| active galactic nucleus | AGN | 1533 | 65 | 2.005532 | 0612568,0612003,etc |
| spectral energy distribution | SED | 629 | 50 | 2.002101 | 0612066,0612271,etc |
| cosmic microwave background | CMB | 398 | 35 | 2.001962 | 0612271,0612006,etc |
| point spread function | PSF | 308 | 33 | 1.002661 | 0612711,0612107,etc |
| sloan digital sky survey | SDSS | 434 | 28 | 2.006067 | 0612416,0612162,etc |
| gamma ray burst | GRB | 1016 | 27 | 2.008828 | 0612403,0612238,etc |
| nasa/ipac extragalactic database | NED | 41 | 24 | 1.000343 | 0612042,0612446,etc |
| star formation rate | SFR | 287 | 23 | 1.001753 | 0612271,0612080,etc |
| initial mass function | IMF | 222 | 23 | 1.002599 | 0612271,0612368,etc |
| interstellar medium | ISM | 145 | 23 | 1.001077 | 0612080,0612411,etc |
| hubble space telescope | HST | 156 | 19 | 2.001833 | 0612381,0612094,etc |
| supernova | SN | 1062 | 19 | 2.008474 | 0612711,0612394,etc |
| advanced camera for surveys | ACS | 134 | 16 | 2.003115 | 0612547,0612368,etc |
| full width at half maximum | FWHM | 68 | 16 | 1.00066 | 0612376,0612094,etc |
| signal to noise ratio | SNR | 127 | 16 | 1.000732 | 0612520,0612029,etc |
| cold dark matter | CDM | 120 | 16 | 2.001718 | 0612468,0612347,etc |
| equivalent width | EW | 173 | 16 | 1.002763 | 0612511,0612613,etc |
| supernova remnant | SNR | 290 | 15 | 2.005745 | 0612396,0612424,etc |
| broad line region | BLR | 186 | 14 | 2.002506 | 0612542,0612579,etc |
| equation of state | EOS | 308 | 14 | 2.003434 | 0612061,0612464,etc |
| black hole | BH | 638 | 13 | 2.005425 | 0612304,0612073,etc |
| dark matter | DM | 321 | 13 | 2.004205 | 0612387,0612384,etc |
| near infrared | nIR | 229 | 13 | 2.001675 | 0612545,0612607,etc |
| infrared | IR | 487 | 12 | 2.010491 | 0612520,0612448,etc |
| very large array | VLA | 163 | 12 | 1.002301 | 0612520,0612575,etc |
| intergalactic medium | IGM | 123 | 11 | 1.001437 | 0612275,0612271,etc |
| globular cluster | GC | 1161 | 11 | 2.009236 | 0612368,0612304,etc |
| max planck institute for astronomy | MPIA | 11 | 11 | 1.000251 | 0612568,0612401,etc |
| max planck institute for astrophysics | MPA | 11 | 11 | 1.000251 | 0612568,0612401,etc |
| luminosity function | LF | 375 | 11 | 1.003579 | 0612719,0612202,etc |
| field of view | FoV | 101 | 11 | 2.002001 | 0612219,0612074,etc |
| signal to noise | S/N | 120 | 10 | 1.000994 | 0612275,0612199,etc |
| asymptotic giant branch | AGB | 167 | 10 | 2.004143 | 0612005,0612411,etc |
| neutron star | NS | 493 | 10 | 2.005495 | 0612061,0612425,etc |
| very large telescope | VLT | 30 | 10 | 1.000281 | 0612162,0612407,etc |
| inverse compton | IC | 185 | 10 | 2.003006 | 0612209,0612495,etc |
| supermassive black hole | SMBH | 190 | 10 | 1.003492 | 0612401,0612398,etc |
| large magellanic cloud | LMC | 93 | 9 | 1.002111 | 0612080,0612545,etc |
| low mass x ray binary | LMXB | 84 | 9 | 1.002881 | 0612425,0612680,etc |
| young stellar object | YSO | 161 | 9 | 2.003039 | 0612690,0612748,etc |
| quasi periodic oscillation | QPO | 181 | 8 | 1.00363 | 0612061,0612575,etc |
| red giant branch | RGB | 103 | 8 | 2.003251 | 0612368,0612263,etc |
| intermediate mass black hole | IMBH | 110 | 8 | 1.002847 | 0612304,0612387,etc |
| ultra luminous infrared galaxy | ULIRG | 89 | 8 | 1.001695 | 0612331,0612578,etc |
| narrow line region | NLR | 102 | 8 | 1.00707 | 0612094,0612309,etc |
| cataclysmic variable | CV | 77 | 8 | 2.000895 | 0612692,0612251,etc |
| white dwarf | WD | 191 | 8 | 1.00196 | 0612692,0612337,etc |
| local thermodynamic equilibrium | LTE | 43 | 8 | 2.00191 | 0612692,0612301,etc |
| cosmic evolution survey | COSMOS | 333 | 8 | 2.004349 | 0612384,0612305,etc |
| spectral energy distributions | SED | 74 | 8 | 2.001864 | 0612702,0612448,etc |
| markov chain monte carlo | MCMC | 39 | 8 | 2.000798 | 0612442,0612038,etc |
| lyman break galaxy | LBG | 112 | 8 | 2.002986 | 0612428,0612511,etc |
| very high energy | VHE | 58 | 8 | 1.001665 | 0612495,0612296,etc |
| color magnitude diagram | CMD | 166 | 7 | 2.003254 | 0612368,0612107,etc |
| main sequence | MS | 160 | 7 | 1.002653 | 0612368,0612337,etc |
| proportional counter array | PCA | 52 | 7 | 1.000908 | 0612635,0612575,etc |
| wolf rayet | WR | 205 | 7 | 1.006353 | 0612711,0612477,etc |
| astrophysical research consortium | ARC | 11 | 7 | 1.000107 | 0612568,0612401,etc |
| mid infrared | MIR | 75 | 7 | 2.00284 | 0612331,0612520,etc |
| weakly interacting massive particle | WIMP | 117 | 7 | 2.006221 | 0612387,0612514,etc |
| full width half maximum | FWHM | 80 | 7 | 1.001921 | 0612483,0612229,etc |
| adaptive optics | AO | 224 | 7 | 2.002569 | 0612448,0612199,etc |
| particle physics and astronomy research council | PPARC | 8 | 7 | 1.000185 | 0612495,0612211,etc |
| australia telescope compact array | ATCA | 23 | 7 | 2.000544 | 0612481,0612211,etc |
| zero age main sequence | ZAMS | 17 | 7 | 1.000428 | 0612338,0612508,etc |
| large scale structure | LSS | 39 | 7 | 1.00138 | 0612279,0612314,etc |
| space telescope imaging spectrograph | STIS | 56 | 6 | 1.000642 | 0612275,0612692,etc |
| magnetorotational instability | MRI | 91 | 6 | 1.003638 | 0612180,0612404,etc |
| synchrotron self compton | SSC | 45 | 6 | 1.004906 | 0612635,0612318,etc |
| 2 micron all sky survey | 2MASS | 63 | 6 | 2.000746 | 0612107,0612162,etc |
| wide field camera | WFCAM | 22 | 6 | 1.000324 | 0612162,0612263,etc |
| infrared spectrograph | IRS | 68 | 6 | 1.001408 | 0612509,0612443,etc |
| broad absorption line | BAL | 100 | 6 | 1.015913 | 0612366,0612028,etc |
| great observatories origins deep survey | GOODS | 30 | 6 | 1.002007 | 0612520,0612428,etc |
| cosmic microwave background radiation | CMBR | 40 | 6 | 1.0051 | 0612773,0612743,etc |
| intracluster medium | ICM | 112 | 6 | 2.002781 | 0612111,0612700,etc |
| radial velocity | RV | 80 | 6 | 2.003269 | 0612442,0612761,etc |
| wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe | WMAP | 50 | 6 | 1.002293 | 0612706,0612517,etc |
| galactic center | GC | 39 | 6 | 2.00869 | 0612731,0612652,etc |
| position angle | PA | 30 | 6 | 2.004885 | 0612579,0612159,etc |
| monte carlo | MC | 50 | 6 | 2.001508 | 0612307,0612694,etc |
| vimos vlt deep survey | VVDS | 29 | 5 | 2.001947 | 0612066,0612335,etc |
| chandra deep field south | CDFS | 45 | 5 | 1.001358 | 0612066,0612329,etc |
| planetary nebula | PN | 200 | 5 | 2.007071 | 0612005,0612411,etc |
| small magellanic cloud | SMC | 26 | 5 | 1.000696 | 0612080,0612545,etc |
| two micron all sky survey | 2MASS | 93 | 5 | 2.00197 | 0612368,0612727,etc |
| proportional counter unit | PCU | 14 | 5 | 1.001796 | 0612635,0612680,etc |
| luminous blue variable | LBV | 16 | 5 | 1.000851 | 0612711,0612248,etc |
| new technology telescope | NTT | 15 | 5 | 2.000335 | 0612162,0612575,etc |
| horizontal branch | HB | 125 | 5 | 2.002457 | 0612304,0612576,etc |
| polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon | PAH | 131 | 5 | 2.004521 | 0612509,0612105,etc |
| ultraluminous infrared galaxy | ULIRG | 64 | 5 | 2.004054 | 0612509,0612520,etc |
| extragalactic background light | EBL | 77 | 5 | 2.005577 | 0612520,0612736,etc |
| plateau de bure interferometer | PdBI | 23 | 5 | 2.001669 | 0612345,0612545,etc |
| friedmann robertson walker | FRW | 42 | 5 | 1.001261 | 0612347,0612746,etc |
| gravitational wave | GW | 111 | 5 | 2.003682 | 0612337,0612265,etc |
| european southern observatory | ESO | 14 | 5 | 2.000582 | 0612575,0612484,etc |
| probability distribution function | PDF | 90 | 5 | 2.002047 | 0612768,0612517,etc |
| x ray luminosity function | XLF | 115 | 5 | 1.002951 | 0612058,0612338,etc |
| dark energy | DE | 129 | 5 | 2.006798 | 0612672,0612487,etc |
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