| spectral energy distribution | SED | 504 | 65 | 1.001836 | 0611555,0611886,etc |
| active galactic nucleus | AGN | 1169 | 63 | 2.007477 | 0611922,0611889,etc |
| interstellar medium | ISM | 371 | 52 | 2.001486 | 0611555,0611631,etc |
| point spread function | PSF | 365 | 46 | 1.002085 | 0611559,0611697,etc |
| sloan digital sky survey | SDSS | 694 | 45 | 1.003429 | 0611310,0611196,etc |
| cosmic microwave background | CMB | 517 | 40 | 1.003016 | 0611274,0611720,etc |
| gamma ray burst | GRB | 1562 | 37 | 2.008669 | 0611555,0611233,etc |
| star formation rate | SFR | 565 | 27 | 2.003155 | 0611274,0611555,etc |
| initial mass function | IMF | 227 | 27 | 2.001422 | 0611555,0611721,etc |
| asymptotic giant branch | AGB | 478 | 22 | 1.005692 | 0611852,0611756,etc |
| equivalent width | EW | 186 | 22 | 1.001199 | 0611635,0611464,etc |
| cold dark matter | CDM | 290 | 21 | 1.002614 | 0611018,0611930,etc |
| black hole | BH | 537 | 21 | 2.005953 | 0611799,0611341,etc |
| supernova | SN | 568 | 21 | 2.007049 | 0611102,0611130,etc |
| near infrared | NIR | 216 | 20 | 2.00266 | 0611559,0611108,etc |
| red giant branch | RGB | 411 | 20 | 2.003077 | 0611587,0611756,etc |
| color magnitude diagram | CMD | 232 | 19 | 1.001746 | 0611656,0611246,etc |
| signal to noise ratio | SNR | 144 | 19 | 1.000915 | 0611443,0611104,etc |
| nasa/ipac extragalactic database | NED | 38 | 18 | 1.000294 | 0611423,0611120,etc |
| field of view | FOV | 72 | 18 | 1.001115 | 0611297,0611206,etc |
| intergalactic medium | IGM | 120 | 17 | 1.002419 | 0611406,0611274,etc |
| dark matter | DM | 320 | 17 | 2.005744 | 0611129,0611941,etc |
| horizontal branch | HB | 117 | 16 | 2.001585 | 0611852,0611868,etc |
| max planck institute for astronomy | MPIA | 16 | 16 | 1.00014 | 0611922,0611196,etc |
| max planck institute for astrophysics | MPA | 19 | 16 | 1.000132 | 0611922,0611196,etc |
| hubble space telescope | HST | 111 | 16 | 1.00115 | 0611074,0611571,etc |
| milky way | MW | 223 | 15 | 2.002431 | 0611852,0611732,etc |
| white dwarf | WD | 727 | 15 | 1.009422 | 0611926,0611356,etc |
| supernova remnant | SNR | 299 | 15 | 2.001908 | 0611720,0611102,etc |
| advanced camera for surveys | ACS | 115 | 14 | 2.000925 | 0611852,0611868,etc |
| inverse compton | IC | 140 | 14 | 2.001679 | 0611854,0611291,etc |
| low mass x ray binary | LMXB | 356 | 14 | 1.004741 | 0611823,0611237,etc |
| luminosity function | LF | 381 | 14 | 1.004449 | 0611886,0611799,etc |
| wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe | WMAP | 94 | 14 | 1.003021 | 0611941,0611799,etc |
| equation of state | EoS | 238 | 14 | 1.004 | 0611708,0611659,etc |
| very large array | VLA | 60 | 13 | 1.001304 | 0611297,0611196,etc |
| main sequence | MS | 240 | 13 | 1.006755 | 0611509,0611926,etc |
| neutron star | NS | 558 | 13 | 2.009032 | 0611708,0611237,etc |
| full width at half maximum | FWHM | 75 | 13 | 1.001031 | 0611042,0611564,etc |
| large scale structure | LSS | 69 | 12 | 2.001415 | 0611784,0611198,etc |
| ultraviolet | UV | 54 | 11 | 1.001091 | 0611324,0611066,etc |
| lyman break galaxy | LBG | 172 | 11 | 2.005535 | 0611878,0611799,etc |
| synchrotron self compton | SSC | 35 | 10 | 1.000423 | 0611406,0611439,etc |
| infrared | IR | 265 | 10 | 2.004367 | 0611889,0611721,etc |
| intra cluster medium | ICM | 103 | 10 | 2.003275 | 0611631,0611018,etc |
| photon counting | PC | 89 | 10 | 2.001216 | 0611732,0611216,etc |
| intracluster medium | ICM | 215 | 10 | 2.003855 | 0611048,0611914,etc |
| signal to noise | S/N | 37 | 10 | 1.000299 | 0611237,0611035,etc |
| cosmic ray | CR | 580 | 9 | 1.012258 | 0611854,0611226,etc |
| mid infrared | mid-IR | 143 | 9 | 2.0039 | 0611458,0611559,etc |
| zero age main sequence | ZAMS | 45 | 9 | 1.000568 | 0611584,0611103,etc |
| national radio astronomy observatory | NRAO | 14 | 9 | 1.000248 | 0611297,0611196,etc |
| x ray telescope | XRT | 98 | 9 | 1.002915 | 0611530,0611031,etc |
| pre main sequence | PMS | 113 | 9 | 1.00277 | 0611721,0611632,etc |
| globular cluster | GC | 714 | 9 | 2.009434 | 0611672,0611237,etc |
| star formation history | SFH | 173 | 9 | 2.007197 | 0611723,0611283,etc |
| anomalous x ray pulsar | AXP | 126 | 8 | 2.003553 | 0611133,0611708,etc |
| quasi periodic oscillation | QPO | 86 | 8 | 1.00337 | 0611713,0611829,etc |
| broad line region | BLR | 156 | 8 | 1.008745 | 0611439,0611819,etc |
| large magellanic cloud | LMC | 45 | 8 | 2.000906 | 0611732,0611083,etc |
| planetary nebula | PN | 326 | 8 | 1.005656 | 0611756,0611279,etc |
| innermost stable circular orbit | ISCO | 53 | 8 | 1.000925 | 0611659,0611047,etc |
| colour magnitude diagram | CMD | 98 | 8 | 1.001137 | 0611257,0611286,etc |
| australia telescope compact array | ATCA | 42 | 7 | 2.001068 | 0611423,0611713,etc |
| small magellanic cloud | SMC | 202 | 7 | 2.00388 | 0611555,0611732,etc |
| soft gamma ray repeater | SGR | 141 | 7 | 1.006423 | 0611133,0611175,etc |
| polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon | PAH | 94 | 7 | 2.004329 | 0611458,0611429,etc |
| cross correlation function | CCF | 34 | 7 | 1.000264 | 0611584,0611787,etc |
| far infrared | FIR | 76 | 7 | 1.001097 | 0611559,0611687,etc |
| smoothed particle hydrodynamics | SPH | 35 | 7 | 1.000741 | 0611707,0611037,etc |
| dwarf spheroidal | dSph | 317 | 7 | 2.001903 | 0611756,0611285,etc |
| radial velocity | RV | 219 | 7 | 2.00164 | 0611431,0611630,etc |
| isaac newton telescope | INT | 19 | 7 | 1.000324 | 0611431,0611257,etc |
| two micron all sky survey | 2MASS | 164 | 7 | 1.005994 | 0611906,0611899,etc |
| adaptive optics | AO | 55 | 7 | 2.00112 | 0611377,0611810,etc |
| wide field planetary camera 2 | WFPC2 | 23 | 6 | 1.000309 | 0611555,0611042,etc |
| magnetorotational instability | MRI | 107 | 6 | 2.008278 | 0611359,0611534,etc |
| very long baseline array | VLBA | 26 | 6 | 2.00105 | 0611425,0611530,etc |
| european photon imaging camera | EPIC | 84 | 6 | 1.001354 | 0611297,0611230,etc |
| science analysis software | SAS | 14 | 6 | 1.000412 | 0611297,0611739,etc |
| astrophysical research consortium | ARC | 11 | 6 | 1.000598 | 0611196,0611137,etc |
| proportional counter unit | PCU | 33 | 6 | 1.001024 | 0611450,0611467,etc |
| kolmogorov smirnov | KS | 19 | 6 | 1.000296 | 0611120,0611819,etc |
| infrared spectrograph | IRS | 70 | 6 | 1.001534 | 0611429,0611071,etc |
| cataclysmic variable | CV | 195 | 6 | 2.002945 | 0611829,0611569,etc |
| new technology telescope | NTT | 21 | 6 | 1.000409 | 0611829,0611344,etc |
| space telescope imaging spectrograph | STIS | 47 | 6 | 1.001578 | 0611074,0611807,etc |
| magnetohydrodynamic | MHD | 152 | 6 | 2.007804 | 0611708,0611718,etc |
| very high energy | VHE | 163 | 6 | 2.006464 | 0611720,0611457,etc |
| proportional counter array | PCA | 17 | 6 | 1.00038 | 0611467,0611810,etc |
| local group | LG | 165 | 6 | 2.002791 | 0611756,0611106,etc |
| westerbork synthesis radio telescope | WSRT | 17 | 6 | 1.000624 | 0611175,0611622,etc |
| giant molecular cloud | GMC | 70 | 6 | 1.001825 | 0611687,0611800,etc |
| luminous red galaxy | LRG | 80 | 6 | 1.002494 | 0611807,0611761,etc |
| metallicity distribution function | MDF | 90 | 6 | 1.001903 | 0611868,0611086,etc |
| classical t tauri stars | CTTS | 104 | 6 | 2.001169 | 0611632,0611560,etc |
| young stellar object | YSO | 66 | 6 | 1.00075 | 0611094,0611103,etc |
| galactic center | GC | 82 | 6 | 1.003217 | 0611783,0611377,etc |
| three dimensional | 3D | 113 | 6 | 2.00126 | 0611677,0611771,etc |
| european southern observatory | ESO | 13 | 6 | 1.000431 | 0611902,0611502,etc |