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I found acronym defined on the web as "a word formed from the initial letters of a series of words". Using this definition, some of the items in this list as of 31 Aug 2006 are not acronyms, including Bl Lac and z (for metallicity). Maybe these should be placed in a separate list; z could go under a list of symbols, and Bl Lac could go in a list of abbreviations? GeorgeJBendo 12:08, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
OK. What do we do with "neb"? It is not an technically an acronym, but it is a very common abbreviation. GeorgeJBendo 15:45, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
I think there should be a page on this. When reading astronomical papers, a few instances where the paper does not define the acronyms. A person would probably come to Wikipedia to search for it. I have a massive list, about 8 pages worth, of acronyms that I collected over the years. Unfortunately, I did not record the source paper. If interested, let me know. And I will submit the list. Thanks, CarpD (^_^; 8/25/2006
Some of these acronyms look like they may have been used in only one or two scientific papers rather than commonly used. Perhaps the standard for inclusion in this list should be that the acronyms are used in six scientific papers or other references that do not copy each other.
Let's start with BLG (for Galactic Bulge) by CarpD. CarpD, can you name six references that use BLG? GeorgeJBendo 08:11, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
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I added the list to Category:Acronyms. You were doing it backwords, CarpD. You add the category to the page on the bottom by add [[Category:Acronyms]] and it automatically shows up on the category page. As a sidenote, if you want to create a link to a category page from an article, you need to put a : before category in the link like so: [[:Category:Acronyms|Category:Acronyms]] . -- Exodio 12:13, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
Before this page was created, I had found a huge list of acronyms on the web, although what I had found seemed out of date. On 27 Aug, I found a huge up-to-date list here. These should be copied over to this list (with an appropriate reference back to the page). GeorgeJBendo 15:20, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
CarpD, I think the CE, CGP, and CSPNe acronyms are rare enough that they could be deleted from this list. Would that be OK? Also, would you consider the deletion of some of the symbols (such as the one for solar luminosity), which may be more appropriate for a "List of astronomy symbols" page? GeorgeJBendo 09:34, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
Hmm, let me see.
Thanks, CarpD 8/28/06
Wow - list looks great. I think it will be a huge help. You should add a link to it from the main Astro Objects project page when you think it's "done". This should probably go into a box that can be attached to any WikiProject relating to Space - maybe a meta-link page. -- Exodio 08:31, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
Is there a difference? CarpD 9/4/06
I found out what the c stands for. It means "luminous" for "archaic reasons". (My guess at "central" was incorrect and should be removed.)
It is not exactly an acronym, but it will confuse anyone who tries to explain what the definition stands for, including most professional astronomers. Any suggestions on what to do with the thing? GeorgeJBendo 14:01, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
I think the symbols should go on a List of common astronomy symbols. They sort of seem out of place in a list of acronyms; many of them technically are not acronyms but are instead symbols and abbreviations. However, they would still be useful to include on Wikipedia. CarpD, what are your thoughts? GeorgeJBendo 21:47, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
I have completed reviewing and revising everything on the list. I plan on editing more entries over time. I will also edit the introduction.
Note that I did not include all of the acronyms from the pages under references. The sulry.org reference included many non-astronomy NASA terms that did not seem appropriate for this list. The Japanese reference included multiple rare astronomy acronyms that did not seem useful to include here. The AAVSO list included some things that looked too much like symbols (things that were no longer abbreviations of words but letters to represent other things).
I also plan on adding more acronyms from a website named DOOFAAS, although I am going to check that the acronyms are actually in use. The author of DOOFAAS did make some mistakes; for example, the "Super Huge Interferometric Telescope" is actually a spoof proposal created for an AAS meeting and not a real telescope. GeorgeJBendo 14:03, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
According to the IAU recommendations, the identifier was built from the object position and taking into account the observational angular resolution. The resulting format is M31 JHHMMSSss+DDMMSSs. For the variable stars, the acronym was changed to M31V to indicate that they are also in the variable star catalog
, page 6 on the paper. [4], thanks, CarpD 9/13/06
XRF is linked to a page on X-ray Fluorescence. This needs to be corrected. THIS XRF an astronomy acronym for X-ray Flash, with a softer spectrum than a GRB (e.g. http://iopscience.iop.org/0004-637X/697/1/758/pdf/0004-637X_697_1_758.pdf is not a great reference, but you can see some references here and he uses the words, "Softer XRF". -BTP — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.243.51.46 ( talk) 00:53, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
The entry
seems to be trying to respect the page's convention of linking the abbreviation to the article, in the same breath with making an over-scrupulous sense/reference distinction, and thoroly overloaded the entry even before it linked twice to the same page. I'm not prepared to tackle the question of whether the implicit MoS of this particular page is wisely chosen, but i'm satisfied it is pointlessly overloaded in this particular entry. IMO
does the job significantly better.
YMMV (and if so,
verbum sap.: others can work that out).
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It appears that the slightly smaller page, Astronomical acronyms, covers a very similar topic, and contains much of the same content as this one, so I suggest merging the article later. To give fair warning, I will wait until Wednesday (the 18th) to actually merge them, to wait for possible discussion/input on this. 107.184.134.64 ( talk) 14:17, 13 June 2014 (UTC)
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I found acronym defined on the web as "a word formed from the initial letters of a series of words". Using this definition, some of the items in this list as of 31 Aug 2006 are not acronyms, including Bl Lac and z (for metallicity). Maybe these should be placed in a separate list; z could go under a list of symbols, and Bl Lac could go in a list of abbreviations? GeorgeJBendo 12:08, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
OK. What do we do with "neb"? It is not an technically an acronym, but it is a very common abbreviation. GeorgeJBendo 15:45, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
I think there should be a page on this. When reading astronomical papers, a few instances where the paper does not define the acronyms. A person would probably come to Wikipedia to search for it. I have a massive list, about 8 pages worth, of acronyms that I collected over the years. Unfortunately, I did not record the source paper. If interested, let me know. And I will submit the list. Thanks, CarpD (^_^; 8/25/2006
Some of these acronyms look like they may have been used in only one or two scientific papers rather than commonly used. Perhaps the standard for inclusion in this list should be that the acronyms are used in six scientific papers or other references that do not copy each other.
Let's start with BLG (for Galactic Bulge) by CarpD. CarpD, can you name six references that use BLG? GeorgeJBendo 08:11, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
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I added the list to Category:Acronyms. You were doing it backwords, CarpD. You add the category to the page on the bottom by add [[Category:Acronyms]] and it automatically shows up on the category page. As a sidenote, if you want to create a link to a category page from an article, you need to put a : before category in the link like so: [[:Category:Acronyms|Category:Acronyms]] . -- Exodio 12:13, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
Before this page was created, I had found a huge list of acronyms on the web, although what I had found seemed out of date. On 27 Aug, I found a huge up-to-date list here. These should be copied over to this list (with an appropriate reference back to the page). GeorgeJBendo 15:20, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
CarpD, I think the CE, CGP, and CSPNe acronyms are rare enough that they could be deleted from this list. Would that be OK? Also, would you consider the deletion of some of the symbols (such as the one for solar luminosity), which may be more appropriate for a "List of astronomy symbols" page? GeorgeJBendo 09:34, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
Hmm, let me see.
Thanks, CarpD 8/28/06
Wow - list looks great. I think it will be a huge help. You should add a link to it from the main Astro Objects project page when you think it's "done". This should probably go into a box that can be attached to any WikiProject relating to Space - maybe a meta-link page. -- Exodio 08:31, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
Is there a difference? CarpD 9/4/06
I found out what the c stands for. It means "luminous" for "archaic reasons". (My guess at "central" was incorrect and should be removed.)
It is not exactly an acronym, but it will confuse anyone who tries to explain what the definition stands for, including most professional astronomers. Any suggestions on what to do with the thing? GeorgeJBendo 14:01, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
I think the symbols should go on a List of common astronomy symbols. They sort of seem out of place in a list of acronyms; many of them technically are not acronyms but are instead symbols and abbreviations. However, they would still be useful to include on Wikipedia. CarpD, what are your thoughts? GeorgeJBendo 21:47, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
I have completed reviewing and revising everything on the list. I plan on editing more entries over time. I will also edit the introduction.
Note that I did not include all of the acronyms from the pages under references. The sulry.org reference included many non-astronomy NASA terms that did not seem appropriate for this list. The Japanese reference included multiple rare astronomy acronyms that did not seem useful to include here. The AAVSO list included some things that looked too much like symbols (things that were no longer abbreviations of words but letters to represent other things).
I also plan on adding more acronyms from a website named DOOFAAS, although I am going to check that the acronyms are actually in use. The author of DOOFAAS did make some mistakes; for example, the "Super Huge Interferometric Telescope" is actually a spoof proposal created for an AAS meeting and not a real telescope. GeorgeJBendo 14:03, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
According to the IAU recommendations, the identifier was built from the object position and taking into account the observational angular resolution. The resulting format is M31 JHHMMSSss+DDMMSSs. For the variable stars, the acronym was changed to M31V to indicate that they are also in the variable star catalog
, page 6 on the paper. [4], thanks, CarpD 9/13/06
XRF is linked to a page on X-ray Fluorescence. This needs to be corrected. THIS XRF an astronomy acronym for X-ray Flash, with a softer spectrum than a GRB (e.g. http://iopscience.iop.org/0004-637X/697/1/758/pdf/0004-637X_697_1_758.pdf is not a great reference, but you can see some references here and he uses the words, "Softer XRF". -BTP — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.243.51.46 ( talk) 00:53, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
The entry
seems to be trying to respect the page's convention of linking the abbreviation to the article, in the same breath with making an over-scrupulous sense/reference distinction, and thoroly overloaded the entry even before it linked twice to the same page. I'm not prepared to tackle the question of whether the implicit MoS of this particular page is wisely chosen, but i'm satisfied it is pointlessly overloaded in this particular entry. IMO
does the job significantly better.
YMMV (and if so,
verbum sap.: others can work that out).
--
Jerzy•
t
04:26, 30 October 2013 (UTC)
It appears that the slightly smaller page, Astronomical acronyms, covers a very similar topic, and contains much of the same content as this one, so I suggest merging the article later. To give fair warning, I will wait until Wednesday (the 18th) to actually merge them, to wait for possible discussion/input on this. 107.184.134.64 ( talk) 14:17, 13 June 2014 (UTC)
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