Appendix E:
Glossary of Acronyms
and Abbreviations

 

ACQ	Acquisition
ACS	Advanced Camera for Surveys
APT	Astronomer’s Proposal Tool
BOP	Bright Object Protection
CADC	Canadian Astronomy Data Centre
CCD	Charge-Coupled Device
COS	Cosmic Origins Spectrograph
COSTAR	Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement
CTE	Charge Transfer Efficiency
CVZ	Continuous Viewing Zone
DADS	Data Archive and Distribution System
DD	Director’s Discretionary
DQE	Detector Quantum Efficiency
DSS	Digitized Sky Survey
ESA	European Space Agency
ETC	Exposure Time Calculator
FGS	Fine Guidance Sensor(s)
FITS	Flexible Image Transport System
FOC	Faint Object Camera
FOS	Faint Object Spectrograph
FOV	Field of View
FUV	Far Ultraviolet
GHRS	Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph
GO	General Observer
GSC	Guide Star Catalog
GSFC	Goddard Space Flight Center
GTO	Guaranteed Time Observer
HLA	Hubble Legacy Archive
HLSP	High Level Science Products
HSP	High Speed Photometer
HST	Hubble Space Telescope
HTML	Hyper Text Markup Language
IFOV	Instantaneous field of view
IRAF	Image Reduction and Analysis Facility
ISR	Instrument Science Report
LRF	Linear Ramp Filter
MAMA	Multi-Anode Microchannel Array
mas	milli arcsecond
MAST	Multimission Archive at STScI
NASA	National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NED	NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
NCS	NICMOS Cooling System
NICMOS	Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer
NOAO	National Optical Astronomy Observatories
NUV	Near Ultraviolet
OMS	Observatory Monitoring System
OTA	Optical Telescope Assembly
OTFR	On The Fly Reprocessing
PAM	Pupil Alignment Mechanism
PC	Planetary Camera
PCS	Pointing Control System
PDF	Portable Document Format
PI	Principal Investigator
POS	Position Mode
PSF	Point Spread Function
SAA	South Atlantic Anomaly
SAM	Small Angle Maneuver
SBC	Solar Blind Channel
SI	Scientific Instrument
SIMBAD	Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data
SM	Servicing Mission
SSM	Support Systems Module
SSR	Solid State Recorder
ST-ECF	Space Telescope - European Coordinating Facility
STIS	Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph
STOCC	Space Telescope Operations Control Center
STScI	Space Telescope Science Institute
STSDAS	Space Telescope Science Data Analysis Software
TDRSS	Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
TRANS	Transfer Mode
UIR	User Information Report
UV	Ultraviolet
VIK	Voltage/Temperature Improvement Kit
WFC	Wide Field Camera (on WFPC2) or 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