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Subject: Re: [M]: OT: MAPUG Abbreviated astronomical terms
From: Bill Arnett
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Sun May 10 01:02:39 1998

At 7:24 PM -0700 5/9/98, BOB BURNS wrote:
>Could someone post a list of abbreviated terms used during many of the
>posting to this group.

Here is a copy of
http://www.seds.org/billa/meade/acronym.html

Cyphertext Cleartext
Alt altitude
ATM amateur telescope maker
Az azimuth
CCD charge coupled device (electronic imager)
Dec declination
Dob Dobsonian mounted telescope (also Dobs or Dobbie)
EP eyepiece
FDR Field DeRotator
FPK Fremont Peak State Park (favorite site of Silicon Valley observers)
GEM German equatorial mount
GPS Global Positioning System
Mak Maksutov (-Cassegrain telescope)
MAPUG Meade Advanced Products User Group
Newt Newtonian telescope
OAG Off axis guider
OTA optical tube assembly
PEC periodic error correction
RA right ascension
SBIG Santa Barbara Instruments Group (CCD manufacturer)
TSP Texas Star Party
SEDS Students for the Exploration and Development of Space
SCT Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope
 
AFAIK as far as I know
BTW by the way
FAQ Frequently Asked Question(s)
FWIW for what its worth
FYI for your information
IMHO in my humble opinion
OTOH on the other hand
RSN real soon now (usually meaning the opposite)
TIA thanks in advance
TLA three letter acronym
:-) smile
:-( frown

It's been a while since I compiled this. Any suggestions are welcome.

---
Bill Arnett "Science is a way of trying
San Jose, CA USA not to fool yourself." -- Feynman
billa@zNet.com <URL:http://www.seds.org/billa/>



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