A

AAAC - Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee
AAS - American Astronomical Society
AASC - Astronomy and Astrophysics Survey Committee
ACCORD - AURA Coordinating Council of Observatory Research Directors
AJ - Astronomical Journal
ALMA - Atacama Large Millimeter Array
AOC-G - AURA Oversight Committee for Gemini
AODP - Adaptive Optics Development Program
AOSS - AURA Observatory Support Services
ApJ - Astrophysical Journal
APL - Applied Physics Laboratory
APO - Apache Point Observatory
APS - American Physical Society
ARC - Astronomy Research Consortium
ARC - Ames Research Center
ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASP - Astronomical Society of the Pacific
ATST - Advanced Technology Solar Telescope
ATT - Anglo-Australian Telescope
AUI - Associated Universities, Inc.
AURA - Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.
AURA-O - AURA Operation in Chile
AXAF - Advanced X-ray Astronomical Facility

B

BAAS - Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
bHROS - Bench-Mounted High-Resolution Optical Spectrograph
BOD - Board of Directors

C

CAA - Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics
CCD - Charge-Coupled Device
CDR - Critical Design Review
CELT - California Extremely Large Telescope
CfA - Center for Astrophysics (Harvard-Smithsonian)
CfAO - Center for Adaptive Optics
CLEAR - Coronagraph Low Emissivity Astronomical Reflector
COBE - Cosmic Background Explorer
COS - Cosmic Origin Spectrograph
CSAA - Committee on Space Astronomy and Astrophysics
CTIO - Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory

D

DAO - Dominion Astrophysical Observatory
DDF - Directors Discretionary Fund
DDRF - Directors Discretionary Research Fund
DFSP - Data Flow System and Products (Gemini)
DIMM - Differential Image Motion Monitor
DM - Deformable Mirror
DoD - Department of Defense
DP - Data Products
DST - Dunn Solar Telescope

E

EEO - Equal Employment Opportunity
ELT - Extremely Large Telescope
EROS - Earth Resources Observation Satellite
ESA - European Space Agency
ESO - European Southern Observatory
ESOC - European Space Operations Center
ESTEC - European Space Technology Center
ExAOC - Extreme Adaptive Optics Coronagraph

F

F & A - Facilities and Administration
FDR - Final Design Review
FFP - Firm Fixed Pricing
FFRDC - Federally Funded Research and Development Center
FGS - Fine Guidance Sensors
FOC - Faint Object Camera
FOS - Faint Object Spectrograph
FOT - Flight Operations Team
FOV - Field of View
FPA - Focal Plane Assembly
FRR - Flight Readiness Review
FTE - Full Time Employee
FTP - File Transfer Protocol
FY - Fiscal Year

G

GCAL - Gemini Calibration Unit
GIS - Geographical Information Systems
GLAO - Ground Layer Adaptive Optics
GLAST - Gajma Ray Large Area Space Telescope
GMOS - Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph
GMT - Giant Magellan Telescope
GN - Gemini North
GNIRS - Gemini Near-Infrared Spectrograph
GO - General Observer
GONG - Global Oscillation Network Group
GPOL - Gemini Facility Polarization Modulator
GRO - Gamma Ray Observatory
GS - Gemini South
GSAOI - Gemini South Adaptive Optics Imager
GSC - Gemini Science Committee
GSFC - Goddard Space Flight Center
GSMT - Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope
GSSS - Guide Star Selection System
GTC - Gran Telescopio Canarias
GTO - Guaranteed Time Observer

H

HAO - High Altitude Observatory
HEAO - High Energy Astronomy Observatory
HET - Hobby-Eberly Telescope
HLSW - High Level Software
HQ - Headquarters
HR - Human Resources
HRNIRS - High-Resolution Near-Infrared Spectrograph
HST - Hubble Space Telescope
HTML - Hypertext Markup Language

I

IAU - International Astrophysical Union
IfA - Institute for Astronomy (University of Hawaii)
IP - Internet Protocol
IR - Infrared
IRAF - Image Reduction Analysis Facility
ISIM - Integrated Science Instrument Module
ISOON - Improved Solar Observing Optical Network
IVC - Institute Visiting Committee

J

JPL - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JSC - Johnson Space Center
JWST - James Webb Space Telescope

K

KPNO - Kitt Peak National Observatory
KSC - Kennedy Space Center

L

LAN - Local Area Network
LaRC - Langley Research Center
LAS - Laboratoire Astronomie Spatiale
LCC - Launch Control Center
LED - Light Emitting Diode
LeRC - Lewis Research Center
LGS - Laser Guide Star
LSST - Large Synoptic Survey Telescope

M

MAST - Multimission Archive at STScI
MCAO - Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics
MKSS - Mauna Kea Support Services
MMT - Multiple Mirror Telescope

N

NAS - National Academy of Science
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NCAR - National Center for Atmospheric Research
NEWFIRM - NOAO Extremely Wide-Field Infrared Imager
NGO - National Gemini Office
NGSC - NOAO Gemini Science Center
NICI - Near-IR Coronagraphic Imager
NICMOS - Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer
NIFS - Gemini’s Near-IR Integral Field Spectrograph
NIO - New Initiatives Office
NIRI - Gemini's Near Infrared Imager
NIST - National Institute of Standards and Technology
NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAO - National Optical Astronomy Observatories
NRAO - National Radio Astronomy Observatory
NRC - National Research Council
NRL - Naval Research Laboratory
NSB - National Science Board
NSF - National Science Foundation
NSO - National Solar Observatory
NVO - National Virtual Observatory

O

O/IR - Optical/Infrared
OC - Observatories Council
OCS - Observatory Control System
OLDP - On Line Data Processing
OMB - Office of Management and Budget
OPO - Office of Public Outreach
OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Act
OSIRIS - Ohio State Infrared Imager/Spectrometer
OT - Observing Tool
OWL - OverWhelmingly Large Telescope

P

PAARE - Partnerships in Astronomy and Astrophysics Research and Education
PCS - Pointing Control System
PDR - Preliminary Design Review
PI - Principle Investigator
PIED - PI Electronic Distribution
PM - Primary Mirror
PREM - Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials
PRESTO - Project to Re-Engineer Space Telescope Observing
PyRAF - Python IRAF

Q

No Acronyms Found

R

RAS - Royal Astronomical Society
RCS - Readiness Control System
RGO - Royal Greenwich Observatory
ROE - Royal Observatory Edinburgh
RSU - Rate Sensor Unit

S

SAM - SOAR Adaptive Optics Module
SAO - Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
SBF - Southern Base Facility (Gemini)
SDR - System Design Review
SMARTS - Small and Medium Aperture Research Telescope System
SOAR - Southern Astrophysical Research Telescope
SOC - Solar Observatory Council
SOFIA - Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy
SOI - SOAR Optical Imager
SOLIS - Synoptic Optical Long-Term Investigations of the Sun
SPIE - Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers
SPO - Sacramento Peak Observatory
SSB - Space Science Board
STIC - Space Telescope Institute Council
STIS - Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph
STScI - Space Telescope Science Institute
SWG - Science Working Group

T

TAC - Telescope Allocation Committee
TMT - Thirty Meter Telescope
TPF-C - Terrestrial Planet Finder Coronagraph
T-ReCS - Thermal-Region Camera Spectrograph
TSIP - Telescope System Instrument Program

U

UCAR - University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
USRA - Universities Space Research Association
UV - Ultraviolet

V

VLA - Very Large Array
VLT - Very Large Telescope
VSO - Virtual Solar Observatory

W

WBS - Work Breakdown Schedule
WDC - Workforce and Diversity Committee
WFC - Wide Field Camera
WFMOS - Wide Field Multi-Object Spectrograph
WFPC2 - Wide Field Planetary Camera-2
WFPC3 - Wide Field Planetary Camera 3
WFS - Wave Front Sensor
WG - Working Group
WIYN - Wisconsin Indiana Yale NOAO Observatory

X

No Acronyms Found

Y

No Acronyms Found

Z

No Acronyms Found