| spectral energy distribution | SED | 604 | 47 | 2.003044 | 0702503,0702394,etc |
| active galactic nucleus | AGN | 775 | 43 | 2.003223 | 0702103,0702151,etc |
| cosmic microwave background | CMB | 683 | 40 | 1.002636 | 0702610,0702487,etc |
| interstellar medium | ISM | 176 | 35 | 1.001044 | 0702267,0702158,etc |
| point spread function | PSF | 399 | 34 | 1.002879 | 0702208,0702156,etc |
| gamma ray burst | GRB | 1629 | 32 | 2.008978 | 0702620,0702617,etc |
| sloan digital sky survey | SDSS | 293 | 30 | 1.002457 | 0702610,0702040,etc |
| initial mass function | IMF | 329 | 26 | 1.004341 | 0702515,0702039,etc |
| nasa/ipac extragalactic database | NED | 43 | 24 | 1.000173 | 0702208,0702510,etc |
| star formation rate | SFR | 235 | 23 | 2.001812 | 0702503,0702613,etc |
| hubble space telescope | HST | 98 | 19 | 2.001364 | 0702610,0702433,etc |
| black hole | BH | 456 | 19 | 2.004979 | 0702274,0702471,etc |
| equation of state | EoS | 199 | 17 | 1.003313 | 0702221,0702228,etc |
| supernova | SN | 1049 | 16 | 2.010867 | 0702471,0702566,etc |
| infrared | IR | 396 | 16 | 2.004682 | 0702208,0702746,etc |
| supernova remnant | SNR | 303 | 16 | 2.003005 | 0702674,0702746,etc |
| luminosity function | LF | 337 | 16 | 2.003723 | 0702413,0702355,etc |
| signal to noise ratio | S/N | 60 | 15 | 1.000796 | 0702620,0702163,etc |
| very large array | VLA | 112 | 15 | 1.001034 | 0702438,0702746,etc |
| asymptotic giant branch | AGB | 285 | 14 | 2.003199 | 0702445,0702580,etc |
| globular cluster | GC | 1856 | 14 | 2.007657 | 0702580,0702413,etc |
| white dwarf | WD | 610 | 14 | 2.006937 | 0702754,0702218,etc |
| polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon | PAH | 217 | 13 | 1.002688 | 0702033,0702394,etc |
| red giant branch | RGB | 115 | 13 | 2.00446 | 0702580,0702289,etc |
| color magnitude diagram | CMD | 123 | 13 | 1.002129 | 0702289,0702137,etc |
| advanced camera for surveys | ACS | 86 | 13 | 1.000815 | 0702556,0702458,etc |
| magnetohydrodynamic | MHD | 125 | 11 | 2.001717 | 0702158,0702539,etc |
| wolf rayet | WR | 255 | 11 | 2.003879 | 0702515,0702086,etc |
| large magellanic cloud | LMC | 335 | 11 | 1.004293 | 0702413,0702427,etc |
| cold dark matter | CDM | 58 | 11 | 1.000801 | 0702173,0702572,etc |
| small magellanic cloud | SMC | 160 | 11 | 1.002245 | 0702358,0702019,etc |
| low mass x ray binary | LMXB | 162 | 10 | 2.001926 | 0702580,0702157,etc |
| neutron star | NS | 299 | 10 | 2.003233 | 0702580,0702228,etc |
| ultraviolet | UV | 300 | 10 | 1.003594 | 0702208,0702298,etc |
| two micron all sky survey | 2MASS | 57 | 10 | 2.00108 | 0702120,0702662,etc |
| near infrared | NIR | 91 | 10 | 2.000675 | 0702341,0702566,etc |
| dark matter | DM | 202 | 10 | 1.004505 | 0702035,0702148,etc |
| local thermodynamic equilibrium | LTE | 132 | 9 | 2.002074 | 0702297,0702429,etc |
| far infrared | FIR | 104 | 9 | 2.002343 | 0702341,0702378,etc |
| signal to noise | S/N | 49 | 9 | 1.000343 | 0702399,0702566,etc |
| equivalent width | EW | 186 | 9 | 2.003759 | 0702230,0702136,etc |
| zero age main sequence | ZAMS | 33 | 9 | 2.000254 | 0702406,0702111,etc |
| field of view | FOV | 44 | 9 | 1.001291 | 0702113,0702697,etc |
| x ray telescope | XRT | 150 | 8 | 2.001998 | 0702620,0702633,etc |
| wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe | WMAP | 131 | 8 | 1.003301 | 0702163,0702170,etc |
| horizontal branch | HB | 153 | 8 | 2.002423 | 0702580,0702107,etc |
| full width at half maximum | FWHM | 30 | 8 | 1.000395 | 0702208,0702727,etc |
| pulsar wind nebula | PWN | 149 | 8 | 2.002901 | 0702746,0702571,etc |
| max planck institute for astronomy | MPIA | 8 | 8 | 1.000064 | 0702184,0702584,etc |
| max planck institute for astrophysics | MPA | 8 | 8 | 1.000064 | 0702184,0702584,etc |
| line of sight | LOS | 114 | 8 | 1.002471 | 0702056,0702415,etc |
| kolmogorov smirnov | K-S | 26 | 7 | 2.000232 | 0702503,0702580,etc |
| infrared spectrograph | IRS | 65 | 7 | 2.001101 | 0702274,0702394,etc |
| intracluster medium | ICM | 126 | 7 | 1.003238 | 0702184,0702727,etc |
| simple stellar population | SSP | 52 | 7 | 1.001474 | 0702413,0702451,etc |
| general relativity | GR | 55 | 7 | 1.001063 | 0702228,0702539,etc |
| pre main sequence | PMS | 107 | 7 | 1.002265 | 0702230,0702074,etc |
| australia telescope compact array | ATCA | 46 | 7 | 1.000683 | 0702190,0702424,etc |
| position angle | PA | 45 | 7 | 2.001188 | 0702190,0702374,etc |
| star formation | SF | 92 | 7 | 2.002052 | 0702154,0702355,etc |
| very long baseline array | VLBA | 61 | 7 | 2.000932 | 0702086,0702522,etc |
| narrow line region | NLR | 101 | 7 | 2.001892 | 0702358,0702329,etc |
| intergalactic medium | IGM | 91 | 6 | 2.002006 | 0702487,0702323,etc |
| friedmann robertson walker | FRW | 34 | 6 | 1.000814 | 0702002,0702484,etc |
| baryon acoustic oscillations | BAO | 43 | 6 | 2.001478 | 0702484,0702670,etc |
| magnetorotational instability | MRI | 65 | 6 | 2.001199 | 0702080,0702465,etc |
| colour magnitude diagram | CMD | 45 | 6 | 2.000418 | 0702230,0702424,etc |
| broad line region | BLR | 250 | 6 | 2.004906 | 0702577,0702392,etc |
| giant molecular cloud | GMC | 62 | 6 | 1.00219 | 0702548,0702524,etc |
| adaptive optics | AO | 73 | 6 | 2.002367 | 0702591,0702702,etc |
| large scale structure | LSS | 57 | 6 | 1.00124 | 0702113,0702275,etc |
| charge transfer efficiency | CTE | 70 | 6 | 2.001716 | 0702140,0702012,etc |
| photon counting | PC | 46 | 6 | 2.000858 | 0702371,0702603,etc |
| star formation history | SFH | 13 | 6 | 1.000613 | 0702635,0702281,etc |
| full width half maximum | FWHM | 20 | 6 | 2.000214 | 0702414,0702147,etc |
| burst alert telescope | BAT | 75 | 5 | 1.001171 | 0702620,0702452,etc |
| inverse compton | IC | 95 | 5 | 2.008735 | 0702617,0702083,etc |
| intermediate mass black hole | IMBH | 243 | 5 | 1.007569 | 0702274,0702525,etc |
| main sequence | MS | 95 | 5 | 2.002109 | 0702580,0702289,etc |
| anglo australian telescope | AAT | 16 | 5 | 1.000829 | 0702040,0702511,etc |
| young stellar object | YSO | 36 | 5 | 2.000717 | 0702746,0702066,etc |
| brightest cluster galaxy | BCG | 38 | 5 | 2.000659 | 0702184,0702146,etc |
| james clerk maxwell telescope | JCMT | 74 | 5 | 2.00218 | 0702541,0702066,etc |
| synchrotron self compton | SSC | 50 | 5 | 1.003591 | 0702151,0702008,etc |
| mid infrared | MIR | 50 | 5 | 2.002289 | 0702341,0702019,etc |
| great observatories origins deep survey | GOODS | 23 | 5 | 1.000673 | 0702424,0702556,etc |
| anomalous x ray pulsar | AXP | 36 | 5 | 2.00147 | 0702254,0702598,etc |
| low surface brightness | LSB | 31 | 5 | 1.000985 | 0702302,0702146,etc |
| dwarf irregular | dIrr | 13 | 5 | 1.000863 | 0702378,0702041,etc |
| two dimensional | 2D | 31 | 5 | 1.00071 | 0702750,0702007,etc |
| cataclysmic variable | CV | 209 | 5 | 2.004185 | 0702662,0702308,etc |
| radial velocity | RV | 157 | 5 | 2.013527 | 0702253,0702635,etc |
| milky way | MW | 39 | 5 | 1.001221 | 0702635,0702281,etc |
| one dimensional | 1D | 51 | 5 | 2.000634 | 0702007,0702162,etc |
| big bang nucleosynthesis | BBN | 49 | 4 | 1.003608 | 0702610,0702090,etc |
| supernova legacy survey | SNLS | 45 | 4 | 1.002649 | 0702610,0702015,etc |
| ultra luminous infrared galaxy | ULIRG | 9 | 4 | 1.000802 | 0702274,0702341,etc |
| monte carlo markov chain | MCMC | 13 | 4 | 1.000294 | 0702040,0702002,etc |
| radio frequency interference | RFI | 18 | 4 | 2.000476 | 0702746,0702178,etc |
| national science foundation | NSF | 8 | 4 | 1.000101 | 0702754,0702565,etc |