Astronomy Abbreviations and Acronyms

1. BHH(s)
   Black Hole(s)
2. CCLRC
   Central Laboratory of the Research Councils
3. CISCO
   Cooled Infrared Spectrograph and Camera for OHS
4. CITECH
   Center for Information on Technology in Healthcare
5. COCIR
   Coordination Committee of the Radiological and Electromedical Industries
6. COMICS
   Cooled Mid-Infrared Camera and Spectrometer
7. COMPTEL
   Compton Telescope
8. E-ELT
   European Extremely Large Telescope
9. FASTT
   Flagstaff Astrometric Scanning Transit Telescope
10. FK4
    Fundamental Katalog 4
11. FRB(s)
    gamma ray burst(s)
12. GRB(s)
    gamma ray burst(s)
13. HETE-2
    High Energy Transient Explorer
14. HFQPO(s)
    high-frequency quasi-periodic oscillation(s)
15. IAUC
    IAU Circular
16. IBBTF
    Imagination Baffled By The Facts
17. INSY
    International Near Space Year
18. INTEGRAL
    International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory
19. IPPPSSOOT
    file naming convention for HST data sets
20. ISO 14155
    Current Widely Accepted Standard

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