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The following abbreviated journal names are used in the notes.
| a&ss | Astrophysics and Space Science |
| aa | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
| aj | Astronomical Journal |
| ajp | American Journal of Physics |
| apj | Astrophysical Journal |
| apn | Apeiron |
| eos | EOS (Transactions of the American Geophysical Union) |
| ge | Galilean Electrodynamics |
| ic | Icarus |
| jgr | Journal of Geophysical Research - Section E: Planets |
| jse | Journal of Scientific Exploration |
| nat | Nature |
| psi | Planetary and Space Science |
| s&t | Sky and Telescope |
| sam | Scientific American |
| sci | Science |
| scn | Science News |
| si | Skeptical Inquirer |
The following list of acronyms may be used in the notes.
| AGB | asymptotic giant branch |
| AGN | active galactic nucleus |
| ASCA | Japanese x-ray telescope |
| BAL | broad absorption line |
| BBB | big blue bump (in quasar spectra) |
| BBXRT | Broad-Band X-ray Telescope |
| BCG | blue compact galaxies |
| BDM | baryonic dark matter |
| BH | black hole |
| BL Lac | BL Lacertae object (galaxy) |
| CAI | calcium-aluminum-rich inclusion (in meteorites) |
| CCD | charged couple device |
| psi | Planetary and Space Science |
| cD | compact disk galaxy |
| CDM | cold dark matter |
| CFRS | Canada-France redshift survey |
| CG | compact group (of galaxies) |
| CMB | cosmic microwave background |
| CMD | color-magnitude diagram |
| CO | Compton Observatory |
| BATSE | |
| EGRET | |
| COBE | COsmic Background Explorer |
| DIRBE | |
| FIRAS | |
| CREA | cosmic ray exposure age |
| CV | cataclysmic variable |
| dC | carbon-rich dwarf star |
| DIB | diffuse interstellar band |
| DIG | diffuse ionized gas |
| DLA | damped Ly-alpha absorber |
| DLAS | damped Lyman-alpha system |
| EBL | extragalactic background light |
| EBR | extragalactic background radiation field |
| EDM | energy dominant monster |
| EGG | evaporating gaseous globules |
| EKO | Edgeworth-Kuiper object |
| EO | Einstein Observatory |
| IPC | |
| MPC | |
| SSS | |
| ERO | extremely red object |
| ESE | extreme scattering event |
| EUV | extreme ultraviolet |
| EUVE | Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer |
| EXOSAT | |
| FIRST | Faint images of the radio sky at twenty cm |
| FRW | Friedmann-Robertson-Walker iniverse model |
| FUV | far ultraviolet |
| FR | Fanaroff-Riley radio source type |
| FSRQ | flat spectrum radio quasar |
| FWHM | full width at half-maximum |
| GBH | galactic blach hole candidate |
| GC | globular cluster |
| GR | general relativity |
| GRB | gamma ray burst |
| GRBR | gamma ray burst remnant |
| GRO | Gamma Ray Observatory (see Compton Observatory) |
| HB | horizontal branch |
| HCG | Hickson compact group (of galaxies) |
| HDF | Hubble deep field |
| HDM | hot dark matter |
| HET | Hobby-Eberly telescope (11 m. at McDonald Observatory) |
| HHO | Herbig-Haro object |
| HST | Hubble Space Telescope |
| FOS | faint object spectrograph |
| GHRS | Goddard high-resolution spectrograph |
| WFPC | wide-field planetary camera |
| HVC | high-velocity cloud |
| ICM | intracluster medium |
| IGM | intergalactic medium |
| IIM | ionized interstellar medium |
| IMF | initial mass function interplanetary magnetic field |
| ION | isolated old neutron star |
| IRAF | Infrared Astronomy Facility |
| IRAS | Infrared Astronomy Satellite |
| IRTS | Infrared Telescope in Space |
| ISM | interstellar medium |
| ISO | infrared space observatory (European satellite) |
| IUE | International Ultraviolet Explorer |
| LBQS | large bright quasar survey |
| LBV | luminous blue variable |
| IUE | International Ultraviolet Explorer |
| LF | luminosity function |
| LMC | Large Magellanic Cloud |
| LMXB | low-mass X-ray binaries |
| LSC | local supercluster |
| LTE | local thermodynamic equilibrium |
| M/L | mass to light ratio |
| MACHO | massive compact halo object |
| MDM | mixed dark matter (hot and cold) |
| MMT | multiple mirror telescope |
| IUE | International Ultraviolet Explorer |
| MOND | modified (Newtonian) dynamics |
| MS | main sequence |
| MSTO | main-sequence turnoff |
| MTB | mass-transfer binary |
| MW | Milky Way galaxy |
| OGLE | optical gravitational lensing experiment |
| OLF | optical luminosity function |
| OT | optical transient |
| OVV | optically violently variable |
| PIB | primeval isocurvature baryon |
| PLE | pure luminosity evolution (quasars), w/o density evolution |
| PNN | planetary nebula nuclei |
| QPO | quasi-periodic oscillations (in X-ray binaries) |
| QSO | quasi-stellar object |
| QSR | quasar; esp. one associated with radio galaxy |
| RBL | radio-selected BL Lacertae object |
| RG | radio galaxy |
| RGB | red-green-blue; also, red giant branch |
| RLQ | radio loud quasar |
| ROSAT | |
| WFC | wide-field camera |
| PSPC | position-sensitive proportional counte |
| RQQ | radio quiet quasar |
| SEA | small, earth-approaching asteroid |
| SED | spectral energy distribution |
| SFR | star formation rate |
| SGR | soft gamma-ray repeater |
| SMC | Small Magellanic Cloud |
| SN | supernova |
| SNC | meteorite type associated with Mars |
| SNR | supernova remnant |
| SOHO | solar and heliospheric observatory (satellite) |
| SR | special relativity |
| SSRQ | steep spectrum radio quasar |
| SXT | soft X-ray transient |
| SZ | Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect |
| TF | Tully-Fisher method of galaxy distance determination |
| TOAD | tremendous outburst amplitude dwarf nova |
| TTS | T-Tauri star |
| UBVRI | ultraviolet-blue-visual-red-infrared |
| UHE | ultra-high-energy |
| UHECR | ultra-high-energy cosmic ray (>= 3 x 1020 eV) |
| UVOIR | ultraviolet-optical-infrared |
| VBLR | very broad line region (in quasars) |
| WIMP | weakly interacting massive particle |
| WR | Wolf-Rayet star |
| XRB | X-ray background |
| YSO | young stellar object |
| ZPF | zero-point field (for the vacuum) |
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