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Appendix D Acronyms
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... D    Acronyms 2MASS  Two Micron All Sky Survey ADS  Astrophysics Data System ALMA   Atacama Large Millimeter Array APT  Astronomer's Proposal Tool ASCA  Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics AURA  Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy CHIPS  Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer CLEA  Contemporary Laboratory Experiences in Astronomy CXC  Chandra X-ray Center CXO  Chandra X-ray Observatory EPO  education and public outreach ESA  European Space Agency EUVE  Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer FITS  Flexible Imaging Transport System FTE  full-time equivalent FUSE  Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer GALEX  Galaxy Evolution Explorer GLAST  Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope GOF  guest observer facility GOODS  Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey GSFC  Goddard Space Flight Center 
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...   PORTALS TO THE UNIVERSE HEASARC  High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center HOU  Hands-on Universe project HST  Hubble Space Telescope IPAC  Infrared Processing and Analysis Center IRAC  Infrared Array Camera IRAF  Image Reduction and Analysis Facility IRAS  Infrared Astronomy Satellite IRSA  Infrared Science Archive IUE  International Ultraviolet Explorer JPL  Jet Propulsion Laboratory JWST  James Webb Space Telescope MAST  Multimission Archive at Space Telescope Science Institute MSC  Michelson Science Center MSFC  Marshall Space Flight Center NASA  National Aeronautics and Space Administration  NED  NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database NRAO   National Radio Astronomy Observatory NRC  National Research Council NSF  National Science Foundation NSSDC  National Space Science Data Center NVO  National Virtual Observatory PI  principal investigator PROS  Post-reduction Offline Software ROSAT  Roentgen satellite RPS  Remote Proposal System RXTE  Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer SAO  Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory SIM  Space Interferometry Mission SIRTF  Space Infrared Telescope Facility SPOT  Spitzer Planning Observation Tool SSC  Spitzer Science Center SST  Spitzer Space Telescope STScI  Space Telescope Science Institute SWAS  Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite VO  Virtual Observatory XMM–Newton  X-ray Multimirror Mission–Newton
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