| spectral energy distribution | SED | 654 | 69 | 1.001741 | 1002.3729,1002.4782,etc |
| active galactic nucleus | AGN | 2023 | 65 | 2.00547 | 1002.2643,1002.3152,etc |
| cosmic microwave background | CMB | 796 | 59 | 2.003507 | 1002.4745,1002.4928,etc |
| point spread function | PSF | 371 | 52 | 2.001275 | 1002.3152,1002.3614,etc |
| sloan digital sky survey | SDSS | 836 | 44 | 2.002228 | 1002.3701,1002.0844,etc |
| initial mass function | IMF | 315 | 36 | 2.004002 | 1002.1056,1002.0839,etc |
| star formation rate | SFR | 963 | 34 | 1.004097 | 1002.4229,1002.0590,etc |
| gamma ray burst | GRB | 895 | 31 | 2.00909 | 1002.2863,1002.3848,etc |
| interstellar medium | ISM | 167 | 26 | 1.001693 | 1002.0839,1002.0590,etc |
| near infrared | NIR | 330 | 25 | 2.001689 | 1002.3729,1002.4198,etc |
| hubble space telescope | HST | 172 | 24 | 1.000845 | 1002.3152,1002.1056,etc |
| nasa/ipac extragalactic database | NED | 46 | 24 | 1.000207 | 1002.3152,1002.1056,etc |
| field of view | FoV | 156 | 24 | 1.001493 | 1002.0760,1002.4782,etc |
| dark matter | DM | 1315 | 23 | 2.00895 | 1002.4715,1002.3444,etc |
| large area telescope | LAT | 517 | 23 | 2.005378 | 1002.2863,1002.3848,etc |
| asymptotic giant branch | AGB | 383 | 23 | 2.002364 | 1002.3554,1002.2458,etc |
| infrared | IR | 941 | 22 | 2.003488 | 1002.3648,1002.2458,etc |
| signal to noise ratio | S/N | 108 | 21 | 1.001026 | 1002.0760,1002.3401,etc |
| supernova | SN | 832 | 19 | 2.00666 | 1002.0590,1002.4539,etc |
| max planck institute for astronomy | MPIA | 18 | 18 | 1.00003 | 1002.3701,1002.1670,etc |
| max planck institute for astrophysics | MPA | 30 | 18 | 1.000152 | 1002.3701,1002.1670,etc |
| white dwarf | WD | 343 | 18 | 2.003001 | 1002.2216,1002.2258,etc |
| cold dark matter | CDM | 124 | 18 | 1.000924 | 1002.0844,1002.4479,etc |
| weakly interacting massive particle | WIMP | 392 | 17 | 2.005927 | 1002.1912,1002.0754,etc |
| globular cluster | GC | 1332 | 17 | 2.010144 | 1002.0711,1002.0460,etc |
| very large array | VLA | 111 | 17 | 1.000845 | 1002.2375,1002.1714,etc |
| star formation history | SFH | 351 | 16 | 1.00344 | 1002.4229,1002.4198,etc |
| supermassive black hole | SBH | 213 | 15 | 2.005342 | 1002.2643,1002.1056,etc |
| general relativity | GR | 251 | 15 | 2.00251 | 1002.4715,1002.4928,etc |
| luminosity function | LF | 275 | 15 | 2.001997 | 1002.0839,1002.3648,etc |
| equivalent width | EW | 114 | 14 | 2.001267 | 1002.0082,1002.0004,etc |
| inverse compton | IC | 134 | 14 | 2.001735 | 1002.4782,1002.0711,etc |
| very large telescope | VLT | 60 | 14 | 1.000634 | 1002.4198,1002.3297,etc |
| line of sight | LOS | 81 | 13 | 1.001013 | 1002.4355,1002.0839,etc |
| advanced camera for surveys | ACS | 149 | 13 | 2.000872 | 1002.1056,1002.4198,etc |
| markov chain monte carlo | MCMC | 85 | 13 | 1.001065 | 1002.1962,1002.1947,etc |
| large magellanic cloud | LMC | 212 | 13 | 1.002468 | 1002.4864,1002.2280,etc |
| main sequence | MS | 248 | 13 | 1.00295 | 1002.4864,1002.4229,etc |
| infrared array camera | IRAC | 269 | 13 | 2.002637 | 1002.3648,1002.3158,etc |
| polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon | PAH | 317 | 13 | 1.007414 | 1002.4521,1002.3654,etc |
| black hole | BH | 313 | 13 | 2.005575 | 1002.4967,1002.2562,etc |
| red giant branch | RGB | 241 | 13 | 2.00375 | 1002.0460,1002.1348,etc |
| color magnitude diagram | CMD | 251 | 13 | 2.001942 | 1002.4178,1002.1575,etc |
| kolmogorov smirnov | KS | 58 | 13 | 2.000622 | 1002.2359,1002.1098,etc |
| wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe | WMAP | 149 | 13 | 2.004907 | 1002.4601,1002.3928,etc |
| gravitational wave | GW | 357 | 12 | 2.005215 | 1002.2643,1002.4229,etc |
| intergalactic medium | IGM | 135 | 12 | 2.001587 | 1002.4414,1002.0839,etc |
| friedmann robertson walker | FRW | 44 | 12 | 1.001483 | 1002.0369,1002.3273,etc |
| ultraviolet | UV | 320 | 12 | 2.00185 | 1002.0839,1002.3555,etc |
| supernova remnant | SNR | 759 | 12 | 1.006176 | 1002.2198,1002.2280,etc |
| full width at half maximum | FWHM | 77 | 11 | 1.000624 | 1002.3152,1002.1638,etc |
| equation of state | EOS | 117 | 11 | 2.004211 | 1002.4914,1002.2315,etc |
| low mass x ray binary | LMXB | 128 | 11 | 2.001826 | 1002.4205,1002.0711,etc |
| two micron all sky survey | 2MASS | 116 | 11 | 1.001518 | 1002.3648,1002.0556,etc |
| large scale structure | LSS | 34 | 10 | 1.000869 | 1002.4928,1002.0833,etc |
| astronomical image processing system | AIPS | 15 | 10 | 1.000183 | 1002.1864,1002.3297,etc |
| horizontal branch | HB | 112 | 10 | 1.001434 | 1002.4178,1002.1348,etc |
| adaptive optics | AO | 148 | 9 | 2.003073 | 1002.0760,1002.3151,etc |
| local thermodynamic equilibrium | LTE | 84 | 9 | 1.001799 | 1002.2258,1002.4268,etc |
| planetary nebula | PN | 511 | 9 | 2.007469 | 1002.3554,1002.3606,etc |
| pulsar wind nebula | PWN | 158 | 9 | 2.006072 | 1002.2198,1002.2272,etc |
| japan aerospace exploration agency | JAXA | 9 | 9 | 1.000062 | 1002.2198,1002.4415,etc |
| big bang nucleosynthesis | BBN | 86 | 9 | 2.001707 | 1002.3828,1002.3039,etc |
| european southern observatory | ESO | 72 | 9 | 2.001366 | 1002.3297,1002.5030,etc |
| star formation | SF | 184 | 9 | 1.002847 | 1002.4479,1002.2144,etc |
| milky way | MW | 142 | 9 | 2.003283 | 1002.3654,1002.1575,etc |
| galactic center | GC | 69 | 9 | 1.002687 | 1002.1729,1002.0643,etc |
| x ray telescope | XRT | 39 | 8 | 1.000854 | 1002.2863,1002.1675,etc |
| three dimensional | 3D | 27 | 8 | 1.000483 | 1002.4355,1002.2181,etc |
| westerbork synthesis radio telescope | WSRT | 60 | 8 | 1.000636 | 1002.1957,1002.1776,etc |
| deutsche forschungsgemeinschaft | DFG | 9 | 8 | 1.000207 | 1002.2521,1002.2442,etc |
| cosmic ray | CR | 252 | 8 | 1.005626 | 1002.2472,1002.2198,etc |
| extragalactic background light | EBL | 62 | 8 | 1.001977 | 1002.4782,1002.4778,etc |
| magnetohydrodynamic | MHD | 77 | 8 | 2.000863 | 1002.3325,1002.1315,etc |
| coronal mass ejection | CME | 514 | 8 | 2.011236 | 1002.3080,1002.4869,etc |
| mid infrared | MIR | 86 | 8 | 2.000953 | 1002.4623,1002.0004,etc |
| position angle | PA | 26 | 8 | 1.000736 | 1002.3297,1002.1729,etc |
| local group | LG | 66 | 8 | 1.001189 | 1002.4479,1002.4178,etc |
| far infrared | far-IR | 66 | 8 | 1.002586 | 1002.2861,1002.4612,etc |
| intracluster medium | ICM | 144 | 8 | 2.00178 | 1002.4539,1002.4811,etc |
| very long baseline interferometry | VLBI | 78 | 8 | 1.001972 | 1002.1714,1002.0304,etc |
| neutron star | NS | 156 | 8 | 2.003514 | 1002.1082,1002.4469,etc |
| super massive black hole | SMBH | 168 | 8 | 1.0069 | 1002.2364,1002.2588,etc |
| luminous red galaxy | LRG | 149 | 8 | 1.003427 | 1002.1964,1002.4197,etc |
| single stellar population | SSP | 68 | 8 | 2.001646 | 1002.0848,1002.2476,etc |
| smoothed particle hydrodynamics | SPH | 97 | 7 | 2.0016 | 1002.2643,1002.2973,etc |
| innermost stable circular orbit | ISCO | 47 | 7 | 1.00082 | 1002.2643,1002.0584,etc |
| cosmic microwave background radiation | CMBR | 168 | 7 | 1.004946 | 1002.0525,1002.3555,etc |
| cataclysmic variable | CV | 98 | 7 | 1.002825 | 1002.4205,1002.3354,etc |
| zero age main sequence | ZAMS | 29 | 7 | 2.000376 | 1002.2216,1002.1848,etc |
| gamma ray burst monitor | GBM | 54 | 7 | 2.003042 | 1002.2863,1002.3848,etc |
| synchrotron self compton | SSC | 62 | 7 | 1.004453 | 1002.2863,1002.2634,etc |
| canada france hawaii telescope | CFHT | 36 | 7 | 2.000546 | 1002.1056,1002.0456,etc |
| baryon acoustic oscillations | BAO | 31 | 7 | 1.000649 | 1002.4928,1002.3030,etc |
| instrument response function | IRF | 23 | 7 | 1.000393 | 1002.2198,1002.2280,etc |
| region of interest | ROI | 35 | 7 | 1.000675 | 1002.2198,1002.2280,etc |
| local standard of rest | LSR | 29 | 7 | 1.000285 | 1002.1912,1002.2475,etc |
| colour magnitude diagram | CMD | 59 | 7 | 2.000567 | 1002.0460,1002.4357,etc |
| cosmic x ray background | CXB | 37 | 7 | 1.000521 | 1002.3668,1002.4811,etc |
| dwarf spheroidal | dSph | 113 | 7 | 2.004578 | 1002.1575,1002.4300,etc |
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