Acronyms and Abbreviations

ADC	Analog-to-Digital Converter
AIT	Astronomisches Institut der Universität Tübingen
AMCE	Attitude Measurement and Control Electronics
AMCS	Attitude Measurement and Control System
AO	Announcement of Opportunity
AP	After-Pulse
APM	automatic plate measuring
ARMS	Automated Retrieval Mail System
ASTERIX	U.K. X-ray data analysis package running within
	the Starlink ADAM/ICL environment
BMFT	Bundesministerium für Forschung und Technologie
CCD	Charge Coupled Device
CDHS	Command and Data Handling System
CEM	Channel Electron Multiplier
CSS	Coarse Sun Sensor
DASA	Deutsche Aerospace Aktiengesellschaft
DRF	clock drift
DRM	Detector Response Matrix
ECF	Energy Conversion Factor
ESA	European Space Agency
EUV	Extreme Ultraviolet
EVT	EVent Time
EXSAS	Extended Scientific Analysis System
FITS	Flexible Image Transport System
FOV	field of view
FTP	File Transfer Protocol
FWHM	Full Width Half Maximum
Ger.	Germany or German
GOF	Guest Observer Facility
GSFC	Goddard Space Flight Center
GSOC	German Space Operations Center (at Oberpfaffenhofen, Ger.)
GTI	Good Time Interval
HEASARC	High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (at NASA/GSFC)
HEW	Half Energy Width
HRI	High-Resolution Imager
HST	Hubble Space Telescope
HV	High Voltage

ID	IDentification
IPC	Imaging Proportional Counter
IR	infra red
IUC	International User's Committee
LHEA	Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics (at NASA/GSFC)
LTE	Long-Term Enhancement
MCP	MicroChannel Plate
MDR	Master Data Record (raw data from GSOC)
MIDAS	Munich Image Data Analysis System
MIPS	Mission Information and Planing System
MJD	Modified Julian Day
MPE	Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik
MTL	Mission Time Line
NASA	National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NEP	North Ecliptic Pole
NS	North/South
OBI	OBservation Interval
OBC	On-Board Computer
OGIP	Office of Guest Investigator Programs (at NASA/GSFC)
OMAS	Observation MAster data Set
PANTER	PAntolsky Neuried TEstanlage R"ontgen
PET	Photon Event Table
PHA	Pulse Height Amplitude
PI	Principle Investigator, or Pulse Invariant
PROS	Post Reduction Off-line Software
PSF	point spread function
PSPC	Position-Sensitive Proportional Counter
PVC	Performance, Verification, and Calibration (phase)
QE	Quantum Efficiency
RAL	Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
RDA	ROSAT Data Archive
RDF	Rationalized Data File
RMS	Root Mean Square
ROE	Royal Observatory of Edingborough
ROR	ROSAT Observation Request
ROSAT	ROentgen-SATellit
RSDC	ROSAT Scientific Data Center
RW	Reaction Wheel
SAA	South Atlantic Anomaly
SAAD	South Atlantic Anomaly Detectors
SAO	Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
SASS	Standard Analysis Processing System
S/C	SpaceCraft
SERC	Science and Engineering Research Council (U.K.)
SEQ	Sequnce

SIMBAD	Set of Identifications, Measurements, & Bibliography for Astronomical Data
S/N	Signal-to-Noise
STC	Star Tracker (XRT)
STE	Short-Term Enhancement
S/W	SoftWare
TBD	to be determined
TEL	Telemetry
UKRDAC	U.K. ROSAT Data Archive Center
URL	Uniform Resource Locator
USRDA	U.S. ROSAT Data Archive
USRSDC	U.S. ROSAT Scientific Data Center
USRPDA	U.S. ROSAT Public Data Archive
UT	Universal Time
UTC	Universal Time Clock
UV	Ultraviolet
V&V	Verification and Validation (of SASS products)
WFC	Wide-Field Camera
WWW	World-Wide Web
XMA	XRT Mirror Assembly
XRB	X-ray Background
XRT	X-ray Telescope
XUV	Extreme Ultraviolet
ZDE	Zentrale Daten Einheit

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last update:2001/09/27 22:35:54, editor of this page:Ortwin Schwentker