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Acronym |
Definition |
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AAVSO |
American Association of Variable Stars Observers |
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AE |
Analog Electronics |
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AO |
Announcement of Opportunity |
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AGN |
Active Galactic Nuclei |
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ARF |
Ancillary Response File |
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ARK |
Astrophysics Research Knowledgebase |
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ASCA |
Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics |
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ASM |
All-Sky Monitor (on RXTE) |
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BGD |
Background |
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BGO |
Bismuth Germanate |
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BI |
Back-Illuminated |
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CALDB |
Calibration Database |
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CCD |
Charge-Coupled Device |
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CI |
Charge Ingestion |
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Co-I |
Co-investigator |
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CPU |
Central Processing Unit |
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CTE |
Charge Transfer Efficiency |
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CTI |
Charge Transfer Inefficiency |
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CXB |
Cosmic X-ray Background |
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DDT |
Director Discretionary Time |
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DE |
Digital Electronics |
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Dec |
Declination |
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DP |
Data Processor |
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DSN |
Deep Space Network |
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EA |
Effective Area |
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EEF |
Encircled Energy Function |
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EOB |
Extensible Optical Bench |
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EPIC |
European Photon Imaging Camera (on XMM-Newton) |
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ESA |
European Space Agency |
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FI |
Front-Illuminated |
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FWHM |
Full-Width Half-Maximum |
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FITS |
Flexible Image Transport System |
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FOV |
Field Of View |
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FSA |
Frame Store Area |
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FTOOLS |
FITS Tools |
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Acronym |
Definition |
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GO |
Guest Observer |
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GOF |
Guest Observer Facility |
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GRB |
Gamma-Ray Burst |
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GSFC |
Goddard Space Flight Center |
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GSO |
Gadolinium Silicate |
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HEASARC |
High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center |
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HESS |
High Energy Stereoscopic System |
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HETG |
High Energy Transmission Grating (on Chandra) |
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HEXTE |
High Energy X-ray Timing Experiment (on RXTE) |
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HPD |
Half-Power Diameter |
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HRI |
High Resolution Imager (on ROSAT) |
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HV |
High Voltage |
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HXD |
Hard X-Ray Detector |
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ISAS |
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science |
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INTEGRAL |
INTErnational Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory |
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JAXA |
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency |
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LETG |
Low Energy Transmission Grating (on Chandra) |
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LSI |
Large Scale Integration |
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MIT |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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MPU |
Main Processing Unit |
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NRA |
NASA Research Announcement |
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NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
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NOI |
Notice Of Intent |
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NSPIRES |
NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System |
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NXB |
Non-X-ray Background |
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OBF |
Optical Blocking Filter |
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PDS |
Phoswich Detector System (on Bepppo-SAX) |
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PH |
Pulse Height |
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PIN |
Positive Intrinsic Negative |
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PI |
Principal Investigator |
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PI |
Pulse Invariant |
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PIMMS |
Portable Interactive Multi-Mission Simulator |
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PM |
Photo-Multiplier |
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PPU |
Pixel Processing Unit |
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PSF |
Point Spread Function |
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PSPC |
Position-Sensitive Proportional Counter (on ROSAT) |
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P-Sum |
Parallel-Sum |
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QDE |
Quantum Detection Efficiency |
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RA |
Right Ascension |
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RAM |
Random Access Memory |
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RDD |
Residual Dark-current Distribution |
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RGS |
Reflection Grating Spectrometer (on XMM-Newton) |
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RFA |
Research Focus Area |
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RMF |
Redistribution Matrix File |
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ROSAT |
RÖntgen SATellite |
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RPS |
Remote Proposal Submission |
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RXTE |
Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer |
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SAA |
South Atlantic Anomaly |
