| spectral energy distribution | SED | 614 | 76 | 1.002319 | 0610322,0610861,etc |
| active galactic nucleus | AGN | 1260 | 64 | 2.005346 | 0610738,0610712,etc |
| sloan digital sky survey | SDSS | 632 | 48 | 2.002885 | 0610738,0610486,etc |
| cosmic microwave background | CMB | 756 | 44 | 2.003236 | 0610398,0610847,etc |
| interstellar medium | ISM | 413 | 44 | 2.003173 | 0610454,0610265,etc |
| point spread function | PSF | 319 | 39 | 2.003039 | 0610793,0610265,etc |
| initial mass function | IMF | 361 | 30 | 1.00349 | 0610321,0610438,etc |
| star formation rate | SFR | 582 | 29 | 1.003768 | 0610321,0610646,etc |
| nasa/ipac extragalactic database | NED | 60 | 28 | 1.000728 | 0610321,0610432,etc |
| gamma ray burst | GRB | 1457 | 26 | 2.009587 | 0610943,0610014,etc |
| supernova remnant | SNR | 396 | 25 | 2.005008 | 0610809,0610522,etc |
| signal to noise ratio | SNR | 192 | 25 | 1.001087 | 0610478,0610438,etc |
| near infrared | NIR | 224 | 24 | 2.002323 | 0610303,0610899,etc |
| asymptotic giant branch | AGB | 568 | 23 | 2.003991 | 0610252,0610412,etc |
| supernova | SN | 1053 | 22 | 2.011568 | 0610868,0610956,etc |
| cold dark matter | CDM | 225 | 22 | 1.002571 | 0610938,0610090,etc |
| large magellanic cloud | LMC | 425 | 18 | 2.002025 | 0610857,0610595,etc |
| field of view | FOV | 115 | 18 | 2.001117 | 0610265,0610097,etc |
| equivalent width | EW | 277 | 18 | 2.001974 | 0610438,0610261,etc |
| dark matter | DM | 546 | 17 | 2.00511 | 0610857,0610509,etc |
| very large array | VLA | 109 | 15 | 1.001803 | 0610137,0610952,etc |
| color magnitude diagram | CMD | 163 | 15 | 1.00128 | 0610646,0610261,etc |
| full width at half maximum | FWHM | 37 | 15 | 1.000581 | 0610589,0610432,etc |
| infrared | IR | 744 | 15 | 2.008273 | 0610265,0610915,etc |
| max planck institute for astronomy | MPIA | 15 | 15 | 1.000086 | 0610438,0610432,etc |
| max planck institute for astrophysics | MPA | 15 | 15 | 1.000086 | 0610438,0610432,etc |
| supermassive black hole | SBH | 212 | 15 | 2.006494 | 0610702,0610145,etc |
| black hole | BH | 401 | 14 | 2.004061 | 0610321,0610335,etc |
| very large telescope | VLT | 94 | 14 | 1.000839 | 0610152,0610899,etc |
| polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon | PAH | 472 | 14 | 1.005547 | 0610915,0610050,etc |
| intracluster medium | ICM | 114 | 13 | 2.001153 | 0610578,0610088,etc |
| luminosity function | LF | 486 | 13 | 2.004345 | 0610138,0610306,etc |
| main sequence | MS | 144 | 13 | 2.001827 | 0610552,0610310,etc |
| young stellar object | YSO | 301 | 13 | 1.003156 | 0610381,0610826,etc |
| pre main sequence | PMS | 125 | 13 | 2.001502 | 0610354,0610439,etc |
| star formation | SF | 394 | 12 | 2.00626 | 0610321,0610915,etc |
| kolmogorov smirnov | KS | 44 | 12 | 1.000369 | 0610809,0610568,etc |
| zero age main sequence | ZAMS | 53 | 12 | 1.001321 | 0610014,0610354,etc |
| star formation history | SFH | 84 | 12 | 1.001495 | 0610481,0610228,etc |
| low mass x ray binary | LMXRB | 144 | 12 | 1.00306 | 0610167,0610919,etc |
| hubble space telescope | HST | 44 | 11 | 1.00096 | 0610478,0610676,etc |
| planetary nebula | PN | 477 | 11 | 2.004288 | 0610152,0610189,etc |
| two micron all sky survey | 2MASS | 84 | 11 | 2.001104 | 0610152,0610732,etc |
| wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe | WMAP | 154 | 11 | 2.002352 | 0610794,0610911,etc |
| equation of state | EOS | 115 | 11 | 2.001893 | 0610248,0610266,etc |
| red giant branch | RGB | 101 | 11 | 1.002102 | 0610704,0610346,etc |
| smoothed particle hydrodynamics | SPH | 164 | 10 | 2.002777 | 0610861,0610720,etc |
| general relativity | GR | 53 | 10 | 2.001269 | 0610857,0610486,etc |
| wolf rayet | WR | 465 | 10 | 2.004924 | 0610438,0610868,etc |
| infrared array camera | IRAC | 229 | 10 | 2.002019 | 0610381,0610543,etc |
| very long baseline interferometry | VLBI | 109 | 9 | 2.00374 | 0610712,0610952,etc |
| european photon imaging camera | EPIC | 106 | 9 | 2.00114 | 0610809,0610522,etc |
| globular cluster | GC | 312 | 9 | 1.003538 | 0610809,0610831,etc |
| adaptive optics | AO | 276 | 9 | 2.007398 | 0610646,0610265,etc |
| radio frequency interference | RFI | 28 | 9 | 1.000365 | 0610596,0610554,etc |
| x ray telescope | XRT | 123 | 9 | 1.004033 | 0610594,0610177,etc |
| intergalactic medium | IGM | 107 | 9 | 1.005306 | 0610329,0610350,etc |
| horizontal branch | HB | 221 | 9 | 2.003338 | 0610252,0610406,etc |
| james clerk maxwell telescope | JCMT | 35 | 9 | 1.000475 | 0610360,0610485,etc |
| advanced ccd imaging spectrometer | ACIS | 143 | 8 | 2.002281 | 0610802,0610594,etc |
| supernovae | SN | 104 | 8 | 2.000891 | 0610321,0610486,etc |
| neutron star | NS | 223 | 8 | 2.004522 | 0610335,0610594,etc |
| astronomical image processing system | AIPS | 16 | 8 | 1.000263 | 0610952,0610482,etc |
| inverse compton | IC | 100 | 8 | 1.004924 | 0610139,0610344,etc |
| brightest cluster galaxy | BCG | 126 | 8 | 2.00849 | 0610702,0610228,etc |
| white dwarf | WD | 179 | 8 | 2.007737 | 0610303,0610254,etc |
| ultraviolet | UV | 193 | 8 | 1.002355 | 0610899,0610002,etc |
| far infrared | FIR | 123 | 8 | 1.002041 | 0610114,0610900,etc |
| infrared space observatory | ISO | 68 | 8 | 2.001298 | 0610562,0610364,etc |
| magnetohydrodynamic | MHD | 174 | 8 | 2.002896 | 0610687,0610073,etc |
| canada france hawaii telescope | CFHT | 126 | 7 | 2.001797 | 0610646,0610824,etc |
| cosmic ray | CR | 233 | 7 | 2.00815 | 0610596,0610865,etc |
| pulsar wind nebula | PWN | 105 | 7 | 2.004146 | 0610522,0610139,etc |
| broad absorption line | BAL | 298 | 7 | 2.00772 | 0610117,0610656,etc |
| cataclysmic variable | CV | 94 | 7 | 2.005765 | 0610701,0610919,etc |
| luminous blue variable | LBV | 54 | 7 | 2.002032 | 0610868,0610095,etc |
| local standard of rest | LSR | 31 | 7 | 1.000842 | 0610152,0610096,etc |
| large scale structure | LSS | 112 | 7 | 2.003117 | 0610568,0610911,etc |
| burst alert telescope | BAT | 120 | 7 | 2.002836 | 0610177,0610416,etc |
| full width half maximum | FWHM | 49 | 7 | 1.001403 | 0610956,0610097,etc |
| simple stellar population | SSP | 38 | 7 | 1.000949 | 0610261,0610241,etc |
| radial velocity | RV | 55 | 7 | 1.00123 | 0610179,0610041,etc |
| all sky monitor | ASM | 32 | 7 | 1.000752 | 0610480,0610873,etc |
| science analysis system | SAS | 22 | 7 | 1.000379 | 0610582,0610874,etc |
| signal to noise | S/N | 32 | 7 | 1.000537 | 0610843,0610708,etc |
| mid infrared | mid-IR | 160 | 6 | 1.004435 | 0610322,0610394,etc |
| very long baseline array | VLBA | 57 | 6 | 2.001029 | 0610137,0610952,etc |
| big bang nucleosynthesis | BBN | 49 | 6 | 1.002771 | 0610486,0610920,etc |
| intermediate mass black hole | IMBH | 78 | 6 | 2.004236 | 0610478,0610145,etc |
| australia telescope compact array | ATCA | 55 | 6 | 2.001931 | 0610152,0610387,etc |
| astrophysical research consortium | ARC | 7 | 6 | 1.000082 | 0610432,0610089,etc |
| advanced camera for surveys | ACS | 26 | 6 | 1.00169 | 0610702,0610422,etc |
| quasi periodic oscillation | QPO | 100 | 6 | 2.003698 | 0610651,0610873,etc |
| dark energy | DE | 160 | 6 | 2.005805 | 0610056,0610498,etc |
| small magellanic cloud | SMC | 66 | 6 | 1.002566 | 0610261,0610899,etc |
| supernova legacy survey | SNLS | 68 | 6 | 2.001959 | 0610228,0610092,etc |
| cerro tololo inter american observatory | CTIO | 9 | 6 | 1.000169 | 0610579,0610480,etc |
| intra cluster medium | ICM | 71 | 6 | 2.001704 | 0610521,0610820,etc |
| position angle | PA | 47 | 6 | 1.001776 | 0610813,0610355,etc |
| orion nebula cluster | ONC | 104 | 6 | 1.003228 | 0610279,0610490,etc |