| Acronym | Meaning |
| ORFEUS | Orbiting And Retrievable Far And Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer |
| NICMOS | Near Infrared Camera/Multi Object Spectrometer |
| CASCA | Canadian Astronomical Society |
| UGC | Uppsala General Catalog |
| CR | Correlation Radiometer |
| MODE | Middeck Zero-Gravity Dynamics Experiment |
| CIRRIS | Cryogenic InfraRed Radiance Instrument For Shuttle |
| EJASA | Electronic Journal Of The Astronomical Society Of The Atlantic |
| CDDT | Countdown Demonstration Test |
| VLT | Very Large Telescope |