| active galactic nucleus | AGN | 1187 | 46 | 2.005598 | 0608250,0608358,etc |
| spectral energy distribution | SED | 506 | 42 | 1.002683 | 0608358,0608234,etc |
| cosmic microwave background | CMB | 576 | 40 | 2.003002 | 0608469,0608526,etc |
| sloan digital sky survey | SDSS | 743 | 37 | 1.002612 | 0608623,0608633,etc |
| interstellar medium | ISM | 301 | 27 | 2.00195 | 0608155,0608117,etc |
| point spread function | PSF | 298 | 26 | 1.001872 | 0608173,0608564,etc |
| nasa/ipac extragalactic database | NED | 38 | 25 | 1.00013 | 0608419,0608394,etc |
| initial mass function | IMF | 298 | 23 | 2.002075 | 0608654,0608022,etc |
| gamma ray burst | GRB | 704 | 20 | 2.009151 | 0608076,0608219,etc |
| supernova | SN | 863 | 20 | 2.008913 | 0608356,0608608,etc |
| star formation rate | SFR | 470 | 19 | 2.005001 | 0608654,0608126,etc |
| asymptotic giant branch | AGB | 292 | 19 | 1.003324 | 0608666,0608698,etc |
| cold dark matter | CDM | 130 | 18 | 1.001419 | 0608469,0608126,etc |
| intergalactic medium | IGM | 238 | 16 | 2.002573 | 0608209,0608268,etc |
| supernova remnant | SNR | 273 | 16 | 2.00331 | 0608422,0608310,etc |
| advanced camera for surveys | ACS | 111 | 15 | 2.001283 | 0608150,0608222,etc |
| equation of state | EoS | 204 | 15 | 1.003043 | 0608469,0608360,etc |
| very large array | VLA | 148 | 15 | 2.001392 | 0608556,0608203,etc |
| max planck institute for astronomy | MPIA | 14 | 14 | 1.000075 | 0608531,0608636,etc |
| max planck institute for astrophysics | MPA | 14 | 14 | 1.000075 | 0608531,0608636,etc |
| color magnitude diagram | CMD | 205 | 13 | 1.001703 | 0608654,0608687,etc |
| signal to noise ratio | S/N | 51 | 13 | 1.000516 | 0608680,0608422,etc |
| wolf rayet | W-R | 432 | 13 | 2.006125 | 0608698,0608173,etc |
| two micron all sky survey | 2MASS | 112 | 12 | 2.001383 | 0608216,0608394,etc |
| full width at half maximum | FWHM | 29 | 11 | 1.000339 | 0608427,0608598,etc |
| dark matter | DM | 420 | 11 | 2.007635 | 0608706,0608168,etc |
| near infrared | NIR | 174 | 11 | 2.001377 | 0608541,0608039,etc |
| large magellanic cloud | LMC | 294 | 11 | 2.003097 | 0608200,0608639,etc |
| wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe | WMAP | 182 | 11 | 1.005651 | 0608017,0608184,etc |
| hubble space telescope | HST | 37 | 10 | 1.000138 | 0608469,0608459,etc |
| pre main sequence | PMS | 107 | 10 | 2.001588 | 0608216,0608173,etc |
| young stellar object | YSO | 218 | 10 | 2.002947 | 0608234,0608522,etc |
| black hole | BH | 333 | 10 | 2.005347 | 0608061,0608706,etc |
| equivalent width | EW | 79 | 9 | 2.000554 | 0608623,0608437,etc |
| kolmogorov smirnov | KS | 40 | 9 | 1.000327 | 0608530,0608274,etc |
| radial velocity | RV | 180 | 9 | 2.002323 | 0608279,0608680,etc |
| field of view | FOV | 30 | 9 | 1.000396 | 0608422,0608479,etc |
| neutron star | NS | 133 | 9 | 2.003121 | 0608258,0608527,etc |
| luminosity function | LF | 230 | 9 | 2.003399 | 0608091,0608664,etc |
| anomalous x ray pulsar | AXP | 82 | 9 | 2.004314 | 0608468,0608164,etc |
| polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon | PAH | 309 | 9 | 1.004374 | 0608593,0608003,etc |
| dwarf spheroidal | dSph | 190 | 9 | 2.003804 | 0608687,0608197,etc |
| big bang nucleosynthesis | BBN | 135 | 8 | 2.003855 | 0608206,0608567,etc |
| ultraviolet | UV | 185 | 8 | 2.005731 | 0608061,0608378,etc |
| infrared array camera | IRAC | 148 | 8 | 2.002888 | 0608546,0608173,etc |
| smoothed particle hydrodynamics | SPH | 52 | 8 | 2.000642 | 0608126,0608156,etc |
| low surface brightness | LSB | 100 | 8 | 1.002498 | 0608613,0608056,etc |
| planetary nebula | PN | 317 | 8 | 2.004914 | 0608290,0608459,etc |
| intracluster medium | ICM | 145 | 8 | 2.004819 | 0608491,0608350,etc |
| supermassive black hole | SMBH | 128 | 8 | 2.00294 | 0608569,0608039,etc |
| low mass x ray binary | LMXB | 80 | 8 | 2.000785 | 0608360,0608601,etc |
| soft gamma ray repeater | SGR | 127 | 8 | 2.002346 | 0608588,0608364,etc |
| local thermodynamic equilibrium | LTE | 185 | 8 | 1.004991 | 0608416,0608284,etc |
| full width half maximum | FWHM | 17 | 7 | 1.00047 | 0608623,0608615,etc |
| main sequence | MS | 77 | 7 | 2.001544 | 0608022,0608170,etc |
| pulsar wind nebula | PWN | 60 | 7 | 1.001704 | 0608210,0608310,etc |
| markov chain monte carlo | MCMC | 100 | 7 | 2.003524 | 0608174,0608571,etc |
| european southern observatory | ESO | 20 | 7 | 1.000267 | 0608078,0608615,etc |
| red giant branch | RGB | 177 | 7 | 2.00153 | 0608370,0608618,etc |
| very large telescope | VLT | 32 | 7 | 1.00048 | 0608014,0608615,etc |
| globular cluster | GC | 953 | 7 | 2.013925 | 0608366,0608238,etc |
| horizontal branch | HB | 112 | 7 | 1.00436 | 0608366,0608332,etc |
| quasi periodic oscillation | QPO | 262 | 7 | 2.00896 | 0608089,0608345,etc |
| white dwarf | WD | 159 | 7 | 1.003138 | 0608688,0608345,etc |
| probability distribution function | PDF | 128 | 6 | 2.002631 | 0608209,0608280,etc |
| kitt peak national observatory | KPNO | 26 | 6 | 1.000392 | 0608216,0608166,etc |
| canada france hawaii telescope | CFHT | 37 | 6 | 2.000853 | 0608378,0608615,etc |
| magnetohydrodynamic | MHD | 63 | 6 | 1.001522 | 0608051,0608161,etc |
| astrophysical research consortium | ARC | 6 | 6 | 1.000043 | 0608531,0608353,etc |
| far infrared | FIR | 93 | 6 | 2.002387 | 0608482,0608003,etc |
| inverse compton | IC | 81 | 6 | 1.002025 | 0608656,0608058,etc |
| signal to noise | S/N | 25 | 6 | 1.000178 | 0608557,0608270,etc |
| infrared spectrograph | IRS | 149 | 6 | 2.002727 | 0608006,0608003,etc |
| very long baseline array | VLBA | 59 | 6 | 1.00295 | 0608098,0608507,etc |
| hot bottom burning | HBB | 59 | 5 | 2.001003 | 0608001,0608666,etc |
| cosmic x ray background | CXB | 114 | 5 | 2.003506 | 0608253,0608250,etc |
| supernova legacy survey | SNLS | 37 | 5 | 1.001838 | 0608469,0608324,etc |
| large scale structure | LSS | 20 | 5 | 1.001377 | 0608469,0608567,etc |
| extremely red object | ERO | 107 | 5 | 2.007139 | 0608581,0608102,etc |
| australia telescope compact array | ATCA | 42 | 5 | 2.001248 | 0608581,0608556,etc |
| red supergiant | RSG | 82 | 5 | 2.001429 | 0608698,0608170,etc |
| brown dwarf | BD | 376 | 5 | 2.009103 | 0608546,0608352,etc |
| infrared | IR | 309 | 5 | 2.006732 | 0608546,0608003,etc |
| galactic center | GC | 27 | 5 | 2.000623 | 0608168,0608576,etc |
| ultraluminous x ray source | ULX | 164 | 5 | 2.004544 | 0608419,0608066,etc |
| high resolution camera | HRC | 20 | 5 | 1.001004 | 0608524,0608086,etc |
| basic calibrated data | BCD | 28 | 5 | 1.000485 | 0608593,0608083,etc |
| rossi x ray timing explorer | RXTE | 55 | 5 | 1.001563 | 0608653,0608089,etc |
| position angle | PA | 48 | 5 | 2.000999 | 0608039,0608362,etc |
| infrared space observatory | ISO | 14 | 5 | 1.000398 | 0608615,0608482,etc |
| infrared telescope facility | IRTF | 22 | 5 | 1.000435 | 0608102,0608547,etc |
| space telescope imaging spectrograph | STIS | 80 | 5 | 1.002501 | 0608416,0608349,etc |
| magnetorotational instability | MRI | 55 | 5 | 2.002578 | 0608161,0608703,etc |
| right ascension | RA | 36 | 5 | 1.000517 | 0608515,0608482,etc |
| very long baseline interferometry | VLBI | 36 | 5 | 1.001047 | 0608556,0608507,etc |
| brightest cluster galaxy | BCG | 137 | 5 | 1.004777 | 0608614,0608407,etc |
| small magellanic cloud | SMC | 204 | 5 | 1.004755 | 0608003,0608561,etc |
| narrow line region | NLR | 126 | 5 | 2.004233 | 0608309,0608057,etc |
| lyman break galaxy | LBG | 294 | 5 | 2.00619 | 0608040,0608516,etc |
| national radio astronomy observatory | NRAO | 6 | 5 | 1.000088 | 0608585,0608507,etc |