Note: this is an archived version which has been superseded. The current SNR catalogue is at http://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/surveys/snrs/

Galactic SNRs: Abbreviations

These are the abbreviations for journals, proceedings and telescopes that are used in the detailed lists for each SNR


Journals

AdSpR
Advances in Space Research
A&A
Astronomy & Astrophysics
A&AS
Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement
AJ
Astronomical Journal
AN
Astronomische Nachrichten
ApJ
Astrophysical Journal
ApJS
Astrophysical Journal Supplement
ApL
Astrophysical Letters
ApS&S
Astrophysics & Space Science
AstL
Astronomy Letters
ARep
Astronomy Reports
AuJPA
Australian Journal of Physics Astrophysical Supplement
AuJPh
Australian Journal of Physics
BASI
Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India
ChJAA
Chinese Journal of Astronomy & Astrophysics
JApA
Journal of Astrophysics & Astronomy
JKAS
Journal of Korean Astronomical Society
JPhCS
Journal of Physics Conference Series
MNRAS
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
NuPhS
Nuclear Physics B Proceedings Supplements
PASA
Proceedings of the Astronomical Society of Australia
PASJ
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
PASP
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
RMxAA
Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica
SerAJ
Serbian Astronomical Journal
SvAL
Soviet Astronomy Letters

Proceedings etc.

IAUCo
IAU Colloquium
LNP
Lecture Notes in Physics
NSPS
is `Neutron Stars, Pulsars, and Supernova Remnants', (MPE Report 278), eds Becker W., Lesch H. & Trümper J., (Max-Plank-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Garching bei München), 2002.
XRRC
is `X-Ray and Radio Connections', eds Sjouwerman L. O. & Dyer K. K., 2005.

Radio Telescopes/Surveys

ATCA
Australia Telescope Compact Array
BIMA
Berkeley--Illinois--Maryland Array
DRAO
Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory
FIRST
Fleurs Synthesis Telescope
GBT
Green Bank Telescope
LOFAR
Low-Frequency Array
MOST
Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope
NRAO
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
NRO
Nobeyama Radio Observatory
TPT
Clark Lake Teepee-Tee telescope
VLA
Very Large Array
WSRT
Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope
(C/S/V)GPS
(Canadian/Southern/VLA) Galactic Plane Survey

Satellites

Optical/IR
AKARI, Herschel (also sub-mm), HST (Hubble Space Telescope), ISO (Infrared Space Observatory), IRAS (Infrared Astronomical Satellite), Spitzer
X-/γ-ray
ASCA (Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics), Chandra, EXOSAT (European X-ray Observatory Satellite), Fermi, NuSTAR (Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array), ROSAT (Röntgensatellit), RXTE (Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer), Suzaku, XMM (X-ray Multi-Mirror(-Newton))

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