Multilingual dictionary of abbreviations

Astronomical instruments

Astronomical instruments and techniques.

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ABRIXAS

Broadband Imaging X-ray All-sky Survey

In English

ALEXIS

Array of Low Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors

In English

ANTF

Australia Telescope National Facility (https://www.atnf.csiro.au/)

In English

AOT

Alignment Optical Telescope

In English

ATA

Allen Telescope Array

In English

ATCA

Australian Telescope Compact Array

In English

ATM

Apollo Telescope Mount

In English

AXAF

Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility

In English

BAT

Burst Alert Telescope

In English

BBXRT

Broad Band X-Ray Telescope

In English

BBXRT

Broadband X-Ray Telescope

In English

BCFHT

Bulletin d’information du téléscope Canada-France-Hawaii

In French

CDSC

Coupling-Display Scanning-Telescope Manual Control

In English

COSTAR

Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement

In English

CRISTA

Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometer Telescope for Atmosphere

In English

EGRET

Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope

In English

EGRET

Energetic Gamma Ray Explorer Telescope

In English

ELT

Extremely Large Telescope

In English

EUVE
Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer

The abbreviation EUVE (Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer) includes abbreviations EUV (Extreme Ultraviolet) and UV (Ultraviolet).

In English

FOS

Faint Object Spectrograph

In English

FTT

Field Test Telescope

In English

FUSE

Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer

In English

GHRS

Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph

In English

GLAST

Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope

In English

HST

Hubble Space Telescope

In English

HUT

Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope

In English

IACT

Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope

In English

ISO

Infrared Space Observatory

In English

ITU

Infrared Telescope Unit

In English

IUE

International Ultraviolet Explorer

In English

LAIRT

Large-Aperture Infrared Telescope

In English

LAMMR

Large-Antenna Multichannel Microwave Radiometer

In English

LST

Large Space Telescope

In English

LST

Large Stellar Telescope

In English

MAGIC

Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov Telescope

In English

MED

Mayall Engineering Database

In English

MITTS

Mobile IGOR Tracking Telescope System

In English

NuSTAR

Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array

In English

OTA

Optical Telescope Assembly

In English

RXTE

Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer

In English

S&T

Sky and Telescope

In English

SIRTF

Space Infrared Telescope Facility

In English

SIRTF

Shuttle Infrared Telescope Facility

In English

SIXA

Silicon X-Ray Array

In English

SOT

Solar Optical Telescope

In English

SPIRIT

Spatial Infrared Telescope

In English

SPT

South Pole Telescope (https://pole.uchicago.edu/)

In English

ST

Space Telescope

In English

STScI

Space Telescope Science Institute (https://www.stsci.edu/)

In English

SUSIM

Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor

In English

TAUVEX
Tel Aviv University Ultraviolet Explorer

The abbreviation TAUVEX (Tel Aviv University Ultraviolet Explorer) includes the abbreviation UV (Ultraviolet).

In English

TETRA

Terminal Tracking Telescope

In English

THEMIS

Télescope Héliographique pour l’Étude du Magnétisme et des Instabilités

In French

TRE/ITU

Teal Ruby Experiment/Infrared Telescope Unit

In English

UIT

Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope

In English

UT

Unit Telescope

In English

UVAT
Ultraviolet Automatic Tracker

The abbreviation UVAT (Ultraviolet Automatic Tracker) includes the abbreviation UV (Ultraviolet).

In English

VERITAS

Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System

In English

VLT

Very Large Telescope

In English

XEUS

X-Ray Evolving Universe Spectroscopy

In English