| spectral energy distribution | SED | 967 | 69 | 1.002035 | 1008.0004,1008.0009,etc |
| active galactic nucleus | AGN | 1561 | 61 | 2.004859 | 1008.2706,1008.3160,etc |
| cosmic microwave background | CMB | 622 | 58 | 2.002478 | 1008.4866,1008.3455,etc |
| point spread function | PSF | 355 | 54 | 2.000986 | 1008.0004,1008.0009,etc |
| interstellar medium | ISM | 505 | 53 | 1.001463 | 1008.3185,1008.0009,etc |
| initial mass function | IMF | 620 | 48 | 2.004138 | 1008.3552,1008.0395,etc |
| sloan digital sky survey | SDSS | 800 | 47 | 1.002328 | 1008.3455,1008.2405,etc |
| star formation rate | SFR | 662 | 34 | 2.003438 | 1008.0004,1008.3386,etc |
| nasa/ipac extragalactic database | NED | 63 | 31 | 1.000178 | 1008.5042,1008.2188,etc |
| near infrared | near-IR | 473 | 30 | 1.003299 | 1008.5065,1008.1883,etc |
| black hole | BH | 1550 | 28 | 2.008858 | 1008.1460,1008.4187,etc |
| gamma ray burst | GRB | 839 | 27 | 2.007051 | 1008.5025,1008.1460,etc |
| field of view | FoV | 146 | 27 | 1.001037 | 1008.0854,1008.1558,etc |
| supernova | SN | 1357 | 27 | 2.013446 | 1008.0877,1008.3140,etc |
| supernova remnant | SNR | 454 | 26 | 2.003084 | 1008.0429,1008.4089,etc |
| signal to noise ratio | S/N | 247 | 25 | 2.001632 | 1008.2405,1008.0083,etc |
| cold dark matter | CDM | 294 | 24 | 1.001707 | 1008.1579,1008.0992,etc |
| infrared | IR | 567 | 22 | 2.006259 | 1008.0859,1008.1883,etc |
| dark matter | DM | 1355 | 22 | 1.007046 | 1008.3455,1008.2399,etc |
| intergalactic medium | IGM | 257 | 22 | 2.001238 | 1008.0004,1008.2706,etc |
| equivalent width | EW | 148 | 22 | 1.000575 | 1008.0009,1008.0575,etc |
| full width at half maximum | FWHM | 107 | 20 | 2.003067 | 1008.2405,1008.4112,etc |
| ultraviolet | UV | 435 | 20 | 2.004348 | 1008.1883,1008.5048,etc |
| very large telescope | VLT | 118 | 20 | 1.001432 | 1008.0997,1008.3728,etc |
| line of sight | LOS | 99 | 19 | 1.000674 | 1008.1558,1008.3460,etc |
| young stellar object | YSO | 163 | 19 | 1.001632 | 1008.1144,1008.1083,etc |
| signal to noise | SN | 75 | 19 | 1.00043 | 1008.0395,1008.2213,etc |
| polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon | PAH | 516 | 18 | 1.00486 | 1008.0009,1008.0083,etc |
| hubble space telescope | HST | 89 | 18 | 2.000783 | 1008.0426,1008.3552,etc |
| broad line region | BLR | 302 | 18 | 2.002747 | 1008.5067,1008.2405,etc |
| white dwarf | WD | 237 | 18 | 1.002418 | 1008.1584,1008.4353,etc |
| weakly interacting massive particle | WIMP | 252 | 18 | 2.004185 | 1008.3552,1008.1586,etc |
| large area telescope | LAT | 321 | 18 | 2.002933 | 1008.5119,1008.3999,etc |
| equation of state | EoS | 232 | 17 | 1.003789 | 1008.3455,1008.5225,etc |
| cosmic ray | CR | 895 | 17 | 2.008055 | 1008.0429,1008.5119,etc |
| very large array | VLA | 160 | 17 | 2.001225 | 1008.1144,1008.1794,etc |
| markov chain monte carlo | MCMC | 88 | 16 | 2.000542 | 1008.4152,1008.1782,etc |
| asymptotic giant branch | AGB | 243 | 16 | 1.001271 | 1008.0395,1008.1083,etc |
| advanced camera for surveys | ACS | 107 | 15 | 2.000972 | 1008.0004,1008.0426,etc |
| kolmogorov smirnov | K-S | 46 | 15 | 1.00028 | 1008.2760,1008.0575,etc |
| neutron star | NS | 393 | 14 | 2.003116 | 1008.1460,1008.0759,etc |
| adaptive mesh refinement | AMR | 79 | 14 | 1.001104 | 1008.1460,1008.1370,etc |
| adaptive optics | AO | 149 | 14 | 1.004808 | 1008.2200,1008.5037,etc |
| inverse compton | IC | 216 | 14 | 2.001906 | 1008.5366,1008.2188,etc |
| max planck institute for astronomy | MPIA | 14 | 14 | 1.00007 | 1008.3160,1008.5148,etc |
| max planck institute for astrophysics | MPA | 20 | 14 | 1.000092 | 1008.3160,1008.5148,etc |
| red giant branch | RGB | 340 | 14 | 2.002556 | 1008.3158,1008.3721,etc |
| color magnitude diagram | CMD | 164 | 14 | 1.001867 | 1008.3916,1008.0014,etc |
| friedmann robertson walker | FRW | 30 | 13 | 1.000514 | 1008.4866,1008.5048,etc |
| radial velocity | RV | 369 | 13 | 1.003011 | 1008.0325,1008.3803,etc |
| standard model | SM | 201 | 13 | 2.002496 | 1008.1740,1008.2399,etc |
| milky way | MW | 132 | 13 | 2.00355 | 1008.2875,1008.3399,etc |
| australia telescope compact array | ATCA | 56 | 13 | 2.001131 | 1008.1144,1008.1845,etc |
| supermassive black hole | SMBH | 371 | 12 | 1.005167 | 1008.1545,1008.1560,etc |
| luminosity function | LF | 332 | 11 | 1.004532 | 1008.0859,1008.3901,etc |
| anomalous x ray pulsar | AXP | 70 | 11 | 2.001691 | 1008.5366,1008.4089,etc |
| big bang nucleosynthesis | BBN | 254 | 11 | 1.007359 | 1008.1740,1008.0103,etc |
| far infrared | FIR | 158 | 11 | 2.002684 | 1008.2875,1008.0395,etc |
| globular cluster | GC | 639 | 11 | 2.007514 | 1008.0395,1008.1817,etc |
| intracluster medium | ICM | 75 | 10 | 2.000554 | 1008.0429,1008.3530,etc |
| pre main sequence | PMS | 64 | 10 | 1.000822 | 1008.5065,1008.5366,etc |
| narrow line region | NLR | 60 | 10 | 1.000754 | 1008.2405,1008.3160,etc |
| general relativity | GR | 178 | 10 | 2.002978 | 1008.1370,1008.5048,etc |
| dark energy | DE | 103 | 9 | 1.005998 | 1008.3455,1008.0103,etc |
| cross correlation function | CCF | 160 | 9 | 1.003811 | 1008.0325,1008.4312,etc |
| magnetohydrodynamic | MHD | 96 | 9 | 1.001678 | 1008.1263,1008.1883,etc |
| local thermodynamic equilibrium | LTE | 120 | 9 | 1.000956 | 1008.3149,1008.3823,etc |
| two micron all sky survey | 2MASS | 276 | 9 | 2.004158 | 1008.3591,1008.0997,etc |
| probability distribution function | PDF | 127 | 9 | 2.00108 | 1008.1579,1008.0395,etc |
| position angle | PA | 82 | 9 | 2.001443 | 1008.5394,1008.1963,etc |
| ultra luminous infrared galaxy | ULIRG | 80 | 9 | 2.000966 | 1008.3384,1008.2683,etc |
| canada france hawaii telescope | CFHT | 43 | 9 | 2.000625 | 1008.2683,1008.4573,etc |
| main sequence | MS | 121 | 9 | 1.001387 | 1008.3086,1008.1589,etc |
| low frequency array | LOFAR | 81 | 9 | 1.004029 | 1008.4693,1008.4358,etc |
| baryon acoustic oscillations | BAO | 61 | 8 | 2.00196 | 1008.3455,1008.5258,etc |
| lyman break galaxy | LBG | 146 | 8 | 2.004686 | 1008.0004,1008.1785,etc |
| high mass x ray binary | HMXB | 99 | 8 | 1.005234 | 1008.5366,1008.3970,etc |
| large magellanic cloud | LMC | 221 | 8 | 2.007746 | 1008.3399,1008.1845,etc |
| pulsar wind nebula | PWN | 231 | 8 | 2.004602 | 1008.1794,1008.5037,etc |
| mid infrared | MIR | 114 | 8 | 2.002544 | 1008.0395,1008.5174,etc |
| simple stellar population | SSP | 102 | 8 | 1.001302 | 1008.0395,1008.2842,etc |
| smoothed particle hydrodynamics | SPH | 128 | 8 | 2.001006 | 1008.3790,1008.1075,etc |
| astronomical image processing system | AIPS | 15 | 8 | 1.000132 | 1008.5178,1008.4466,etc |
| galactic center | GC | 100 | 8 | 2.00289 | 1008.0416,1008.1796,etc |
| westerbork synthesis radio telescope | WSRT | 34 | 8 | 1.000546 | 1008.3530,1008.1845,etc |
| power law | PL | 100 | 8 | 1.001487 | 1008.5037,1008.0759,etc |
| low mass x ray binary | LMXB | 107 | 8 | 1.002791 | 1008.1068,1008.0558,etc |
| far ultraviolet | FUV | 47 | 7 | 1.00107 | 1008.0004,1008.3240,etc |
| wide field camera | WFC | 16 | 7 | 1.000452 | 1008.0325,1008.2993,etc |
| coronal mass ejection | CME | 769 | 7 | 2.006937 | 1008.1558,1008.5394,etc |
| zero age main sequence | ZAMS | 61 | 7 | 2.001355 | 1008.3149,1008.1299,etc |
| minimal supersymmetric standard model | MSSM | 139 | 7 | 2.002085 | 1008.2956,1008.1621,etc |
| atacama large millimeter array | ALMA | 28 | 7 | 1.00057 | 1008.3178,1008.3386,etc |
| star formation history | SFH | 154 | 7 | 2.002367 | 1008.0395,1008.3901,etc |
| ultra violet | UV | 80 | 7 | 2.000772 | 1008.3160,1008.5157,etc |
| infrared array camera | IRAC | 304 | 7 | 2.002639 | 1008.1545,1008.2481,etc |
| wide field planetary camera 2 | WFPC2 | 44 | 7 | 1.000519 | 1008.3387,1008.2683,etc |
| wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe | WMAP | 49 | 7 | 1.00431 | 1008.5258,1008.4646,etc |
| very long baseline interferometry | VLBI | 71 | 7 | 2.001054 | 1008.4466,1008.3902,etc |
| x ray telescope | XRT | 48 | 7 | 2.001194 | 1008.2002,1008.3235,etc |
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