To find and download HEASARC data in the cloud, you can use astroquery.heasarc or download our new tool, hark.
The HEASARC and NuSTAR teams are greatly saddened by the sudden passing of Katja Pottschmidt. Most recently Katja was the lead scientist for the NuSTAR Guest Observer Facility (GOF), a role she had supported for many years. During her science career she worked on many other high energy astrophysics missions and played an integral role in advancing our knowledge of the universe. She was a wonderful colleague and friend and will be keenly missed by all who knew her.
Acronym |
Definition |
URL |
2MASS |
Two Micron All Sky Survey |
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A&A |
Astronomy & Astrophysics |
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AAPT |
American Association of Physics Teachers |
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AAS |
American Astronomical Society |
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ACIS |
Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer |
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ADCCC |
Astronomical Data Centers Coordination Committee |
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ADEC |
Astronomy Data Centers Executive Committee |
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ADF |
Astrophysics Data Facility |
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ADP |
Astrophysics Data Program |
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ADS |
Astrophysics Data System |
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AGILE |
Astro-rivelatore Gamma a Immagini Leggero |
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AISRP |
Applied Information Systems Research Program |
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AKBAR |
Astrophysics Knowledge Base for Analysis and Reporting |
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AJ |
Astronomical Journal |
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ApJ |
Astrophysical Journal |
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APOD |
Astronomy Picture of the Day |
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ARGOS |
Advanced Research and Global Observation Satellite |
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ARK |
Astrophysics Research Knowledgebase |
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ASCA |
Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics |
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ASCII |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
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ASD |
Astrophysics Science Division |
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BAT |
Burst Alert Telescope |
http://swift.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/swift/about_swift/bat_desc.html |
BATSE |
Burst and Transient Source Experiment |
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BBXRT |
Broad-Band X-ray Telescope |
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BE |
Beyond Einstein |
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BOCES |
Board Of Cooperative Educational Services |
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CALDB |
Calibration Database |
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CATSAT |
Cooperative Astrophysics and Technology Satellite |
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CCD |
Charge-coupled device |
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CD |
Compact Disk |
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CDA |
Chandra Data Archive |
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CD-ROM |
Compact disk - Read Only Memory |
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CDS |
Centre de Donnés astronomiques de Strasbourg |
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CfA |
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics |
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CGI |
Common Gateway Interface |
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CGRO |
COMPTON Gamma-Ray Observatory |
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CIAO |
Chandra Interactive Analysis of Observations |
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COBE |
Cosmic Microwave Background Explorer |
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CoI |
Co-Investigator |
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Comptel |
Compton Telescope |
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CORE |
Central Operation of Resources for Educators |
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COSSC |
Compton Observatory Science Support Center |
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CXC |
Chandra X-ray Center |
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DAS |
Data Archive System |
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DIS |
Data Inventory Service |
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DOE |
Department of Energy |
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DSS |
Digitized Sky Survey |
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DTS |
Data Transfer System |
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DUO |
Dark Universe Observatory |
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DXS |
Diffuse X-ray spectrometer |
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EA |
Educator Ambassador |
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E/PO |
Education and Public Outreach |
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EGRET |
Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope |
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ESA |
European Space Agency |
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EUD |
Exploration of the Universe Division |
(original name of ASD: q.v.) |
EUVE |
Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer |
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EXOSAT |
European X-ray Observatory Satellite |
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FIRST |
Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-centimeters |
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FITS |
Flexible Image Transport System |
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FTE |
Full-Time Equivalent |
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FTP |
File Transfer Protocol |
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fv |
FITS viewer |
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Gb |
Gigabit |
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GB |
Gigabyte |
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GLAST |
Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope |
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GOF |
Guest Observer Facility |
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GRB |
Gamma-Ray Burst |
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GSC |
Guide Star Catalogue |
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GSFC |
Goddard Space Flight Center |
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GSSC |
GLAST Science Support Center |
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HEA |
High Energy Astrophysics |
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HEADCC |
High Energy Astrophysics Data Center Coordinating Committee |
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HEASARC |
High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center |
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HETE |
High Energy Transient Experiment |
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HEAO |
High Energy Astrophysics Observatory |
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HEASOFT |
High Energy Astrophysics Software |
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HQ |
Headquarters |
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HRC |
High Resolution Camera |
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HRI |
High Resolution Imager |
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HST |
Hubble Space Telescope |
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HTML |
Hypertext Markup Language |
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HUG |
HEASARC Users Group |
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INTEGRAL |
International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory |
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IPAC |
Infrared Processing and Analysis Center |
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IR |
Infrared |
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IRSA |
Infrared Science Archive |
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ISDC |
INTEGRAL Science Data Center |
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ISAS |
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science |
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IVO |
International Virtual Observatory Alliance |
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JPL |
Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
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K-8 |
Kindergarten through eighth grade |
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LAMBDA |
Legacy Archive for Microwave Background Data Analysis |
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LHEA |
Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics |
(reorganized to part of EUD) |
LISA |
Laser Interferometer Space Antenna |
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LSU |
Louisana State University |
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LTSA |
Long-Term Space Astrophysics |
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MAST |
Multimission Archive at Space Telescope |
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MNRAS |
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
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MO&DA |
Mission Operations and Data Analysis |
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MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
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NEAT |
Near Earth Asteroid Tracking |
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NED |
NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database |
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NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
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NES |
NASA Explorer School |
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NSES |
National Science Education Standards |
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NSSDC |
National Space Science Data Center |
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NSTA |
National Science Teachers Association |
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NuSTAR |
Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array |
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NVO |
National Virtual Observatory |
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NVSS |
NRAO VLA Sky Survey |
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OGIP |
Office of Guest Investigator Programs |
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QPO |
Quasi-Periodic Oscillations |
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OSO |
Orbiting Solar Observatory |
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OSS |
Office of Space Science |
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OSSE |
Oriented Scintillation Spectrometer Experiment |
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PASJ |
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan |
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PASP |
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific |
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PDMP |
Project Data Management Plan |
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PI |
Principal Investigator |
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PIMMS |
Portable, Interactive, Multi-Mission Simulator |
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RAID |
Redundant Array of Independent Disks |
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ROSAT |
Röntgen Satellite |
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RPS |
Remote Proposal System |
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RXTE |
ROSSI X-ray Timing Explorer |
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SAO |
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory |
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SAX |
Satellite per Astronomia X |
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SAS |
Small Astronomy Satellite |
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SEC |
Sun-Earth Connection |
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SEU |
Structure and Evolution of the Universe |
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SEUEF |
Structure and Evolution of the Universe Education Forum |
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SOAP |
Simple Object Access Protocol |
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SOC |
Science Operations Center |
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STScI |
Space Telescope Science Institute |
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TB |
Terabyte |
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UK |
United Kingdom |
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ULX |
Ultra-Luminous X-ray source |
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USNO |
United States Naval Observatory |
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USRA |
Universities Space Research Association |
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UVOT |
Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope |
http://swift.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/swift/about_swift/uvot_desc.html |
VO |
Virtual Observatory |
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WMAP |
Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe |
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XML |
Extensible Markup Language |
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XMM-Newton |
X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission |
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XRT |
X-ray Telescope |
http://swift.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/swift/about_swift/xrt_desc.html |