Astronomy Abbreviations and Acronyms

1. WFPC2
   Wide Field Planetary Camera-2
2. WFPCII
   Replacement for Wfpo
3. WFPCII
   Replacement for WFPC
4. WFS
   Wave Front Sensor
5. WG
   Working Group
6. WGAS
   Working Group On Astronomical Software
7. WGPSN
   Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature
8. WGSS
   Working Group of Standard Stars
9. WH
   William Herschel
10. WHAC
    West Hawaii Astronomy Club
11. WHDF
    William Herschel Deep Field
12. WHO
    World Health Organization
13. WHT
    William Herschel Telescope
14. WILOO
    Williamstown Observatory Observations
15. WIMP
    Weakly Interacting Massive Particle
16. WINAR
    Windsor Observatory Annual Report
17. WINDS
    Wtdeband Internetworking Engineering Test and Demonstration Satellite
18. WIRCAM
    Widegfield Infrared Camera
19. WIRCAM
    Wide-field InfraRed Camera, instrument on the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
20. WIRE
    Wide-Field Infrared Explorer

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