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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 FOV Field of view FPCS Flat Plane Crystal Spectrometer (Einstein) GIS Gas Imaging Spectrometer GOF Guest Observer Facility GRASP Generic Retrieval/Archive Services Protocol GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center HEAO High Energy Astrophysics Observatory HEASARC High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center HED High Energy Detector (HEAO-1) HRI High-Resolution Imager (Einstein and ROSAT) HUG HEASARC Users Group IDL Interactive Data Language IRAF NOAO's Image Reduction and Analysis Facility IUE International Ultraviolet Explorer LE Low Energy (EXOSAT) LED Low Energy Detector (HEAO-1) LHEA Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics ME Medium Energy (EXOSAT) MED Medium Energy Detector (HEAO-1) MPC Monitor Proportional Counter NSSDC National Space Science Data Center OGIP Office for Guest Investigator Programs OGS Objective Grating Spectrometer (Einstein) OSO Orbiting Solar Observatory PIMMS Portable Interactive Multi-Mission Software PSPC Position-Sensitive Proportional Counter (Einstein and ROSAT) ROSAT Röntgensatellit SAA South Atlantic Anomaly SIS Solid-state Imaging Spectrometer SSS Solid State Spectrometer (Einstein) XANADU Analysis system containing XSPEC, XRONOS, XIMAGE and QDP XSPEC Spectral fitting package (part of XANADU) XTE X-ray Timing Explorer
