57 | 4 | 2.003014 | 0604349,0604183,etc |
| wide field camera | WFC | 68 | 4 | 1.001318 | 0604082,0604599,etc |
| zero age main sequence | ZAMS | 21 | 4 | 1.00058 | 0604533,0604157,etc |
| burst alert telescope | BAT | 53 | 4 | 1.001867 | 0604389,0604618,etc |
| hi parkes all sky survey | HIPASS | 120 | 4 | 2.001418 | 0604442,0604020,etc |
| line of sight | LOS | 44 | 4 | 1.001385 | 0604588,0604599,etc |
| very long baseline array | VLBA | 29 | 4 | 2.00049 | 0604042,0604543,etc |
| collisional ionization equilibrium | CIE | 58 | 4 | 2.002233 | 0604201,0604415,etc |
| supernova legacy survey | SNLS | 32 | 4 | 2.001706 | 0604409,0604051,etc |
| adaptive optics | AO | 79 | 4 | 1.00332 | 0604125,0604167,etc |
| very long baseline interferometry | VLBI | 40 | 4 | 1.000624 | 0604543,0604596,etc |
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