HST Cycle 26 Appendix C: Glossary of Acronyms and Abbreviations

A table of acronyms used in this document.
ACIS
Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer
ACS
Advanced Camera for Surveys
APT
Astronomer’s Proposal Tool
AR
Archival Research
ATP
Astrophysics Theory Program
AURA
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.
CADC
Canadian Astronomy Data Centre
CCD
Charge-Coupled Device
Co-I
Co-Investigator
COS
Cosmic Origins Spectrograph
CPAR
Coordinated Parallel Observation
CS
Contact Scientist
CVZ
Continuous Viewing Zone
CXC
Chandra X-ray Center
DD
Director’s Discretionary
DEC
Declination
DUP
Duplicate Observation
EDT
Eastern (U.S.) Daylight Time
E/PO
Education/Public Outreach
ERS
Early Release Science
ESA
European Space Agency
EST
Eastern (U.S.) Standard Time
FGS
Fine Guidance Sensor(s)
FTP
File Transfer Protocol
FUV
Far Ultraviolet
GO
General Observer
GSFC
Goddard Space Flight Center
GTO
Guaranteed Time Observer
HDF
Hubble Deep Field
HLA
Hubble Legacy Archive
HOPR
Hubble Observation Problem Report
HRC
High Resolution Channel (on ACS) or High Resolution Camera (on Chandra)
HSC
Hubble Source Catalogs
HST
Hubble Space Telescope
HTML
Hyper Text Markup Language
IDEAS
Initiative to Develop Education through Astronomy and Space Science
IR
Infrared
LOW
Low Sky Background
MAMA
Multi-Anode Microchannel Array
MAST
Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes
MCP
Micro-Channel Plate
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NICMOS
Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer
NOAO
National Optical Astronomy Observatory
NRAO
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
NUV
Near Ultraviolet
NVO
National Virtual Observatory
OS
Observation Summary
PAEC
Planned and Archived Exposures Catalog
PC
Planetary Camera or Program Coordinator
PDF
Portable Document Format
PI
Principal Investigator
PPAR
Pure Parallel Observation
RA
Right Ascension
SAA
South Atlantic Anomaly
SBC
Solar Blind Channel
SHD
Shadow Time
SM
Servicing Mission
SMD
Science Mission Directorate
SNAP
Snapshot
SSC
Spitzer Science Center
STAC
Space Telescope Advisory Committee
ST-ECF
Space Telescope - European Coordinating Facility
STIS
Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph
STScI
Space Telescope Science Institute
STSDAS
Space Telescope Science Data Analysis Software
TAC
Telescope Allocation Committee
TOO
Target of Opportunity
U.S.
United States
UTC
Coordinated Universal Time
UV
Ultraviolet
WFC
Wide Field Channel (on ACS)
WFC3
Wide Field Camera 3
WF/PC
Wide Field and Planetary Camera 1
WFPC2
Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2
XDL
Cross Delay Line


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