AGB
Asymptotic Giant Branch

ALMA
Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array

AAVSO
American Association of Variable Star Observers

BAA
British Astronomical Association

CCD
Charge-Coupled Device

CMB
Cosmic Microwave Background

CMO
Celestial Mechanics and Orbital Dynamics

DE
Dark Energy

DM
Dark Matter

DOP
Doppler Effect

DSS
Digital Sky Survey

ESO
European Southern Observatory

FIR
Far Infrared

FLARE
Solar Flare

GAIA
Global Astrometric Interferometer for Astrophysics

GRB
Gamma-Ray Burst

HST
Hubble Space Telescope

IGR
International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory

IR
Infrared

ISSP
International Space Station Program

LBV
Luminous Blue Variable

MIR
Mid-Infrared

NOVA
Nova

PCA
Principal Component Analysis

PSR
Pulsar

QUASAR
Quasi-Stellar Object

SGR
Soft Gamma Repeaters

SNe
Supernovae

UV
Ultraviolet

VLA
Very Large Array