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Glossary
ADF Astrophysics Data Facility ADS Astrophysics Data System Astro-D Fourth Japanese X-ray Satellite (before launch) ASCA Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics (formerly Astro-D) AXAF Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility BBXRT Broad Band X-Ray Telescope CGRO Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (or Compton Observatory) CMA Channel Multiplier Array (EXOSAT) COSSC Compton Observatory Science Support Center EUVE Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer EXOSAT European X-ray Observatory Satellite FITS Flexible Image Transport System GIS Gas Imaging Spectrometer GOF Guest Observer Facility GRASP Generic Retrieval/Archive Services Protocol HEAO High Energy Astrophysics Observatory HEASARC High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center HRI High-Resolution Imager HUG HEASARC Users Group IDL Interactive Data Language IRAF NOAO's Image Reduction and Analysis Facility IUE International Ultraviolet Explorer LE Low Energy (EXOSAT) LHEA Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics ME Medium Energy (EXOSAT) MPC Monitor Proportional Counter NSSDC National Space Science Data Center OGIP Office for Guest Investigator Programs OSO Orbiting Solar Observatory PIMMS Portable Interactive Multi-Mission Software PSPC Position-Sensitive Proportional Counter ROSAT Röntgensatellit SIS Solid-state Imaging Spectrometer SSS Solid State Spectrometer XANADU Analysis system containing XSPEC, XRONOS, XIMAGE and QDP XTE X-ray Timing Explorer
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