Astro Acronyms

[MrB]

A
AAO.......Anglo-Australian Observatory Link (http://www.aao.gov.au/)
AAT.......Anglo-Australian Telescope Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Australian_Telescope)
ACF.......Advanced Coma Free (Meade brand)
AFAIK.....As Far As I Know
AFOV......Apparent Field Of View Link (http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/F/field_of_view.html)
AGWA......Astronomical Group of Western Australia
ALT.......ALTitide Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_coordinate_system)
ALT-AZ....Altitude-Azimuth (Mount) Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altazimuth_mount)
AN........Argo Navis (Brand) Link (http://www.wildcard-innovations.com.au/)
AN........Constellation Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argo_Navis)
AO........Adaptive Optics Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive_optics)
AOE.......Aquila Optical and Electronics (Retailer) Link (http://www.aoe.com.au/)
AP........AstroPhoto(graphy)
AP........Astro-Physics (Brand) Link (http://www.astro-physics.com/index.htm?titlepg-102607a)
APO.......APOchromatic Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apochromat)
APOD......Astronomy Picture Of the Day (Website) Link (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/)
AR........Active Region (solar astronomy) Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunspot) or....
AR........Anti-Reflection (Lens coating) Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-reflective_coating)
AS&T......Australian Sky & Telescope (Magazine) Link (http://www.austskyandtel.com.au/)
ASCOM.....Astronomy Common Object Model (Equipment driver) Link (http://ascom-standards.org/), Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCOM_%28standard%29)
AST.......Australian Sky & Telescope (Magazine) Link (http://www.austskyandtel.com.au/)
ASWA......Astronomical Society of Western Australia
ATM.......Amateur Telescope Makers
ATS.......Advanced Telescope Supplies (Retailer)
AU........Astronomical Unit wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_unit)
AZ........AZimuth Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_coordinate_system)

B
BD........Black Diamond (SkyWatcher Brand) Link (http://www.skywatchertelescope.net/swtinc/index2.php)
BTW.......By The Way

C
CA........Chromatic Abberation Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatic_aberration)
CAT.......CATadioptric (Telescope) Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catadioptric_system)
CCD.......Charge Coupled Device (Camera sensor) Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charge-coupled_device)
CMOS......Complimentary Metal-Oxide Silicon/Semiconductor (Camera Sensor) Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_pixel_sensor)
CN........Cloudy Nights (Forum) Link (http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?Cat=)
CWAS......Central West Astronomical Society Link (http://www.cwas.org.au/)

D
DEC.......DEClination Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declination)
DK........Dall-Kirkham (Telescope) Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dall-Kirkham_telescope#Dall-Kirkham)
DMK.......? Camera (Imaging Source Brand) Link (http://www.astronomycameras.com/en/products/)
DOB.......DOBsonian (Mount) Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobsonian_telescope)
DPP.......Digital Photo Professional (Software) Link (http://www.canon-europe.com/Support/software/dpp/)
DSI.......Deep Sky Imager (Orion Brand) Link (http://www.telescope.com/control/category/%7Ecategory_id=astro-imaging_camera)
DSLR......Digital Single Lens Reflex (Camera) Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_single-lens_reflex_camera)
DSO.......Deep Sky Object Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_sky)
DSS.......Deep Sky Stacker (software) Link (http://deepskystacker.free.fr/) or....
DSS.......Digitized Sky Survey Link (http://archive.stsci.edu/cgi-bin/dss_form), Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digitized_Sky_Survey)
DST.......Daylight Saving Time Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time)

E
ED........Extra-low Dispersion (Camera/Telescope lens) Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_dispersion_glass)
EF........Electro-Focus (Canon Lens) Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_EF_lens_mount)
EOI.......Expression Of Interest(IceTrade Forum)
EOS.......Electro-Optical System (Canon Cameras) Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_EOS)
EP........Eye Piece (Ocular) Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyepiece)
EP........Equatorial Platform
EQ........EQuatorial (Mount) Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equatorial_mount)
ER........Eye Relief
ES........Explore Scientific (Brand)
ESA.......European Space Agency Link (http://www.esa.int/), Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Space_Agency)
ESO.......European Southern Observatory Link (http://www.eso.org/), Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Southern_Observatory)

[MrB]

F
FIR.......Far Infra-Red
FITS......Flexible Image Transport System (Image data)
FL........Focal Length
FOV.......Field Of View
FR........Focal Reducer
FSQ.......? (Takahashi Brand)
FWIW......For What It's Worth

G
GEM.......German Equatorial Mount
GMT.......Greenwich Mean Time
GPS.......Global Positioning System
GRB.......Gamma Ray Burst
GRS.......Great Red Spot (Jupiter)
GSO.......Guan Sheng Optical (Brand)

H
Ha........Hydrogen-Alpha
HDR.......High Dynamic Range (Photography)
HPS.......High-Pressure Sodium(street lights)
HST.......Hubble Space Telescope

I
IAU.......International Astronomical Union
IC........Index Catalogue
ICNR..... In Camera Noise Reduction
IIS.......Ice In Space (You Are Here!)
IMO.......In My opinion
IR........Infra-Red
ISO.......International Standards Organisation (Camera sensitivity/Film speed)
ISS.......International Space Station

J
JMI.......Jim's Mobile Inc. (Brand)
JPEG......Joint Photographic Experts Group
JPL.......Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA)

L
L.........Luminance
LASER.....Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
LINEAR....LIncoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (Satellite)
LM........Lunar Module
LMC.......Large Magellanic Cloud
LP........Light Pollution
LPI.......Lunar Planetary Imager (Meade brand)
LPR.......Light Polution Reduction (Filter)
LPS.......Low-Pressure Sodium(street lights)
LRGB......Luminance, Red, Green, Blue (Filters)
LRO.......Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (satellite)
LUM.......Luminance

M
MAPUG.....Meade Advanced Products Users Group
MN........Mak-Newt
MPCC......Multi-Purpose Coma Corrector
MRO.......Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (satellite)

N
NASA......National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NB........Narrow Band
NEAF......NorthEast Astronomy Forum (Astro convention)
NEAT......Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking (Satellite)
NEB.......North Equatorial Belt
NEWT......NEWTonian (Telescope)
NG........North Group (Brand)
NGC.......New General Catalogue
NGT.......Next Generation Telescope (JMI brand)
NOAA......National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NR........Noise Reduction

O
OAG.......Off-Axis Guider
OIII......Oxygen-3 (Filter)
OP........Original Poster (Forums)
OPT.......Ocean Photo & Telescope (US Retailer)
OS........Operating System .... or....
OS........OverSeas
OSC.......One-Shot Colour (Camera)
OSD.......On Screen Display
OTA.......Optical Tube Assembly

P
PC........Personal Computer
PE........Periodic Error
PEC.......Periodic Error Correction
PHD.......Push Here Dummy (Guiding Software)
PM........Private Message
PME.......Paramount ME (Brand)
PN........Planetary Nebula
POTN......Photography On The Net (Website)
PS........PhotoShop (software)
PS........Post Script (eg: PS: blah blah blah)
PST.......Personal Solar Telescope (Coronado brand)

Q
QHY.......? Camera (Brand)
QSI.......Quantum Scientific Imaging inc.(Brand)

R
RA........Right Ascension .. or ..
RA........Radio Astronomy
RC........Ritchey-Chrétien (Telescope)
RCOS......Ritchey-Chrétien Optical Systems (Brand)
RFT.......Rich(est) Field Telescope
RGB.......Red, Green, Blue (Filters)
RMS.......Root Mean Squared
ROR.......Roll-Off-Roof (Observatory)

[dpastern]

You forgot another one:

OMG

for oh my God when you see something really nice!

Dave

[MrB]

S
S&T.......Sky & Telescope (Magazine).
SBIG......Santa Barbara Instrument Group (Brand)
SCP.......Southern Celestial Pole
SCT.......Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope
SDM.......Size Does Matter (Brand)
SDSS......Sload Digital Sky Survey
SETI......Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence
SII.......Sulfur-2 (Filter)
SLR.......Single Lens Reflex (Camera)
SMC.......Small Magellanic Cloud
SMC.......Super Multi Coating (Lenses)
SN........Schmidt Newtonian (Telescope)
SN........SuperNova
SNR.......SuperNova Remnant or....
SNR.......Signal-to-Noise Ratio
SOHO......SOlar and Heliospheric Observatory
SPSP......South Pacific Star Party
SS........Surplus Shed
SW........SkyWatcher (Brand)
SWMBO.....She Who Must Be Obayed

T
TAK.......TAKahashi (Brand)
TEC.......Telescope Engineering Company (Brand)
TIFF......Tagged Image File Format (Photography)
TV........Tele-Vue (Brand)

U
UFO.......Unidentified Flying Object
UHC.......Ultra High Contrast (Filter)
UHCS......Ultra High Contrast ? (Filter)
UO........University Optics(Brand)
USM.......UltraSonic Motor (Canon Lens)
UT........Universal Time
UV........Ultra-Violet

W
WAST......Western Australia Standard Time
WIS.......Wesley Impact Scar
WO........William Optics (Brand)

Z
Z.........Zenith
ZS........ZenithStar (William Optics Brand)

[MrB]

Could the mod that removed my original two blank posts replace them please?
I have hit the 12000 character limit in both posts above. Thanks

Edit: Or maybe move David's post below these two?

[dpastern]

Sounds good to me!

Dave