Astronomy Abbreviations and Acronyms

1. BATTeRS
   Bisei Asteroid Tracking Telescopes for Rapid Survey
2. BHH(s)
   Black Hole(s)
3. CCLRC
   Central Laboratory of the Research Councils
4. CISCO
   Cooled Infrared Spectrograph and Camera for OHS
5. CITECH
   Center for Information on Technology in Healthcare
6. COCIR
   Coordination Committee of the Radiological and Electromedical Industries
7. COMICS
   Cooled Mid-Infrared Camera and Spectrometer
8. COMPTEL
   Compton Telescope
9. E-ELT
   European Extremely Large Telescope
10. FASTT
    Flagstaff Astrometric Scanning Transit Telescope
11. FK4
    Fundamental Katalog 4
12. FRB(s)
    gamma ray burst(s)
13. GRB(s)
    gamma ray burst(s)
14. HETE-2
    High Energy Transient Explorer
15. HFQPO(s)
    high-frequency quasi-periodic oscillation(s)
16. IAUC
    IAU Circular
17. IBBTF
    Imagination Baffled By The Facts
18. INSY
    International Near Space Year
19. INTEGRAL
    International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory
20. IPPPSSOOT
    file naming convention for HST data sets

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