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Astrophysical terms and names of things beginning with the letter T.

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T (T-type star): brown dwarf with a temperature in the vicinity of 1000 K
T (tesla): unit of magnetic flux density
t (timescale): general length of time something takes
T association: stellar association with T-Tauri stars
- stellar association: like a large open cluster but even less tightly bound
T Coronae Borealis: recurrent nova expected to erupt sometime within 2024-2026
- T Pyxidis: well-known recurrent nova
T CrB (T Coronae Borealis): recurrent nova expected to erupt sometime within 2024-2026
- T Pyxidis: well-known recurrent nova
T dwarf (T-type star): brown dwarf with a temperature in the vicinity of 1000 K
- brown dwarf: star-like object with less mass than a star
T Pyx (T Pyxidis): well-known recurrent nova
- T Coronae Borealis: recurrent nova expected to erupt sometime within 2024-2026
T Pyxidis: well-known recurrent nova
- T Coronae Borealis: recurrent nova expected to erupt sometime within 2024-2026
T Tau (T Tauri): variable star taken as example of young star
T Tau N

T Tauri: variable star taken as example of young star

T Tau Sa

T Tauri: variable star taken as example of young star

T Tau Sb

T Tauri: variable star taken as example of young star

T Tauri: variable star taken as example of young star
Télescope à Action Rapide pour les Objets Transitoires (TAROT): network of telescopes to catch GRB optical counterparts
TŻO (Thorne-Żytkow object): giant star with a neutron star at its center
T-1: see Palomar-Leiden Survey
T-2: see Palomar-Leiden Survey
T-3: see Palomar-Leiden Survey
T-class: see T-type star
T-class star (T-type star): brown dwarf with a temperature in the vicinity of 1000 K
T-mode: see CMB polarization
T-ReCS: see Gemini Observatory
T-Tauri star: type of variable pre-main-sequence star
- Herbig AeBe star: type of pre-main-sequence star more massive than a T-Tauri star
- pre-main-sequence star: star not yet with a nuclear reaction
- T association: stellar association with T-Tauri stars
T-type star: brown dwarf with a temperature in the vicinity of 1000 K
T2CAM: see Lucy
T4 APT (T4 Automated Photometric Telescope): automated 75-cm telescope to a long-term star monitoring survey
T4 Automated Photometric Telescope: automated 75-cm telescope to a long-term star monitoring survey
t₀: see Lambda-CDM model
t₀: see seeing
T_B (brightness temperature): temperature of an equivalent black body in terms of spectral radiance
T_BB (effective temperature): temperature of an equivalent black body in terms of total radiation
T_C (color temperature): temperature-measure of a source based on a color index
T_e (elastic thickness): measure of the thickness of a sagging layer of a planet surface
T_eff (effective temperature): temperature of an equivalent black body in terms of total radiation
T_eph

time standard: method of designating points in time and quantifying time periods

T_eq (equilibrium temperature): temperature a planet would have if it were an externally-heated black body
t_H (Hubble time): approximation of the age of the universe
T_n: see elastic thickness
T_Vir: see virial theorem
TA (Telescope Array Project): cosmic-ray observatory aiming for extremely energetic particles
Tabby's Star (KIC 8462852): star with unusual variations
Table Mountain Facility (Table Mountain Observatory): NASA observatory near Los Angeles
Table Mountain Observatory: NASA observatory near Los Angeles
TAC: telescope allocation committee
TAC: time allocation committee (for telescopes)
TAC 1.0: see USNO Twin Astrograph
TAC 2.0: see USNO Twin Astrograph
tadpole orbit

halo orbit: type of orbit around an unstable Lagrangian point

TAI: see Terrestrial Time
TAIGA experiment (Tunka experiment): Russian Cherenkov detector aimed at cosmic rays and gamma rays
tail: see comet
- comet planet: planet with some characteristics of a comet
TAIPAN: multi-object spectrograph with robot fiber-positioner
TAIPAN: see UK Schmidt Telescope
- fiber positioner: machine to set up fibers in multi-object spectrograph
Taipan Galaxy Survey

TAIPAN: multi-object spectrograph with robot fiber-positioner

Taiwan

Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics: Taiwanese astrophysics research organization

TALE: see Telescope Array Project
TAM: non-gray-RT 3D model of Titan's atmosphere
TAMA 300: small prototype gravitational wave detector in Japan
TAMBO: concept for neutrino detector in valley in Peru
TAMS: see zero-age main sequence
- post-main-sequence star: star evolved beyond its main sequence phase
Tamura: see rare designator prefixes
tangential velocity: see radial velocity
TAO (University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory): observatory for a 6.5 m infrared telescope under construction
- Atacama Desert: Chilean high-altitude, dry plateau with numerous observatories
- Llano de Chajnantor Observatory: group of observatories on a high plateau of the Atacama Desert
TAP: see Taurus-Auriga Complex
- Fly's Eye: 1980s cosmic-ray observatory
- High Resolution Fly's Eye: 1990s-2000s cosmic-ray observatory
TAR (traditional approximation of rotation): approximation of waves on a rotating body
TARA: see Telescope Array Project
Tarantula Nebula (30 Doradus): HI region in LMC
- VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey: VLT spectroscopic survey of massive stars
TAROT: network of telescopes to catch GRB optical counterparts
TAROT telescope

La Silla Observatory: Atacama-desert observatory run by ESO

task

task-based parallelism: breaking a computation into tasks that can be run in parallel

task-based parallelism: breaking a computation into tasks that can be run in parallel
TASS (The Amateur Sky Survey): amateur comet and variable-star search survey
TASV: see rare designator prefixes
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research - India: Indian math and science research institute
TAU (Thousand Astronomical Units): 1980s plan for space probe to travel 1000 AU over 50 years
Tau: see Tau-REx
tau: see lepton
- standard model: model of elementary particles including quarks
- supersymmetry: extension to standard model of particle physics
- TAMBO: concept for neutrino detector in valley in Peru
- tau neutrino: neutrino flavor that becomes a tau particle during interactions
Tau Air Shower Mountain-Based Observatory (TAMBO): concept for neutrino detector in valley in Peru
tau neutrino: neutrino flavor that becomes a tau particle during interactions
- flavor: subtype of some type of particle
- lepton: elementary particle with 1/2 integer spin such as electron
- Mikheyev-Smirnov-Wolfenstein effect: effect of matter on neutrino oscillation
- neutrino oscillation: neutrinos regularly morph into another flavor
- standard model: model of elementary particles including quarks
- TAMBO: concept for neutrino detector in valley in Peru
Tau Retrieval for Exoplanets (Tau-REx): spectral line retrieval code for exoplanet atmospheres
Tau-Aur Complex (Taurus-Auriga Complex): nearby star-forming region
Tau-REx: spectral line retrieval code for exoplanet atmospheres
Taub spacetime: early 1950s model for a rotating-black-hole spacetime
- Taub-NUT spacetime: early mathematics for a rotating black hole spacetime
Taub-NUT metric: see Taub-NUT spacetime
Taub-NUT spacetime: early mathematics for a rotating black hole spacetime
- Kerr-NUT spacetime: Kerr spacetime defined in terms of Taub-NUT spacetime
Tauras A (Crab Nebula): supernova remnant in Taurus
Taurus Auriga Perseus Complex: see Taurus-Auriga Complex
Taurus Dark Clouds (Taurus-Auriga Complex): nearby star-forming region
Taurus Molecular Cloud (Taurus Molecular Cloud 1): nearby star-forming region
- HL Tau: much-studied T-Tauri star
Taurus Molecular Cloud 1: nearby star-forming region
Taurus Molecular Cloud 2: see Taurus Molecular Cloud 1
Taurus Molecular Cloud 2: see Taurus-Auriga Complex
Taurus: balloon-borne polarimeter to study the CMB
TAURUS-1: see Isaac Newton Telescope
Taurus-Auriga Complex: nearby star-forming region
Taurus-Auriga Region (Taurus-Auriga Complex): nearby star-forming region
Taurus-Auriga SFR (Taurus-Auriga Complex): nearby star-forming region
Taurus-Auriga T association

T association: stellar association with T-Tauri stars

TAUVEX: see Spektr-RG
TAV: see rare designator prefixes
Taylor column: see Taylor-Proudman theorem
Taylor series

finite difference method: means of estimating calculus and differential equation solutions
Fourier transform: systematic method of breaking down functions into periodic components
Legendre polynomials: useful sequence of polynomials

Taylor series expansion

Bernstein polynomial: polynomial form capable of producing arbitrary shapes

Taylor-Proudman theorem: theorem regarding movement through a rotating fluid
TB: see CMB polarization
TBHD: see rare designator prefixes
TBJ: see rare designator prefixes
TBL

Zeeman-Doppler imaging: technique for imaging stellar magnetic fields

TBP (task-based parallelism): breaking a computation into tasks that can be run in parallel
TBTF: see dwarf galaxy problem
TC: see SELENE
Tc: see technetium star
Tc-rich star (technetium star): star showing technetium absorption lines
TCB: see time standard
TCG: see Terrestrial Time
TCP: see rare designator prefixes
TCS: see Teide Observatory
TD: see neutron star merger
- time standard: method of designating points in time and quantifying time periods
TD-1 (TD-1A): 1970s European observatory-satellite with UV telescopes
TD-1A: 1970s European observatory-satellite with UV telescopes
TD1: see TD-1A
TDB: see time standard
TDE (tidal disruption event): star pulled apart by black hole tidal forces
- AT2019dsg: 2019 TDE undergoing study
- optical transient: transient evident from visible light observation
TDF (tidal disruption event): star pulled apart by black hole tidal forces
TDRSS (Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System): NASA satellites used for communication and tracking of space probes
TDT

time standard: method of designating points in time and quantifying time periods

TDV: see transit timing variations
- exosatellite: natural satellite not in the solar system
TE (thermodynamic equilibrium): state of a system with no net heat flows
TE: see CMB polarization
technetium: see technetium star
technetium star: star showing technetium absorption lines
technique

2.5 dimensional model: model such as computer simulation between 2D and 3D
adaptive refinement tree: algorithm-type for solving n-body problem
aperture photometry: method of determining the brightness of an imaged star
apodization: improving telescope images by manipulating diffraction
Bernstein polynomial: polynomial form capable of producing arbitrary shapes
chemical tagging: using abundances to trace the origin of particular stars
cyclotron radiation emission spectroscopy: method of measuring the KE of beta particles
destriping: removing streak-like noise from images
drift scan: method of observing substantial sky with CCDs
dropout: means of identifying distant galaxies
Gini/M20: an automatable method of detecting whether a galaxy has recently merged
gravity assist: method of boosting the speed of a spacecraft
HARM²: technique for parallelizing computations of radiation with hydrodynamics
HCI: imaging of targets very near bright objects
Hough transform: algorithm used in image processing
Jeans anisotropic modeling: method of determining stellar kinematics of early type galaxies
line tomography: using double-peaked spectral lines to place constituents of a disk
lithium depletion boundary: line on HRD dividing stars with lithium and those without
Lock-In Amplified Externally Dispersed Interferometry: technique for precise RV measurement
machine learning: use of programs that extract their algorithms from data
Markov chain Monte Carlo: model technique to approximate multi-dimensional integrals
maximum likelihood estimation: statistical method to find likely parameters
maximum likelihood mapmaking: method of making maps using varying data
mixture density network: machine learning technique
neural network: computer program structure inspired by the brain
nondimensionalization: manipulation of an equation to remove units
numerical analysis: the study and use of numerical methods of solving equations
numerical methods: using equations through repetitive arithmetic
occultation observations: gathering astronomical information through measuring occultations
PCA analysis: an automatable method of determining galaxy morphology
photon counting: sensing EMR down to the photon level
PIC simulation: method used in simulating plasma
PSF fitting: untangling airy disks to gain effective resolution
quantum Monte Carlo: MC approach to difficult quantum mechanical problems
reverberation mapping: technique for measuring the size of SMBHs
shearing box: method of simulating 3D MHD in disks
sky subtraction: removing background radiation from a telescope observation
smoothed-particle hydrodynamics: computational method for simulating fluid flows
stellar population synthesis: using spectral characteristics of galaxies to characterize their stellar populations
subgrid-scale physics: shortcuts handling physics on a smaller scale than a simulation's grid
symbolic regression: automated model-building by tinkering with formulae
three dimensional model: computer simulation handling variation in all three dimensions
umbrella sampling: method usable in MCMC that avoids some problems
volume weighting: method of accommodating the Malmquist bias
Zanstra method: method of determining temperature of a hot star within a nebula
Zeeman-Doppler imaging: technique for imaging stellar magnetic fields

technology

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics: society of engineers
duty cycle: percent of time when activity is recurring
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers: professional engineering association
International Organization for Standardization: standards-development organization
laser com: laser communications
systematic error: errors with non-random characteristics

technomarker (technosignature): sign of technology
- biosignature: sign of life
technosignature: sign of technology
- biosignature: sign of life
TECP: see Phoenix
tectonic activity: see crustal plates
TEDI: see TripleSpec
Teegarden's Star: nearby red dwarf
Teff (effective temperature): temperature of an equivalent black body in terms of total radiation
TEGA: see Mars Polar Lander
TEGA: see Phoenix
Teide: see rare designator prefixes
Teide Observatory: observatory on Mount Teide in the Canary Islands
- Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias: research institute on Canary Islands
- LSPE-STRIP: CMB survey telescope in Canary Islands
- SPECULOOS: search for Earth-like exoplanets orbiting nearby dim stars
- Tenerife Experiment: 1980s-1990s survey of CMB anisotropies
- Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey: 2000s exoplanet-search survey using three telescopes
- Very Small Array: radio interferometer in Canary Islands
telegrapher's equations: two equations describing a transmission line
telescope: instrument to observe at a distance
- Africa Millimetre Telescope: planned 15 m radio telescope array in Namibia
- AGILE: Italian space gamma-ray observatory
- AKARI: Japanese space infrared telescope
- ALEXIS: 1990s soft X-ray transient monitor
- Algonquin Radio Observatory: 46 meter radio telescope
- Allen Telescope Array: array of radio telescopes in northern California for SETI
- Anglo-Australian Telescope: 3.9-m reflector telescope in Australia
- ANU 2.3m Telescope: 2.3-m telescope at Siding Spring Observatory
- ARCADE: balloon-borne centimeter-wavelength surveyor
- Archeops: balloon-borne 1.3 m submillimeter telescope
- Arcminute Microkelvin Imager: pair of microwave arrays
- Arcus: X-ray space telescope plan aiming for 2031 launch
- Arecibo Observatory: former large 305 m radio telescope in Puerto Rico
- ARGO-YBJ Experiment: cosmic-ray/gamma-ray detector in Tibet
- Ariel 5: 1970s X-ray space telescope
- ARISE: concept for an inflated 25-meter radio telescope in space
- ARO 12m Telescope: twelve meter microwave telescope at KPNO
- ASCA: 1990s Japanese space X-ray telescope
- ASTHROS: balloon-borne 2.5-m submillimeter telescope
- Astronomical Netherlands Satellite: 1970s X-ray/ultraviolet space telescope
- Atacama B-Mode Search: 2012-2014 survey of the CMB
- Atacama Cosmology Telescope: 6-meter microwave survey telescope in Chile
- Atacama Large Millimeter Array: advanced millimeter-telescope array in Chile
- Atacama Pathfinder Experiment: 12-meter submillimeter telescope in Chile
- Atacama Submillimeter Telescope Experiment: 10-meter submillimeter telescope in Chile
- ATHENA: planned ESA X-ray space telescope
- AtLAST: concept for submillimeter survey telescope in Chile
- Australia Telescope Compact Array: radio telescope in eastern Australia
- Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder: radio telescope array of 36 12-meter dishes
- Automated Patrol Telescope: 0.5 m telescope at Siding Spring Observatory
- Automated Planet Finder: robotic telescope to find exoplanets using RV method
- AXIS: concept for space X-ray observatory
- BeppoSAX: Italian-Dutch space X-ray telescope
- BICEP2: survey to measure the polarization of the CMB
- BIMA telescope: millimeter interferometer in operation 1985 to 2005
- BINGO: future radio telescope for mapping distant neutral hydrogen
- Bisei Asteroid Tracking Telescope for Rapid Survey: Japanese telescope surveying to find NEOs and space junk
- BlackGEM: telescope array to follow up gravitational wave signals
- BLAST: balloon-borne 1.8-m submillimeter telescope
- BOOMERanG: 1990s-2000s balloon-borne 1.3-meter millimeter telescope
- Broad Band X-Ray Telescope: 1990s Astro-1 Space Shuttle X-ray telescope
- Burst and All Sky Imaging Survey: late 1990s GRB-observer satellite proposal
- BUSS: 1970s balloon-based ultraviolet astronomy mission
- California Extremely Large Telescope: concept for an extremely large telescope
- Caltech Submillimeter Observatory: 10.4 meter submillimeter telescope previously in Hawaii
- Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope: 3.6-meter optical/infrared telescope in Hawaii
- Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment: radio telescope mapping distant neutral hydrogen
- CANGAROO: Collaboration between Australia and Nippon for a Gamma Ray Observatory in the Outback
- Carbon Monoxide Mapping Array: planned experiment to observe epoch of reionization
- CCAT: 25-meter submillimeter telescope plan for Chile
- Chandra X-ray Observatory: space X-ray telescope
- CHARA: optical interferometer on Mount Wilson
- CHEOPS: space telescope in development to measure radii of exoplanets
- Cherenkov Telescope Array: ground gamma-ray telescope array in development
- CHIPS: small satellite to investigate ISM plasma
- CIBER: sounding-rocket survey of near-infrared background
- CMB Stage-4: planned 2020s-generation of ground CMB observations
- COAST: optical interferometer in England
- Colossus Telescope: concept for a 50-meter telescope using interferometry
- COMAP: high frequency radio telescope to map CO
- Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy: former array of radio telescopes in eastern California
- Compton Gamma Ray Observatory: 1990s space observatory for gamma ray observation
- Coronal Solar Magnetism Observatory: proposed solar observatory
- Cos-B: 1970s satellite for studying gamma rays
- COSI: 2000s balloon-based gamma ray telescope
- Cosmic Anisotropy Telescope: 1990s interferometer to measure CMB variations
- Cosmic Background Explorer: 1989 satellite for surveying the CMB
- Cosmic Background Imager: radio telescope in Chile observing the CMB
- Cosmic Dawn Intensity Mapper: NASA concept for space telescope for intensity mapping
- CubIXSS: solar spectrometer satellite concept
- CUTE: CubeSat ultraviolet space telescope
- DASI: 2000-2003 South Pole CMB telescope
- DKIST: 4 m solar telescope at Haleakala Observatory
- Dragonfly Telephoto Array: Canadian compact array of small visible-light telescopes
- DSA-2000: array plan to detect radio transients
- EBEX: balloon-based CMB polarization survey
- Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope: German large single-dish radio telescope
- Einstein Probe: Chinese X-ray space observatory
- eROSITA: Russian/German space X-ray telescope launched in 2019
- ESO 3.6m Telescope: reflector telescope at La Silla
- ESO Schmidt Telescope: 1 meter telescope in Chile with a wide field-of-view
- ESPEX: concept for a small near-UV/optical space observatory
- Euclid: survey observatory-satellite to measure dark energy
- European Extremely Large Telescope: 39-meter telescope under construction
- European Southern Observatory Very Large Telescope: four 8.2-meter optical telescopes in Chile that can act together
- Event Horizon Telescope: growing VLBI network
- EXCLAIM: planned balloon-borne 70-cm telescope with spectrometers
- EXOSAT: 1980s European space X-ray telescope
- eXTP: plan for a space X-ray telescope
- Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer: 1990s ultraviolet space telescope
- Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer: early 2000s space telescope for short-wavelength ultraviolet
- FARSIDE: concept for a low-frequency radio telescope on the far side of the Moon
- FarView: concept for a low-frequency radio telescope on the far side of the Moon
- FAST: Arecibo-like 500 m telescope in China
- Fast Fourier Transform Telescope: proposed all-digital telescope with synthetic aperture
- FAUST: 1990s ultraviolet space telescope used on two Space Shuttle missions
- Fermi: satellite for studying gamma rays
- FIRSST: plan for a future far-infrared space telescope
- Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope: 6-meter submillimeter survey telescope under construction in Chile
- Full-sky Astrometric Mapping Explorer: early 2000s proposal for an astrometric space telescope
- Gaia: astrometry survey satellite launched in 2013
- GaiaNIR: concept for a Gaia follow-on including NIR astrometry
- Galaxy Evolution Explorer: observatory-satellite with 50-cm ultraviolet telescope
- Galileo Observatory: 1960s-1970s infrared observatory aircraft
- Gattini-IR: IR transient survey telescope
- Giant Magellan Telescope: 24.5 meter telescope under construction
- Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope: large radio interferometer in India
- Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope: concept for an extremely large telescope
- Ginga: 1980s Japanese space X-ray telescope
- Glazar: 1980s UV space telescope on MIR space station
- GOTO: telescope array to follow up gravitational wave signals
- Gran Telescopio Canarias: 10.4 meter telescope in the Canary Islands
- GRANAT: observatory-satellite for detecting gamma rays and X-rays
- GRAPES-3: Cherenkov telescope at Ooty, India
- Green Bank 140 Foot Telescope: West Virginia radio telescope
- Green Bank 300ft Telescope: former large radio telescope at Green Bank
- Green Bank Telescope: West Virginia large radio telescope
- Greenland Telescope: 12 m radio telescope in Greenland
- GUSTO: balloon-borne 0.9-m far-infrared telescope
- HabEx: proposed space mission to directly image exoplanets
- HALCA: Japanese space radio telescope operating 1997-2005
- Hale Telescope: 5.1 m reflector telescope in California
- HEAO-1: 1977 X-ray observatory space mission
- HEAO-2: 1978 X-ray observatory space mission
- HERA: low frequency radio telescope
- Herschel Space Observatory: infrared observatory-satellite with 3.5-meter reflector
- High Definition Space Telescope: proposed 12-meter space telescope
- High Elevation Antarctic Terahertz Telescope: 61 cm FIR telescope in Antarctica
- High Energy Stereoscopic System: ground gamma-ray telescope array
- High Energy Transient Explorer: 2000s space multi-band GRB observatory
- High-altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory: New Mexico gamma ray telescope using Cherenkov radiation
- Hiltner Telescope: 2.4-meter reflector telescope at MDM observatory
- Hipparcos: ESA astrometry space observatory circa 1990
- HIRAX: radio telescope array for 21-cm surveying
- Hisaki: retired Japanese space ultraviolet telescope
- Hitomi: 2016 Japanese space X-ray telescope
- Hobby-Eberly Telescope: 10 meter telescope in Texas
- Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope: 1990s ultraviolet space telescope used on two Shuttle Shuttle missions
- Hubble Space Telescope: observatory-satellite with 2.4-meter reflective telescope
- HXMT: space X-ray observatory launched in 2017
- Infrared Space Observatory: 1990s 60-cm infrared space telescope
- Infrared Survey Facility: 140 cm reflector telescope that images in infrared
- Infrared Telescope Maffei: 80 cm infrared telescope in Antarctica
- INTEGRAL: European gamma ray observatory-satellite
- International Liquid Mirror Telescope: 4-meter liquid mirror telescope under construction in India
- International Ultraviolet Explorer: 1980s ultraviolet space telescope
- Interplanetary Scintillation Array: UK radio telescope that first detected pulsars
- IOTA: past optical interferometer in Arizona
- IRAM 30m Telescope: millimeter-range radio telescope in Sierra Nevada, Spain
- IRAS: 1983 satellite that surveyed the sky in infrared
- IRTF: Mauna Kea 3-meter infrared telescope
- IRTS: 15-cm infrared telescope on Japanese satellite
- Isaac Newton Telescope: 2.5 m telescope in Canary Islands
- IXPE: space observatory with X-ray polarimeters
- James Clerk Maxwell Telescope: far-infrared telescope in Hawaii
- James Webb Space Telescope: 6.5-meter infrared space telescope at L2
- Japan Spaceguard Association: Japanese telescope tracking NEOs and space junk
- Joint European Telescope for X-ray astronomy: 1990s X-ray space observatory never launched
- K2: second Kepler mission that worked around failed equipment
- Keck Observatory: observatory in Hawaii with two 10-meter reflectors
- Kepler Telescope: space telescope that watched stars for exoplanets
- Kuiper Airborne Observatory: infrared observatory-plane in the 1980s
- LAMOST: Chinese telescope for spectroscopic surveys of stars and galaxies
- Large Altazimuth Telescope: 6-meter reflector telescope in Russia
- Large Binocular Telescope: dual 8.4 meter telescope in Arizona
- Large Earth-based Solar Telescope: 1990s plan for 2.4 m solar telescope
- Large Millimeter Telescope: large microwave telescope in Mexico
- Large Submillimeter Telescope: concept for a 50-meter submillimeter telescope in Chile
- Large Zenith Telescope: 6 meter liquid mirror telescope in British Columbia
- LCRT: concept for a dish radio telescope in a lunar crater
- Livermore Optical Transient Imaging System: automated telescope aiming to catch GRB optical counterparts
- Liverpool Telescope: 2-meter robotic telescope in Spain
- Long Wavelength Array: radio telescope in New Mexico
- LOPES: cosmic ray detector that detected resulting radio
- Low-frequency Array: low frequency radio telescope
- Lowell Discovery Telescope: 4.3 m telescope at Lowell Observatory, Arizona
- LSPE-STRIP: CMB survey telescope in Canary Islands
- LSPE-SWIPE: plan for a balloon-based CMB polarization survey
- Lunar-based Ultraviolet Telescope: Chinese ultraviolet telescope on the Moon
- LUVOIR: plan for a space-based telescope
- Lynx: concept for space X-ray observatory
- Magellan Telescopes: pair of 6.5 m optical telescopes in Chile
- MAGIC: ground gamma-ray telescope array in the Canary Islands
- MAGIC: space telescope to monitor asteroseismology of OB stars
- Mark II: 38 m radio telescope in England
- Maui Optical Tracking and Identification Facility: USAF optical/infrared telescopes to Earth-orbiting objects
- MAXIMA: 1998-1999 balloon-borne 1.3-meter millimeter telescope
- Mayall 4m Telescope: 4 meter reflector telescope at Kitt Peak
- Measuring Oscillations in Nearby Stars: past plan for asteroseismology mission
- MeerKAT: new radio telescope in South Africa
- MeerLICHT: South African telescope coordinated with MeerKAT
- Mercator Telescope: 1.2 m telescope in the Canary Islands
- MERLIN: VLBI array spread across England
- Midcourse Space Experiment: 1990s space telescope
- Milagro: gamma ray telescope using Cherenkov radiation
- MMT: 6.5 meter telescope at Mt. Hopkins, Arizona
- Mopra Telescope: Australian 22 m radio telescope
- MOST: radio telescope in New South Wales
- MRO Interferometer: optical interferometer in New Mexico
- Murchison Widefield Array: low frequency radio telescope
- Nançay Radio Telescope: large radio telescope in France
- NANTEN2: millimeter telescope in Chile
- Narrabri Stellar Intensity Interferometer: 1960s optical interferometer for measuring stellar diameters
- NASA Orbital Debris Observatory: 1990s telescope aimed at tracking space junk
- Navy Precision Optical Interferometer: optical interferometer in Arizona
- NEO Surveyor: planned space observatory to detect and monitor NEOs
- NEOSSat: small spacecraft tracking NEOs
- New Technology Telescope: 3.58-meter reflector telescope in Chile
- Next Generation Very Large Array: planned radio telescope array as a follow-on to ALMA and the Jansky VLA
- NICER: space X-ray mission specifically to view neutron stars
- Northern Extended Millimeter Array: large radio telescope array under construction in Europe
- NuSTAR: space telescope for high-energy X-rays
- Ooty Radio Telescope: cylindrical radio telescope in India
- Origins Space Telescope: concept for 2030s large space IR telescope
- Orion space telescopes: two Russian 1970s UV space telescopes
- OSO 7: 1970s observatory-satellite for viewing the Sun
- OSO 8: 1970s observatory-satellite for viewing the Sun
- Overwhelmingly Large Telescope: 100 m telescope plan
- OVRO-LWA: radio telescope in California
- Palomar 48 Inch Telescope: 48 inch Schmidt telescope at Palomar Observatory
- Palomar 60-inch Telescope: 60 inch telescope at Palomar Observatory
- Palomar Testbed Interferometer: near-infrared interferometer experiment
- Parkes Observatory: Australian observatory with large single-dish radio telescope
- Planck: microwave telescope in space
- Plateau de Bure Interferometer: 6-dish interferometer in French Alps
- PLATO: planned observatory-satellite aimed at finding exoplanets
- PRIMA: plan for 2030s NASA 1.8-m FIR space telescope
- QMAP: mid 1990s balloon-based CMB survey
- QUaD: survey to measure the polarization of the CMB
- QUBIC: survey measuring the polarization of the CMB
- QUIET: survey to measure the polarization of the CMB
- Rapid Eye Mount Telescope: quick-action robotic telescope at La Silla Observatory
- RATAN-600: ring-shaped radio telescope in Russia
- Roman Space Telescope: proposed near-infrared space observatory
- ROSAT: 1990s German space X-ray telescope
- Rubin Observatory: 8-meter survey reflector telescope under construction in Chile
- RXTE: space mission to time X-ray variations
- SALTUS: plan for a future far-infrared space telescope
- Sardinia Radio Telescope: Italian large single-dish radio telescope
- SCAP: 1980s balloon-borne ultraviolet telescope
- Shane Telescope: 3.05 m reflector telescope at Lick Observatory
- Simons Array: telescope array to map CMB polarization
- SkyMapper: automated 1.35 m optical telescope in Australia
- Sloan 2.5m Telescope: telescope for SDSS in New Mexico
- Small Astronomy Satellite 2: 1970s NASA gamma ray space telescope
- Small Astronomy Satellite 3: 1970s NASA X-ray space telescope
- SOAR Telescope: 4.1 m reflector telescope in Chile
- SOFIA: aircraft-based infrared observatory
- Solar and Heliospheric Observatory: satellite observing the Sun
- Solar Dynamics Observatory: 2010 satellite observing the Sun
- Solar Maximum Mission: 1980s satellite to study the Sun during solar maximum
- South Pole Telescope: a millimeter/microwave telescope at South Pole
- Southern African Large Telescope: 10-meter telescope in South Africa
- Southern Observatory for Near Earth Asteroids Research: private telescope tracking NEOs
- Space Surveillance Telescope: 3.5-m US telescope to discover and monitor objects in space
- Spektr-R: 10 m space radio telescope
- SPICA: plan for a future space IR telescope
- SPIDER: 2015 balloon-borne observatory to observe CMB polarization
- Spitzer Space Telescope: retired infrared space telescope
- Square Kilometre Array: planned radio telescope with square-kilometer collecting area
- STAR-X: plan for a future X-ray space telescope
- STARE: array of radio telescopes monitoring radio transients
- STROBE-X: space X-ray telescope plan
- STUDIO: balloon-borne 0.5 m ultraviolet telescope
- Subaru Telescope: 8.2-meter telescope in Hawaii
- Submillimeter Array: radio interferometer in Hawaii
- Submillimeter Telescope: 10-meter far-infrared telescope
- Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite: submillimeter space telescope operating 1998-2004
- SUNRISE: balloon-borne 1-meter solar telescope
- Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Array: array of eight 3.5 meter microwave telescopes
- SuperBIT: balloon-borne 0.5-m telescope
- SUSI: optical interferometer in Australia
- Suzaku: space X-ray telescope
- Swedish-ESO Submillimetre Telescope: 1990s 15 m submillimeter telescope in Chile
- Swedish-ESO Submillimetre Telescope: former 15 m radio telescope array in Chile
- Swift: satellite for studying gamma-ray bursts
- T4 Automated Photometric Telescope: automated 75-cm telescope to a long-term star monitoring survey
- Taurus: balloon-borne polarimeter to study the CMB
- Telescopio Nazionale Galileo: 3.58 m telescope in Canary Islands
- Tenerife Experiment: 1980s-1990s survey of CMB anisotropies
- Terrestrial Planet Finder: plan for space telescopes to find smaller exoplanets
- Thirty Meter Telescope: extremely large telescope planned for Hawaii
- Tianlai Project: 21-cm line intensity mapping project
- TIM: planned balloon-borne 2 m telescope and spectrometer
- Tokyo Photoelectric Meridian Circle: Japanese telescope to determine the position of stars and planets
- TopHat: 2001 balloon -based CMB survey
- TRACE: former solar observing satellite
- Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite: observatory-satellite searching for transiting exoplanets
- TRAPPIST: a ground-based automated transiting-planet finding telescope
- Uhuru: 1970 X-ray space telescope
- UK Schmidt Telescope: 1.2 meter telescope in Australia with wide field-of-view
- ULTRASAT: future satellite to detect UV transients
- Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope: 1990s ultraviolet space telescope used on two Space Shuttle missions
- United Kingdom Infrared Telescope: Mauna Kea 3.8 meter infrared telescope
- University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory: observatory for a 6.5 m infrared telescope under construction
- USNO Twin Astrograph: USNO astrograph deployed in 1970
- UTMOST: telescope aiming to detect radio transients
- Víctor M. Blanco Telescope: 4 meter reflector telescope in Chile
- VERA: VLBI project to map the Milky Way
- VERITAS: ground gamma ray telescope array in Arizona
- Very Large Array: radio telescope in New Mexico
- Very Small Array: radio interferometer in Canary Islands
- VISTA: 4.1 meter telescope in Paranal Observatory in Chile
- VLT Survey Telescope: survey telescope located at the VLT site
- Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope: radio telescope array of 14 dishes in Netherlands
- Wide Field Infrared Explorer: partly-failed 1999 infrared satellite
- Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer: infrared space telescope aimed at an all-sky survey
- William Herschel Telescope: 4.2-meter telescope in the Canary Islands
- Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-polarimeter Experiment: 1990s ultraviolet space telescope used on two Shuttle Shuttle missions
- WIYN 3.5m Telescope: Kitt Peak telescope run by university collaboration and NOIRLab
- XMM-Newton: X-ray observatory-satellite operated by ESA
- XRISM: X-ray space telescope launched in 2023
- XTP: past plan for a space X-ray telescope
- Yohkoh: 1990s Japanese solar observatory spacecraft
- Yuan-Tseh Lee Array: microwave interferometer in Hawaii
Telescope Array Experiment (Telescope Array Project): cosmic-ray observatory aiming for extremely energetic particles
Telescope Array Low Energy extension: see Telescope Array Project
Telescope Array Project: cosmic-ray observatory aiming for extremely energetic particles
- Fly's Eye: 1980s cosmic-ray observatory
- High Resolution Fly's Eye: 1990s-2000s cosmic-ray observatory
Telescope Array RADAR: see Telescope Array Project
Telescope Nazionale Galileo

HARPS-N: high-precision spectrograph for exoplanet searches in Canary Islands

telescope nut: avid amateur telescope maker self-description
telescope operator: professional technical position at a research telescope site
telescope type: term indicating band or optics of a telescope
- astrograph: telescope designed for astrometry and other precise position measurements
- Astrolux: historically popular amateur telescope
- Cassegrain reflector: reflector telescope with convex secondary mirror
- Cherenkov detector: type of high energy photon or particle detector
- Compton telescope: type of gamma ray telescope for 0.75-30 MeV range
- coudé focus telescope: type of Nasmyth telescope with additional mirrors
- cylindrical telescope: telescope with cylindrical reflectors
- Dall-Kirkham telescope: type of reflector telescope
- Danjon astrolabe: instrument to measure the position of stars
- Dragone telescope: off-axis reflector telescope type that preserves polarization
- extremely large telescope: optical telescope with a 20+ meter aperture
- fiber-linked optical array telescope: scheme for a type of multi-mirror telescope
- Gregorian telescope: type of reflector telescope
- heliometer: instrument to precisely measure angles across the sky
- Herschelian telescope: type of off-axis reflector telescope
- imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope: gamma-ray imager based on atmospheric Cherenkov radiation
- Korsch telescope: type of three-mirror reflector telescope
- liquid mirror telescope: reflector telescope with primary mirror formed of spinning liquid
- meridian circle: instrument for timing the passage of stars over a meridian
- Nasmyth telescope: type of reflector telescope with secondary and tertiary mirrors
- Newtonian telescope: type of reflector telescope
- off-axis telescope: telescope
- pair telescope: telescope that detects gamma rays via pair production
- photographic zenith tube: telescope permanently mounted to the zenith
- prime focus: reflector telescope with no secondary mirror
- radio telescope: telescope that operates in the radio frequency range of EMR
- reflector telescope: telescope using mirrors rather than lenses to magnify
- refracting telescope: telescope using lenses rather than mirrors to magnify
- Ritchey-Chrétien telescope: type of two-mirror reflector telescope
- Schiefspiegler: type of off-axis reflector telescope
- Schmidt camera: telescope type with a very wide field of view
- Schmidt-Newton telescope: type of reflector telescope
- Schwarzschild telescope: type of two-mirror reflector telescope
- software telescope: telescope that depends more than normal upon software for analysis
- solar telescope: telescope designed to observe the Sun
- three-mirror anastigmat: general type of reflector telescope
- transit telescope: telescope able to shift aim up/down but not horizontally
- Wolter telescope: reflector telescope using only shallow-angle reflections
- Yolo telescope: type of reflector telescope
telescopes

1.3-mm observation: observation frequency useful for detecting dust
aberration: types of flaws in telescope images
ACe consortium: corporations contracted to construct E-ELT
actuator: telescope control motor
adaptive optics: optical mechanism to compensate for varying atmospheric distortion
airmass: measure of Earth-atmosphere attenuation for a telescope observation
Airy disk: image-pattern an optical system produces from light from a point
altazimuth mount: simple two-axis telescope mount
anastigmat: optics avoiding common aberrations
angular differential imaging: using telescope rotation to suppress speckles
angular magnification: a magnification measure for a magnifier with an eyepiece
angular resolution: measure of a telescope's ability to distinguish spatial detail
antenna pattern: a radio telescope's pattern of directional sensitivity
aperture: opening through which light passes
aperture masking interferometry: interferometry by means of a single telescope with a mask
apodization: improving telescope images by manipulating diffraction
aspheric mirror: mirror with other than a spherical curvature
astigmatism: focusing differently according to direction across the focal plane
astronomical observation request: term for a proposal to use a telescope
back end instrument: instruments of a telescope that process or combine signals
bandpass filter: device to filter away all but a band of frequencies
barrel distortion: distortion such that a square shows with convex edges
BRITE-Constellation: five small satellite telescopes observing stars
chopping mirror: internal pivoting mirror to slightly change the instrument's aim
chromatic aberration: focusing different wavelengths differently
collecting area: cross-sectional area over which a telescope receives EMR
commensal mode: telescope usage that accomplishes multiple observations simultaneously
confusion limit: limit on telescope imaging due to too many sources in the same region
continuous viewing zone: region of sky that can be viewed 7×24×365
coronagraph: telescope feature to block light from a specific body
deformable mirror: mirror that can be flexed for fine control
diffraction limited: telescope limited only by the laws of diffraction
diffraction spike: type of artifact in astronomical images of point sources
director's discretionary time: telescope time whose use is chosen by the observatory's director
disperser: prism, grating, or grism within a spectrometer
distortion: aberration where the image is in focus but misshaped
drift scan: method of observing substantial sky with CCDs
elevation range: measure of how high and low a telescope can be pointed
emissivity: measure of a material's efficiency at radiating thermal radiation
equatorial mount: telescope mount with axis parallel to Earth's
etendue: measure of how wide and deep a telescope observes
Evryscope: automated array of telescopes to uncover transients
exit pupil: size of the image as presented to the eye
exposure time: time spent acquiring a signal
exposure time calculator: app to calculate time to carry out an observation
extreme adaptive optics: high-performance version of AO system
field curvature: focusing to a curved surface rather than a plane
field of view: angular measure of how much an optical instrument can view
filter: optical device to filter out part of the EMR spectrum
filter bank: set of filters to simultaneously produce radio data within bands
filter designator: indicators of a filter used in imaging
first light: initial demonstration that a telescope works
flux density: measure of the strength of a radio signal
focal length: length from optical element to focal plane
focal plane: plane within optical system at which an image is in focus
focal plane tilt: focal plane not perpendicular to the optical axis
fold mirror: flat mirror in a telescope to redirect the light
front end instrument: instruments of a telescope that detect and encode the signal
grating: spectrometer component
grazing incidence optics: optics that avoid large changes to the angle of rays
high-resolution imaging: typically, imaging with resolution better than a milliarcsecond
hot pixel: CCD pixel that shows more brightness than it should
illumination: measure of light energy producing a telescope's image
image stabilization: camera mechanism to compensate for movement
immersion grating: grating where light is within the material
integration time: time spent acquiring a signal
International Small Telescope Cooperative: former cooperative of small research telescopes
Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes: three telescopes in Canary Islands
legacy survey: phrase sometimes used in survey names
limiting magnitude: faintest magnitude that a telescope or instrument can detect
LPR: for "light pollution reduction"
lucky imaging: method of combining short-term images to yield better resolution
MASTER Robotic Net: network of automated telescopes to identify transients
mirror support cell: units in a telescope that support the mirror
monolithic mirror: telescope mirror made of one piece of material
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan: Japanese astronomy organization
National Optical Astronomy Observatory: previous name of US optical astronomy organization
National Radio Astronomy Observatory: US radio astronomy organization
natural astronomical telescopes: use of an astronomical body as a telescope
NOIRLab: US optical/infrared astronomy organization
null corrector: instrument for testing mirrors
observational astronomy: term covering observation
occulting bar: telescope feature to block light from a specific body
optical axis: center line through an optical instrument
optics: science and technology regarding visible light
Orbiting Astronomical Observatory: series of 1960s-1970s NASA space telescopes
Orbiting Wide-angle Light Collectors: space mission concept to detect cosmic rays through Earth atmosphere light flashes
outrigger: radio receiver some distance from main receiver for direction determination
phase plate: filter that changes the phase of light passing through
pincushion distortion: distortion such that a square shows with concave edges
plate scale: relation between angle and distance across an image
point source sensitivity: determination of how readily an instrument detects a point source
point-spread function: function describing an optical system's response to a point of light
pointed observation: observation of a specific target
pointing: the directing of a telescope at a point in the celestial sphere
pointing error: discrepancy in telescope's aim
primary mirror: main mirror in a reflector telescope
primary mission: the minimum operation expected of a scientific space mission
quad-ridge flared horn: type of horn that can be incorporated in radio telescope feeds
RAPTOR: automated array of telescopes to uncover and track transients
real image: image that would show on a screen placed at its location
reference star differential imaging: identifying speckles by comparing star-images
RoboNet: global network of robotic telescopes to follow up on GRBs
ROTSE: automated array of telescopes to uncover and track transients
scan speed: the speed at which the telescope changes angle on the sky while observing
seeing: apparent blurring and twinkling of objects seen through atmosphere
segmented mirror: a telescope mirror formed of an array of smaller mirrors
shift-and-add: common speckle-suppression technique
slew: rotating a telescope to point it
SPARTAN: series of astronomy satellites launched/retrieved by Space Shuttles
speckle imaging: method of combining short-term images to yield better resolution
speckle masking: speckle suppression technique using a calculation of the bispectrum
speckle suppression: methods of reducing noise in telescope observations
speckles: image flaws such as extraneous spots
spherical aberration: mis-focusing by spherically-curved mirrors and lenses
stacking: combining images of the same object
stray light: unintended light reaching a telescope's sensors
Strehl ratio: measure of optical aberration
systematic error: errors with non-random characteristics
TAROT: network of telescopes to catch GRB optical counterparts
telescope type: term indicating band or optics of a telescope
United States Space Surveillance Network: US survey-effort of space objects of interest
US ELT Program: NOIRlab program supporting the TMT and GMT
wavefront error: measure of a class of telescope distortion
wavefront sensor: instrument for determining a wave's deformation

Telescopes in Education: program giving grade-school students access to robotic telescopes
telescopic asterism: see asterism
Telescopio Carlos Sanchez: see Teide Observatory
Telescopio Nazionale Galileo: 3.58 m telescope in Canary Islands
- Roque de los Muchachos Observatory: observatory at La Palma in the Canary Islands
telluric (telluric star): star of known spectrum used for calibration
telluric contamination: see telluric line
- absorption line: dark line within a spectrum
- telluric star: star of known spectrum used for calibration
telluric correction: see telluric line
telluric line: absorption line in ground observation due to Earth atmosphere
- absorption line: dark line within a spectrum
telluric line subtraction: see telluric line
telluric planet (rocky planet): planet like Earth and Mars, mostly rock
telluric standard star (telluric star): star of known spectrum used for calibration
telluric star: star of known spectrum used for calibration
- telluric line: absorption line in ground observation due to Earth atmosphere
tellurium

CUORE: experiment to sense neutrinoless double beta decay

Tempel 1

Deep Impact: mission to create and observe an impact with a comet
EPOXI: mission using Deep Impact for further exploration
Stardust: space mission that collected and returned comet coma dust

temperature: measure of hotness/coldness of matter
- atmospheric temperature profile: the atmosphere's temperature by altitude
- brightness temperature: temperature of an equivalent black body in terms of spectral radiance
- color temperature: temperature-measure of a source based on a color index
- effective temperature: temperature of an equivalent black body in terms of total radiation
- electron volt: very small unit of energy
- equilibrium temperature: temperature a planet would have if it were an externally-heated black body
- greenhouse effect: mechanism that boosts temperature through selective blocking of EMR
- H-R diagram: diagram relating effective temperature to luminosity
- Hayashi limit: limit on the temperature of a star dependent upon its mass and luminosity
- Hess diagram: diagram relating effective temperature to luminosity
- kelvin: unit of temperature scale starting at absolute zero
- specific heat: ratio of added temperature to added heat for a material
- spectral temperature: temperature-measure of a source based on a spectrum
- stellar temperature determination: methods by which the temperature of a star is determined
- surface temperature: temperature of the surface of a star or planet
- turn-off point: point in H-R diagram of a cluster where stars turn red
- Wien's displacement law: relates temperature to wavelength of maximum emission
- Zanstra method: method of determining temperature of a hot star within a nebula
- zero-age main sequence: describes stars that just began hydrogen fusion
temperature gradient

stellar structure: the presumed internal structure of stars

temperature inversion: see atmospheric temperature profile
temperature profile (atmospheric temperature profile): the atmosphere's temperature by altitude
temperature scale height: see scale height
templates: mechanism to help classify many survey objects or events
Tempo

pulsar timing array: cooperating set of pulsar timing observatories

Tempo2

pulsar timing array: cooperating set of pulsar timing observatories

temps dynamique barycentrique: see time standard
temps-coordonnée barycentrique: see time standard
Tenagra observatory

Lick Observatory Supernova Search: search for supernovae for cosmological study

Tenerife

Teide Observatory: observatory on Mount Teide in the Canary Islands
Tenerife Experiment: 1980s-1990s survey of CMB anisotropies

Tenerife Experiment: 1980s-1990s survey of CMB anisotropies
TENGOO: see MMX
tensor

moment of inertia factor: characterization of mass distribution within a planet

TEP (Transits of Extrasolar Planets): late 1990s search for transiting planets
Teq (equilibrium temperature): temperature a planet would have if it were an externally-heated black body
terahertz

beat frequency: frequency emerging from two other frequencies

Terahertz Intensity Mapper (TIM): planned balloon-borne 2 m telescope and spectrometer
terminal-age main sequence: see zero-age main sequence
- post-main-sequence star: star evolved beyond its main sequence phase
termination shock: see heliosheath
terminator: line between regions of day and night
terminology

abiotic: produced by something other than life
basal: from the base or from below
celestial: having to do with stars and the sky
coalescence: merging together, becoming one thing
crowd-sourcing: carrying out large efforts by combining that of many volunteers
cryogenic: colder than 120 kelvins
dex: a number or ratio's log base 10
diagnostic: test or measurement that reveals something's characteristics
ejecta: material ejected from something
fusor: 2003 proposed term for astronomical objects capable of carrying out fusion
in situ: on site
inspiral: like an orbit that is growing smaller
microsatellite: NASA term for a 10-100 kg small satellite
morphology: form and structure
nanosatellite: NASA term for a 1-10 kg small satellite
small satellite: NASA term for a satellite of 1200 kg or less
smoking gun: convincing piece of evidence

Terra Hunting Experiment: search for exoplanets using HARPS3
terrestrial dynamical time

time standard: method of designating points in time and quantifying time periods

terrestrial gamma-ray flash: gamma rays emitted from Earth lightning storms
terrestrial planet (rocky planet): planet like Earth and Mars, mostly rock
Terrestrial Planet Finder: plan for space telescopes to find smaller exoplanets
Terrestrial Time: current measure of time for astronomical observations on Earth
terrestrial time: see time standard
tertiary mirror: see primary mirror
- astigmatism: focusing differently according to direction across the focal plane
- coudé focus telescope: type of Nasmyth telescope with additional mirrors
- Korsch telescope: type of three-mirror reflector telescope
- Nasmyth telescope: type of reflector telescope with secondary and tertiary mirrors
- three-mirror anastigmat: general type of reflector telescope
Terz: see rare designator prefixes
Terzan: see rare designator prefixes
TES (transition edge sensor): sensor using superconductivity's strong temperature sensitivity
TES: see Mars Global Surveyor
TES: see Mars Observer
- Cryogenic Dark Matter Search: a search for a candidate dark matter particle
- Cryogenic Rare Event Search with Superconducting Thermometers: a search for a candidate dark matter particle
TES bolometer: see transition edge sensor
TES Camera: see Atacama Submillimeter Telescope Experiment
TESCAM: see Atacama Submillimeter Telescope Experiment
tesla: unit of magnetic flux density
- gauss: measurement of magnetic field β
- magnetic flux density: vector field describing magnetism in relation to the Lorentz force
TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite): observatory-satellite searching for transiting exoplanets
- combined differential photometric precision: calculated relation of photometric variation to SNR
- ExoFOP: site to facilitate exoplanet follow-up observation
- LHS 3844 b: rocky planet in habitable zone of a red dwarf
- TESS-Keck Survey: Keck follow-up survey to TESS discoveries
- TOI 700 d: Earth-sized exoplanet in a habitable zone
TESS Duo: see Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
TESS Follow-up Observing Program: see Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
TESS input catalog: see Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
TESS object of interest: see Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
TESS-bis: see Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
TESS-Keck Survey: Keck follow-up survey to TESS discoveries
Tethys: see Saturn
- moon: a planet's natural satellite, such as Earth's
tetrahedron

areal coordinate system: coordinate system based upon a known triangle

Teutsch: see rare designator prefixes
Texas

Hobby-Eberly Telescope: 10 meter telescope in Texas

Texas Interferometer: see Texas Survey of Radio Sources at 365 MHz
Texas Supernova Search: see supernova survey
Texas Survey of Radio Sources at 365 MHz: 1970s/1980s radio survey made with the Texas Interferometer
TEXES: see Gemini Observatory
texture: see topological defect
TFOP: see Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
TFR (Tully-Fisher relation): relation between spiral galaxy luminosity and line width
TGE

gravimetry: measurement of gravity's strength

TGF (terrestrial gamma-ray flash): gamma rays emitted from Earth lightning storms
TGI: see QUIJOTE
TGO (Trace Gas Orbiter): ESA and Russian Mars orbiter-probe launched in 2016
TGSS: see Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope
TGU: see rare designator prefixes
Th: see rare designator prefixes
THA (Tucana Horologium association): nearby stellar association
THA: see rare designator prefixes
THA star: see Tucana Horologium association
THE (Terra Hunting Experiment): search for exoplanets using HARPS3
The Accident (WISE 1534-1043): nearby brown dwarf with high proper motion
The Amateur Sky Survey: amateur comet and variable-star search survey
The Anvil of Creation: see STARFORGE
The Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA Survey (ALFALFA): HI survey of many galaxies
The B-Star Exoplanet Abundance Study (BEAST): survey of B stars for possible exoplanets
The Colossus Telescope (Colossus Telescope): concept for a 50-meter telescope using interferometry
The H2O Southern Galactic Plane Survey: survey of molecular clouds in the galactic plane
The LaSilla-QUEST Variability Survey

QUEST: sixteen square-degree survey camera

The Near Earth Space Surveillance Initiative: collaboration to survey NEOs
The PLUTO-Cloudy Interface: see Cloudy
The Survey for Ionization in Neutral Gas Galaxies: survey of HI in galaxies found through the H-alpha line
The Univese in Words (El Universo en palabras): Series of audios produced by Astroaccesible
Theano: see PyMC
Theia: see Moon formation
THEMIS: set of satellites studying the Earth's magnetic field
THEMIS: see Mars Odyssey
Themis

asteroid family: set of asteroids based on similar orbits

THEMIS-ARTEMIS: see THEMIS
theoretical modified GR metric: metric devised to define modifications to GR
theory

axion: proposed light, electrically neutral elementary particle
black star: theoretical alternative to black holes
carbon planet: theoretical planet type with more carbon than oxygen
Chern-Simons gravity: one type of modified general relativity
common envelope: binary star system surrounded by a single gas cloud
core accretion model: model for the formation of giant planets
cosmic string: rent in spacetime
dark energy star: theoretical alternative to black holes
dark galaxy: gas and dark matter of a galaxy but with no stars
dark star: theoretical star-like object heated by dark-matter annihilation
DGP gravity: alternative theory of gravity addressing "dark energy"
electron capture supernova: supernova from collapse of iron-free stellar cores
entropic gravity: MOND-like theory of gravity
exotic star: term for theoretical stars not made of atoms/ions
fuzzball: theoretical alternative to black holes based on superstring theory
galaxy formation: modeled as collapsing clouds
Geroch-Bekenstein engine: hypothetical engine to overcome thermodynamics laws using a black hole
grand tack hypothesis: solar system formation model with Jupiter and Saturn migrating
gravistar: theoretical type of black hole with certain contents
gravitational instability model: model for the formation of giant planets
graviton: quantum of gravity
Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect: EMR interference stemming from variation in intensity
Hartle-Thorne metric: metric approximating GR effects of slow neutron star rotation
helium planet: gas giant with helium atmosphere
Hills Cloud: cloud of comets and minor planets around the solar system
hypercompact stellar system: SMBH with no galaxy but has a tight stellar cluster
hyperon: exotic type of baryon
Johannsen-Psaltis metric: metric template allowing metrics to be written as a general expansion
Kerr-NUT spacetime: Kerr spacetime defined in terms of Taub-NUT spacetime
liquid planet: planet consisting of liquid
Mach's principle: the notion that rotation is relative to all the mass of the universe
Magnetospheric eternally collapsing object: theoretical state of collapsing object unable to reach BH characteristics
Majorana particle: theoretical particle that is its own antiparticle
Milkomeda: future galaxy resulting from merger of Milky Way and Andromeda
mixing length theory: tractable simplified model of convection
modified Newtonian dynamics: alternative theory to "dark matter"
neutralino: proposed type of particle that might include WIMPs
oligarch: term for large planetesimals that dominate
pair-instability supernova: type of large supernova
Planet Nine: theoretical planet beyond Neptune
Population III: stars with no metallicity
primordial black hole: black holes forming at the most dense volumes when inflation ceased
Randall-Sundrum model: particular 5-dimensional cosmological model
silicate weathering feedback: feedback mechanism stabilizing carbon in Earth atmosphere
SMBH formation: process by which SMBHs form
Soltan argument: distant quasars imply SMBHs still exist
spinning dust emission: source of microwave signal
standard model of a flare: description of how solar flares function
string theory: type of physics theory bringing together current models
supergravity: combination of general relativity and supersymmetry
supersymmetry: extension to standard model of particle physics
Taub spacetime: early 1950s model for a rotating-black-hole spacetime
Taub-NUT spacetime: early mathematics for a rotating black hole spacetime
theoretical modified GR metric: metric devised to define modifications to GR
Thorne-Żytkow object: giant star with a neutron star at its center
vulcanoid: theoretical asteroid orbiting within Mercury's orbit
water-ice planet: planet made entirely of water ice
wormhole: connection between two regions in a curved space

theory of equilibrium figures (theory of figures): type of model relating a planet's shape to its rotation
Theory of Everything: single law explaining the four forces of nature
- symmetry breaking: loss of symmetry, such as due to loss of stability in a regime change
theory of figures: type of model relating a planet's shape to its rotation
theory of figures of planets rotating in hydrostatic equilibrium (theory of figures): type of model relating a planet's shape to its rotation
thermal bremsstrahlung: type of EMR produced by thin, hot plasma
- thermal emission: EMR due to a body's heat
thermal broadening (Doppler broadening): broadening of spectral lines due to movement of the sources of photons
- line shape function: function describing the shape of a spectral line
thermal diffusivity

Rayleigh number: measure reflecting a fluid system's propensity to convection

thermal Doppler broadening (Doppler broadening): broadening of spectral lines due to movement of the sources of photons
- line shape function: function describing the shape of a spectral line
thermal dust emission: glow of dust heated by stars or AGNs
thermal emission: EMR due to a body's heat
- black-body radiation: EMR with a characteristic spectrum due to the temperature of a body
- continuum emission: continuous spectrum such as black-body radiation or bremsstrahlung
thermal energy: see kinetic energy
thermal equilibrium: state of a system with no net heat flows
thermal escape: see atmospheric escape
- hydrodynamic escape: escape of gas particles from atmosphere due to heating
- Jeans escape: type of ongoing escape of gas particles from atmosphere
- Jeans parameter: ratio measuring a tendency of an atmosphere to escape
thermal inertia: a measure of a material's ability to absorb heat through conduction
thermal infrared: infrared emission due to black body radiation
thermal inversion: see atmospheric temperature profile
thermal IR: see infrared
thermal KID: see KID
thermal noise: noise inherent in electronic component warmer than absolute zero
- photon noise: variation in light measurement due to its quantum nature
thermal phase curve: see phase curve
thermal pulse: pulse in an AGB star due to helium fusion in a shell
- helium flash: helium ignition in a star
- helium runaway: helium fusion positive feedback through its generated heat
thermal pulse AGB: see asymptotic giant branch
thermal pulse cycle: see thermal pulse
thermal radiation (thermal emission): EMR due to a body's heat
- black-body radiation: EMR with a characteristic spectrum due to the temperature of a body
- emissivity: measure of a material's efficiency at radiating thermal radiation
thermal runaway: situation where heat triggers more heat production
- helium flash: helium ignition in a star
- helium runaway: helium fusion positive feedback through its generated heat
- thermal pulse: pulse in an AGB star due to helium fusion in a shell
thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect: see Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect
thermal tide: see atmospheric tide
thermal timescale (Kelvin-Helmholtz timescale): time that would radiate away a body's heat energy given its luminosity
thermal timescale: see timescale
thermal Urca process: see Urca process
thermal wind: type of wind due to temperature gradients that vary by altitude
thermal wind balance: see thermal wind
thermodynamic equilibrium: state of a system with no net heat flows
- thermal equilibrium: state of a system with no net heat flows
thermodynamics: physics of heat and energy
- adiabatic process: process that occurs with no transfer of heat
- black hole thermodynamics: science of black holes
- entropy: relative measure of the amount of usable energy available
- heating: increasing the velocity of particles
- ideal gas law: relates pressure, temperature, and volume
- local thermodynamic equilibrium: state when temperature variation is too small to matter
- mechanics: the science of forces and motions
- phase transition: transformation from one state of matter to another
- specific heat: ratio of added temperature to added heat for a material
- thermal inertia: a measure of a material's ability to absorb heat through conduction
thermoelectric effect: see MMRTG
thermonuclear supernova (Type Ia supernova): type of supernova for which distance can be determined
- supernova: stellar explosion larger than a nova
thermosphere: see atmospheric temperature profile
- ionosphere: layers of Earth atmosphere with significant ions
Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics (TIMED): space probe observing Earth upper atmosphere for solar effects
THESEUS: plan for X-ray/Gamma-ray transient space mission
Theta 1 Orionis (Trapezium Cluster): open cluster of stars in Orion Nebula
Theta¹ Orionis (Trapezium Cluster): open cluster of stars in Orion Nebula
thick disk: disk-shaped set of older stars within the Milky Way
thick disk: see disk galaxy
- advection dominated accretion flow: accretion without radiating much energy
- alpha-enhanced: metallicity with a high percentage of alpha elements
- galactic disk: the "disk" portion of a disk galaxy
- Milky Way: our galaxy
- thin disk: disk-shaped set of younger stars within the Milky Way
thick disk stars: see disk galaxy
thick shell: see Europa
thin disk: disk-shaped set of younger stars within the Milky Way
thin disk (alpha disk): well-known model of an accretion disk
thin disk: see disk galaxy
- AGN accretion: an SMBH's accretion, such as powers AGNs/quasars
- alpha-enhanced: metallicity with a high percentage of alpha elements
- galactic disk: the "disk" portion of a disk galaxy
- Milky Way: our galaxy
- thick disk: disk-shaped set of older stars within the Milky Way
thin disk accretion: see alpha disk
thin disk stars: see disk galaxy
thin shell: see Europa
Third Cambridge Catalogue of Radio Sources: 1959 catalog of northern hemisphere 159-MHz sources
Third Catalogue of Nearby Stars (Gliese-Jahreiss Catalog): 1991 catalog of stars within 25 parsecs
third dredge-up: see dredge-up
Third Reference Catalogue of Bright Galaxies: see Reference Catalogue of Bright Galaxies
third-order coma

Ritchey-Chrétien telescope: type of two-mirror reflector telescope

third-order TOF: see theory of figures
Thirty Meter Telescope: extremely large telescope planned for Hawaii
Thomson optical depth: a measure of effects of Thomson scattering
Thomson scattering: elastic scattering of photons by a charged particle
- electron scattering: any process that changes the course of an electron
- Klein-Nishina formula: formula for the effects of electrons scattering photons
Thomson scattering optical depth (Thomson optical depth): a measure of effects of Thomson scattering
Thomson thick: see Thomson optical depth
THOR: see ADAM::THOR
Thor-Delta 1A (TD-1A): 1970s European observatory-satellite with UV telescopes
thorium

Earth: third solar system planet from the Sun
potassium/thorium ratio: indication of thermal history

Thorne-Żytkow object: giant star with a neutron star at its center
Thousand Astronomical Units: 1980s plan for space probe to travel 1000 AU over 50 years
three dimensional model: computer simulation handling variation in all three dimensions
- subgrid-scale physics: shortcuts handling physics on a smaller scale than a simulation's grid
three mirror anastigmat

anastigmat: optics avoiding common aberrations

three-body capture: see tidal capture
three-body problem: see N-body problem
- Jacobi integral: method of solving some three-body problems
three-mirror anastigmat: general type of reflector telescope
Thuan-Gunn photometric system (griz photometric system): photometric system designed for electronic sensors
Ti (titanium): metal, Ti, atomic number 22
Tiangong space station: Chinese manned space laboratory under construction in space
Tianlai (Tianlai Project): 21-cm line intensity mapping project
Tianlai Cylinder Array: see Tianlai Project
Tianlai Dish Array: see Tianlai Project
Tianlai Experiment (Tianlai Project): 21-cm line intensity mapping project
Tianlai Project: 21-cm line intensity mapping project
TianQin: proposed Chinese space mission to detect gravitational waves
Tianwen-1: active Chinese Mars rover/orbiter mission
Tianyan (FAST): Arecibo-like 500 m telescope in China
Tibet

ARGO-YBJ Experiment: cosmic-ray/gamma-ray detector in Tibet

TIC: see Hipparcos
TIC: see Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
TICCE: see EURECA
tidal

galactic tide: effect of one galaxy's gravity, such as on another galaxy
Love number: measures of rigidity of a body
Roche limit: nearest a body can orbit another and survive
tidal arm: arm of gas and potentially stars leading from a galaxy
tidal disruption event: star pulled apart by black hole tidal forces
tidal force: effect of a third body on the gravitational force between two bodies
tidal heating: heating due to friction from motions caused by tidal force
tidal locking: locked rotation of an orbiting body
tidal migration: interaction between tide and orbiting body that changes the orbit
tidal Q: measure of orbital energy dissipated per orbit due to tidal forces
tidal tail: string of mass ejected by a tidal forces in a neutron star merger

tidal acceleration: see tidal force
- tidal migration: interaction between tide and orbiting body that changes the orbit
tidal arm: arm of gas and potentially stars leading from a galaxy
- stellar stream: long group of co-moving stars
tidal braking: see tidal force
tidal capture: bodies entering orbit through dissipation of energy by tides
tidal deceleration: see tidal force
tidal deformability: see neutron star merger
tidal deformability parameter: see neutron star merger
tidal disruption event: star pulled apart by black hole tidal forces
- AT2019dsg: 2019 TDE undergoing study
- optical transient: transient evident from visible light observation
tidal disruption flare (tidal disruption event): star pulled apart by black hole tidal forces
tidal disruption radius: see Hill radius
tidal dissipation function: see tidal Q
tidal equilibrium: see tidal force
tidal flexing (tidal heating): heating due to friction from motions caused by tidal force
tidal force: effect of a third body on the gravitational force between two bodies
tidal heating: heating due to friction from motions caused by tidal force
- inflated radii: exceptionally large radii of some hot Jupiters
tidal locking: locked rotation of an orbiting body
tidal migration: interaction between tide and orbiting body that changes the orbit
tidal parameter: see neutron star merger
tidal period: see tidal Q
tidal plume: see tidal tail
tidal potential: see tide
tidal Q: measure of orbital energy dissipated per orbit due to tidal forces
tidal Q factor (tidal Q): measure of orbital energy dissipated per orbit due to tidal forces
tidal Q factor: see Q factor
tidal quality factor (tidal Q): measure of orbital energy dissipated per orbit due to tidal forces
tidal quality factor: see Q factor
tidal radius (Hill radius): radius of gravitational influence of a body
tidal shell: see shell galaxy
tidal stream: see stellar stream
- tidal arm: arm of gas and potentially stars leading from a galaxy
tidal stripping: see tidal arm
tidal tail: string of mass ejected by a tidal forces in a neutron star merger
tidal tail (tidal arm): arm of gas and potentially stars leading from a galaxy
- galaxy interaction: the effects of galaxies being near each other
- shell galaxy: galaxy with one or more surrounding layers of brightness
tidal theory

nebular hypothesis: model positing solar system planets result from a solar disk

tidal working (tidal heating): heating due to friction from motions caused by tidal force
tidal-capture binary: see binary star
tidal-capture binary: see tidal capture
tidal-tail galaxy: see tidal arm
tidally excited oscillation: see tidal migration
tide: effect of Moon's gravity on Earth's seas, etc.
- atmospheric tide: tide-type movement within the atmosphere
TIDI: see TIMED
TIE (Telescopes in Education): program giving grade-school students access to robotic telescopes
TIFKAM: see Hiltner Telescope
TIFR (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research - India): Indian math and science research institute
TIFR GMRT Sky Survey: see Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope
tiger stripes: see Enceladus
Tillinghast: see Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory
- CfA Redshift Survey: 1970s-1990s surveys of galaxy redshifts
Tillotson EoS (Tillotson equation): equation of state for high speed impacts
Tillotson equation: equation of state for high speed impacts
Tillotson equation of state (Tillotson equation): equation of state for high speed impacts
tilt (obliquity): angle between an object's rotational and orbital axes
tilt erosion: see obliquity
TIM: planned balloon-borne 2 m telescope and spectrometer
TIME (Tomographic Ionized-carbon Mapping Experiment): instrument in development to map the [CII] line
time

BJD: barycentric Julian day
cosmic time: time since the Big Bang
epoch: when an object was at a particular set of celestial coordinates
epoch B1950.0: midnight 1/1/1950 GMT as used as a time reference
epoch J2000.0: noon 1/1/2000 GMT as used as a time reference
equinox: point-in-time when tilt of Earth is neither toward nor away from the Sun
gigayear: a billion years
Hubble time: approximation of the age of the universe
Julian calendar: calendar of 365 days and a leap day once every four years
Julian date: time in days since noon UT November 24 4714 BC Gregorian
local noon: time at a locality when the Sun is at its highest
local sidereal time: same as angular hours right ascension of the zenith
sidereal: relative to the fixed position of the stars
solar day: length of a solar system planet or Moon's day
solar time: time based upon the position of the Sun in the Earth's sky
Terrestrial Time: current measure of time for astronomical observations on Earth
time standard: method of designating points in time and quantifying time periods
timescale: general length of time something takes

time dilation: relativity's ability to make time differ for different objects
- cosmological time dilation: very distant events appear to take longer
time domain astronomy

transient: observed change in the sky
transient astronomy: study of short-term astronomical phenomena

Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms (THEMIS): set of satellites studying the Earth's magnetic field
time scale (time standard): method of designating points in time and quantifying time periods
time scale (timescale): general length of time something takes
time series

lightkurve: software to analyze time series data

time series analysis: analysis of data points collected at uniformly-separated times
- data folding: locating periods in data by trial
- fast folding algorithm: algorithm to find the periods of periodic data
- Period04: software to identify periods in time series data
- phase dispersion minimization: particular method of finding periodic components in signal
time series data

fast folding algorithm: algorithm to find the periods of periodic data

time standard: method of designating points in time and quantifying time periods
time system (time standard): method of designating points in time and quantifying time periods
time zone

solar time: time based upon the position of the Sun in the Earth's sky

time-delay cosmology: working out space geometry from delays due to gravitational lensing
time-domain astronomy: observing and analyzing changes in astronomical objects
TIME-EXT: see Tomographic Ionized-carbon Mapping Experiment
time-like: see spacetime diagram
- geodesic: equivalent to a straight line within curved space
TIME-NG: see Tomographic Ionized-carbon Mapping Experiment
time-of-flight spectrometer: see particle spectrometer
time-ordered data: observation data arranged by the time it was received
TIME-pilot: see Tomographic Ionized-carbon Mapping Experiment
TIMED: space probe observing Earth upper atmosphere for solar effects
timescale: general length of time something takes
- free-fall time: time it would take a body to collapse if unopposed
- Kelvin-Helmholtz timescale: time that would radiate away a body's heat energy given its luminosity
- Lyapunov time: timescale beyond which a dynamical system is chaotic
- Salpeter timescale: timescale for black hole growth
timestream: stream of digital data representing measurements taken over time
timing

Chinese Pulsar Timing Array: group of pulsars timed by FAST
European Pulsar Timing Array: European collaboration of radio telescopes
GUPPI: radio-telescope back-end aimed at processing pulsar data
Indian Pulsar Timing Array: group of pulsars timed by the GMRT
International Pulsar Timing Array: organization of pulsar timing arrays
MeerKAT Pulsar Timing Array: group of pulsars timed by MeerKAT
NANOGrav: effort to detect gravitational waves through pulsar timing
Parkes Pulsar Timing Array: group of pulsars timed by Parkes Observatory
pulsar timing array: cooperating set of pulsar timing observatories
PUPPI: Arecibo radio-telescope instrument aimed at observing pulsars

timing noise: see pulsar timing array
TIMMI-2: see ESO 3.6m Telescope
TIMMI2: see New Technology Telescope
Tinsley-Wallerstein diagram ([α/Fe] versus [Fe/H] diagram): diagram indicating stars' degree of alpha enhancement
TiNy Titans: study of dwarf galaxy pairs
TiO: see titanium
tip of the red-giant branch: standard candle consisting of the brightest RGB stars
TIR (thermal infrared): infrared emission due to black body radiation
TIR (total infrared): typically meaning a wide wavelength range covering NIR to FIR
TIR: see Hayabusa2
tired light: an alternate theory explaining the cosmological redshift
Titan: well-known Saturn moon
- Cassini: explorer spacecraft sent to Saturn
- Dragonfly: Titan flying rover under development
- moon: a planet's natural satellite, such as Earth's
- Saturn: second largest planet in the solar system
Titan Atmospheric Model (TAM): non-gray-RT 3D model of Titan's atmosphere
Titania: see Uranus
- moon: a planet's natural satellite, such as Earth's
titanium: metal, Ti, atomic number 22
titanium monoxide: see titanium
titanium-44: see titanium
Titius-Bode law: relationship between the distances between solar system planets
Titius-Bode rule (Titius-Bode law): relationship between the distances between solar system planets
titrant: see titration
titration: analyzing a chemical solution by color change
titrimetry (titration): analyzing a chemical solution by color change
TJ: see rare designator prefixes
tKID: see KID
TKS (TESS-Keck Survey): Keck follow-up survey to TESS discoveries
TLE (two-line element set): data format to record the position and motion of a satellite
TLF (tremendously low frequency): presumably electromagnetic radiation, frequency below 3 Hz
TLM: magnitude of the dimmest astronomical object you can see
TLP (lunar transient phenomenon): observed transient on the Moon such as a flash of light
TMC (Taurus Molecular Cloud 1): nearby star-forming region
TMC-1 (Taurus Molecular Cloud 1): nearby star-forming region
TMC-2: see Taurus Molecular Cloud 1
TMC-2: see Taurus-Auriga Complex
TMO (Table Mountain Observatory): NASA observatory near Los Angeles
TMSS (Two Micron Sky Survey): 1969 infrared catalog produced by Caltech
TMT (Thirty Meter Telescope): extremely large telescope planned for Hawaii
- extremely large telescope: optical telescope with a 20+ meter aperture
- Mauna Kea: Hawaiian mountain, the site of observatories
- Mauna Kea Observatories: observatories on Mauna Kea in Hawaii
Tmz: see rare designator prefixes
TN (telescope nut): avid amateur telescope maker self-description
TN: see USS Sources
TN: see pulsar timing array
TNG (Telescopio Nazionale Galileo): 3.58 m telescope in Canary Islands
- Roque de los Muchachos Observatory: observatory at La Palma in the Canary Islands
TNO (trans-Neptune object): minor planet beyond Neptune
- Haumea: dwarf planet discovered in 2004
- Pluto: dwarf planet formerly listed as one of the nine planets
- Sedna: distant solar system planetoid discovered in 2003
TNOs

solar system object: the Sun, solar system planets, minor planets, comets, and moons

TNS (Transient Name Server): online catalog of transients
- fast radio burst: astronomical high energy radio pulses of a few milliseconds
- supernova designator: typical designation of supernovae
TNT (TiNy Titans): study of dwarf galaxy pairs
TO (telescope operator): professional technical position at a research telescope site
TO (turn-off point): point in H-R diagram of a cluster where stars turn red
TOA: time of arrival
TOD (time-ordered data): observation data arranged by the time it was received
TOE (Theory of Everything): single law explaining the four forces of nature
- symmetry breaking: loss of symmetry, such as due to loss of stability in a regime change
TOF (theory of figures): type of model relating a planet's shape to its rotation
TOI: see Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
- ExoFOP: site to facilitate exoplanet follow-up observation
TOI 700: see TOI 700 d
TOI 700 d: Earth-sized exoplanet in a habitable zone
Tokyo Atacama Observatory (University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory): observatory for a 6.5 m infrared telescope under construction
Tokyo Photoelectric Meridian Circle: Japanese telescope to determine the position of stars and planets
Tokyo Photoelectric Meridian Circle Catalog: see Tokyo Photoelectric Meridian Circle
Tokyo PMC Catalog: see Tokyo Photoelectric Meridian Circle
Tol: see Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
Tolman VII object: theoretical object adhering to exact GR solution
Tolman VII solution: see Tolman VII object
Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff equation: see Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff limit
Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff limit: maximum mass of a neutron star
Tololo: see Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
TolTEC: sensitive infrared camera under construction for the LMT
TolTEC: see Large Millimeter Telescope
TolTEC C2C: see TolTEC
TolTEC FiF: see TolTEC
TolTEC LSS: see TolTEC
TolTEC UD: see TolTEC
Tombaugh: see rare designator prefixes
Tomographic Ionized-carbon Mapping Experiment: instrument in development to map the [CII] line
tomographic magnetic imaging (Zeeman-Doppler imaging): technique for imaging stellar magnetic fields
tomography: observation of sections of a 3D object
- Zeeman-Doppler imaging: technique for imaging stellar magnetic fields
Ton (Tonantzintla Surveys): surveys providing early images of quasars and Seyfert galaxies
Tonantzintla: see Tonantzintla Surveys
Tonantzintla Observatory

Tonantzintla Surveys: surveys providing early images of quasars and Seyfert galaxies

Tonantzintla Surveys: surveys providing early images of quasars and Seyfert galaxies
ToO: target of opportunity
too-big-to-fail problem: see dwarf galaxy problem
Toomre Q parameter: stability criterion for differentially rotating disks
Toomre sequence: model relating galaxy mergers to observation
Toomre's stability criteria: see Toomre Q parameter
top: see flavor
top down model: see galaxy formation
top hat filter: type of image processing mechanism to make small objects stand out
top quark: see particle
top quark: see quark
- standard model: model of elementary particles including quarks
TopHat: 2001 balloon -based CMB survey
topological defect: defect in space that could arise in the early universe
- cosmic string: rent in spacetime
TOPS (Toward Other Planetary Systems): workshops on developing techniques and observing programs
toroidal: see torus coordinates
torr: unit of pressure approximating a millimeter of mercury on Earth
- atm: unit of pressure
tortuosity: describes something curved with many twists and turns
torus

torus coordinates: coordinates for toruses

torus coordinates: coordinates for toruses
total derivative: see partial differential equation
total differential equation: see partial differential equation
total duration: see transiting planet
total energy: see relativistic energy
total infrared: typically meaning a wide wavelength range covering NIR to FIR
total infrared luminosity: luminosity over a wide IR range
total mass

binary star: system of two stars co-orbiting

total precipitable water: see precipitable water vapor
total relativistic energy: see relativistic energy
total solar eclipse: see solar eclipse
TOURNESOL: see GRANAT
TOV (Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff limit): maximum mass of a neutron star
TOV equation: see Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff limit
Toward Other Planetary Systems: workshops on developing techniques and observing programs
tower: see solar telescope
TP (thermal pulse): pulse in an AGB star due to helium fusion in a shell
TP-AGB: see asymptotic giant branch
- thermal pulse: pulse in an AGB star due to helium fusion in a shell
TPC: see thermal pulse
TPCI: see Cloudy
TPF (Terrestrial Planet Finder): plan for space telescopes to find smaller exoplanets
TPW: see precipitable water vapor
TR: see OGLE
TRACE: former solar observing satellite
Trace Gas Orbiter: ESA and Russian Mars orbiter-probe launched in 2016
tracer: chemical whose detection indicates the presence of something else
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System: NASA satellites used for communication and tracking of space probes
Tracklet-less Heliocentric Orbit Recovery: see ADAM::THOR
trade winds

Hadley cell: circulation pattern of up at the equator, poleward, down, and back
intertropical convergence zone: circulation pattern near equator where north and south Hadley cells meet
zonal flow: east-west air circulation

traditional approximation of rotation: approximation of waves on a rotating body
training

convolutional neural network: type of image processing software

Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey: 2000s exoplanet-search survey using three telescopes
trans-iron element: elements with atomic number greater than that of iron
trans-Neptune binary: see binary minor planet
- trans-Neptune object: minor planet beyond Neptune
trans-Neptune object: minor planet beyond Neptune
trans-Neptune objects

minor planet: lesser solar system body without comet characteristics
solar system object: the Sun, solar system planets, minor planets, comets, and moons

trans-Neptunian object (trans-Neptune object): minor planet beyond Neptune
transfer equation (equation of radiative transfer): equation describing energy transfer by EMR
transformation group

Lie transform: type of infinitesimal transform

transient: observed change in the sky
- AT2018cow: unusual 2018 optical transient
- AT2019dsg: 2019 TDE undergoing study
- FRB121102: first repeating FRB discovered
- GW170817: 2017 gravitational wave detection from a neutron star merger
- Kepler's Supernova: Type Ia supernova observed in 1604 by Johannes Kepler
- lunar transient phenomenon: observed transient on the Moon such as a flash of light
- Oh-My-God Particle: extremely energetic particle from space detected in 1991
- SN 1572: Type Ia supernova noted in 1572 by Tycho Brahe
- SN 185: supernova recorded in China in AD 185
- SN 1987A: supernova in February 1987 rare for being visible by the naked eye
- SN 2014J: Type Ia supernova in Messier 82, the Cigar Galaxy
- stellar merger: two stars combining into one
transient astronomical event (transient): observed change in the sky
transient astronomical event: see transient astronomy
transient astronomy: study of short-term astronomical phenomena
- optical transient: transient evident from visible light observation
- time-domain astronomy: observing and analyzing changes in astronomical objects
- transient: observed change in the sky
Transient High Energy Sky and Early Universe Surveyor (THESEUS): plan for X-ray/Gamma-ray transient space mission
transient lunar phenomenon (lunar transient phenomenon): observed transient on the Moon such as a flash of light
Transient Name Server: online catalog of transients
- fast radio burst: astronomical high energy radio pulses of a few milliseconds
- supernova designator: typical designation of supernovae
transient type

black hole merger: two black holes meeting and forming one
calcium-rich gap transient: type of explosive event larger than a nova and smaller than a supernova
cataclysmic variable star: star whose magnitude is much brighter on occasion
Cepheid variable: type of star that varies with a constant period
core collapse supernova: supernova resulting from the collapse of the core of a star
double transit: star showing transits of two bodies
dust echo: the glow of dust heated by a transient
dwarf nova: flash of a cataclysmic variable star
electron capture supernova: supernova from collapse of iron-free stellar cores
fast blue optical transient: optical transient with rise time under five days
fast radio burst: astronomical high energy radio pulses of a few milliseconds
gamma-ray burst: short flash of gamma rays apparently from outside our galaxy
gravitational microlensing: gravitational lensing by "small" objects such as individual stars and planets
GRB-supernova: supernova that produces a GRB
GW detection: observed gravitational wave signal recognizable as an astronomical event
intermediate luminosity optical transient: visible-light transient a bit brighter than a nova
kilonova: transient associated with merging neutron stars
light echo: reflected light from an astronomical event arriving later
long gamma-ray burst: GRB lasting more than two seconds
luminous red nova: red-colored event theorized to be a merger of two stars
magnetorotational supernova: type of core collapse supernova
near-Earth supernova: supernova near enough to Earth to affect it
neutron star merger: two neutron stars meeting and forming one
neutron-star black-hole merger: a neutron star falling into a black hole
nova: white dwarf explosion
occultation: one celestial body hiding another from an observer
pair-instability supernova: type of large supernova
pulsating star: variable star that varies through energy pulses
radio supernova: supernova that includes a detectable radio emission
RR Lyrae variable: star with periodic variation often in globular clusters
secondary eclipse: eclipse of a body that also transits
short gamma-ray burst: GRB lasting less than two seconds
superluminous supernova: stellar explosion larger than a supernova
supernova: stellar explosion larger than a nova
supernova impostor: extreme stellar explosion that does not destroy the star
tidal disruption event: star pulled apart by black hole tidal forces
transit: a celestial body passing between another and an observer
transiting planet: planet crossing between another body and the observer
Type Ia supernova: type of supernova for which distance can be determined
variable star: star that varies in magnitude
Wolf-Rayet supernova: identified by rapidly expanding carbon, oxygen and neon
X-ray flash: short flash of X-rays

transients

All Sky Automated Survey: Polish survey of 20 million objects brighter than 14 magnitude
All Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae: survey of both hemispheres for supernovae
Astronomer's Telegram: service reporting transients and discoveries
Calán/Tololo Supernova Survey: late 1980s to early 1990s search to redshift 0.1
Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment: radio telescope mapping distant neutral hydrogen
CFHTLS: surveys of transients and stars
Compton Gamma Ray Observatory: 1990s space observatory for gamma ray observation
Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey: early-universe survey by HST
drift scan: method of observing substantial sky with CCDs
DSA-2000: array plan to detect radio transients
electronic very-long-baseline interferometry: real-time VLBI using electronic links
EROS: search for MACHOs
Evryscope: automated array of telescopes to uncover transients
FRB Community Newsletter: periodical message about fast radio bursts
Gamow Explorer: proposal for GRB space mission
Gattini-IR: IR transient survey telescope
GCRT: galactic center radio transient
General Coordinates Network: service reporting transients
GMAN: collaboration to alert on microlensing transients
guest star: translation of ancient Chinese term for a visible transient
HATNet: distributed array of telescopes to search for transients
High Energy Transient Explorer: 2000s space multi-band GRB observatory
high time-resolution astrophysics: second-by-second observation of/for transients
K2: second Kepler mission that worked around failed equipment
KELT: pair of telescopes that searched for transients
Kepler Telescope: space telescope that watched stars for exoplanets
Korea Microlensing Telescope Network: survey searching for microlensing transients
Lick Observatory Supernova Search: search for supernovae for cosmological study
light curve: changing intensity of light from a transient
lightkurve: software to analyze time series data
Livermore Optical Transient Imaging System: automated telescope aiming to catch GRB optical counterparts
MACHO Project: survey searching out microlensing that could indicate a MACHO
MASCARA: distributed array of telescopes to search for exoplanets
MAXI: Japanese X-ray camera on the International Space Station
MicroFUN: observers following up on microlensing events in the galactic bulge
MISAO project: search for variable stars and transients
MIT X-ray Burst Source Catalog: 1970s catalog of X-ray bursters
MOA: search for microlensing events
MOSFiT: code to match light-curves with light-curve models
Nearby Supernova Factory: survey that scanned transient data for supernovae
NGTS: survey of transits from Chile
OGLE: survey searching for microlensing transients
Palomar Transient Factory: survey designed to find transients
Pan-STARRS: set of survey telescopes
Period04: software to identify periods in time series data
PESSTO: NTT survey following up on transients
Pi of the Sky: survey aimed at finding gamma-ray-burst visual counterparts
PLATO: planned observatory-satellite aimed at finding exoplanets
POINT-AGAPE: survey of M31 for microlensing
Probing Lensing Anomalies Network: survey that recorded microlensing event lightcurves
Qatar Exoplanet Survey: photometric survey that searched for transiting planets
QUEST: sixteen square-degree survey camera
RAPTOR: automated array of telescopes to uncover and track transients
Roman Space Telescope: proposed near-infrared space observatory
rotating radio transient: radio bursts repeating sporadically
ROTSE: automated array of telescopes to uncover and track transients
Rubin Observatory: 8-meter survey reflector telescope under construction in Chile
SPIRITS: Spitzer survey designed to find transients
STARE: array of radio telescopes monitoring radio transients
STEREO: two-satellite system to observe the Sun
supernova light curve: changing intensity of light following a supernova
TAROT: network of telescopes to catch GRB optical counterparts
THESEUS: plan for X-ray/Gamma-ray transient space mission
Tianlai Project: 21-cm line intensity mapping project
time-domain astronomy: observing and analyzing changes in astronomical objects
Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey: 2000s exoplanet-search survey using three telescopes
transient astronomy: study of short-term astronomical phenomena
Transient Name Server: online catalog of transients
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite: observatory-satellite searching for transiting exoplanets
ULTRASAT: future satellite to detect UV transients
X-ray burster: neutron star binary producing nova-like bursts
XO Project: initiative to search for transiting planets
Zwicky Transient Facility: survey designed to find transients

transit: a celestial body passing between another and an observer
transit: see meridian circle
transit: see transit telescope
- occultation: one celestial body hiding another from an observer
transit circle (meridian circle): instrument for timing the passage of stars over a meridian
transit depth: see transiting planet
transit duration: see transiting planet
transit duration variations: see transit timing variations
- exosatellite: natural satellite not in the solar system
transit mapping: see eclipse mapping
transit method: method of detecting exoplanets and binary companions
transit method: see extra-solar planet
transit method: see transit
- EXOFAST: code to match model parameters with exoplanet observation data
- GJ 1132 b: Earth-like extrasolar planet discovered in 2015
- GJ 1214 b: super-Earth extrasolar planet discovered in 2009
- HAT-P-7b: hot Jupiter discovered in 2008
- HD 189733 b: hot Jupiter orbiting an orange dwarf
- K2-18b: super-Earth in a habitable zone
- Kepler-1625b: giant exoplanet in a star's habitable zone
- Kepler-16b: exoplanet orbiting a binary star
- Kepler-186f: Earth-like exoplanet in a star's habitable zone
- Kepler-452b: Earth-like exoplanet discovered in 2015
- LHS 3844 b: rocky planet in habitable zone of a red dwarf
- TOI 700 d: Earth-sized exoplanet in a habitable zone
- transiting planet: planet crossing between another body and the observer
- WASP-12b: retrograde hot Jupiter discovered in 2008
- WASP-33b: hot Jupiter discovered in 2010
- WASP-43b: hot Jupiter with especially small orbit
- WASP-67b: hot Jupiter discovered in 2011
- XO-3b: unusual hot Jupiter
transit radio telescope

transit telescope: telescope able to shift aim up/down but not horizontally

transit spectrography (transit spectroscopy): spectroscopy through an exoplanet's transit
transit spectrometer: see transit spectroscopy
transit spectroscopy: spectroscopy through an exoplanet's transit
- differential spectroscopy: analysis of the comparison of two spectrographs
- earthshine: reflected and emitted electromagnetic radiation from Earth
transit telescope: telescope able to shift aim up/down but not horizontally
- meridian circle: instrument for timing the passage of stars over a meridian
transit timing variations: variations in the timing of the transits of exoplanets and binaries
transiting exoplanet: see transiting planet
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite: observatory-satellite searching for transiting exoplanets
transiting planet: planet crossing between another body and the observer
- transit: a celestial body passing between another and an observer
Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope (TRAPPIST): a ground-based automated transiting-planet finding telescope
transition disk (transitional disk): disk with inner part cleared
transition edge sensor: sensor using superconductivity's strong temperature sensitivity
transition edge sensor bolometer: see transition edge sensor
transition region: middle layer of the Sun's atmosphere
- chromosphere: middle layer of the Sun's atmosphere
- stellar atmosphere: photosphere and above
Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE): former solar observing satellite
transitional disk: disk with inner part cleared
transitional planet (mini-Neptune): planet with characteristics a bit like Earth but more like Neptune
transitional planet: see super-Earth
transits

55 Cancri e: super-Earth orbiting a Sun-like star
batman: code to calculate model transit lightcurves
CHEOPS: space telescope in development to measure radii of exoplanets
COROT: observatory-satellite to look for transiting exoplanets and stellar oscillations
eclipse mapping: using eclipse light curves to map surface features
exoplanet eclipse light curve: graph of light as an exoplanet transits in front of its star
GPX: amateur effort to uncover exoplanets within the galactic plane
HATNet: distributed array of telescopes to search for transients
HD 209458 b: hot Jupiter discovered in 1999
HD 80606 b: hot Jupiter discovered in 2001
K2: second Kepler mission that worked around failed equipment
KELT: pair of telescopes that searched for transients
Kepler Telescope: space telescope that watched stars for exoplanets
Lupus Transit Survey: survey for hot Jupiters in a region of constellation Lupus
MASCARA: distributed array of telescopes to search for exoplanets
MEarth Project: automated observatories monitoring nearby red dwarfs for transits
NGTS: survey of transits from Chile
PLATO: planned observatory-satellite aimed at finding exoplanets
Pre-OmegaTranS: transit search using MPG/ESO Telescope
Qatar Exoplanet Survey: photometric survey that searched for transiting planets
Rossiter-McLaughlin effect: effect of transit on visible spectrum of the star
Sagittarius Window Eclipsing Extrasolar Planet Search: transit search using HST time
SPECULOOS: search for Earth-like exoplanets orbiting nearby dim stars
Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey: 2000s exoplanet-search survey using three telescopes
transit method: method of detecting exoplanets and binary companions
transit timing variations: variations in the timing of the transits of exoplanets and binaries
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite: observatory-satellite searching for transiting exoplanets
transiting planet: planet crossing between another body and the observer
WFCAM Transit Survey: 2000s survey for exoplanet transits using UKIRT
XO Project: initiative to search for transiting planets

Transits of Extrasolar Planets: late 1990s search for transiting planets
transmission spectrography (transmission spectroscopy): spectrum of radiation passing through a substance
transmission spectroscopy: spectrum of radiation passing through a substance
- transit spectroscopy: spectroscopy through an exoplanet's transit
transmissive grating: see grating
transonic: see Mach number
transport-limited: see weathering
transverse velocity: see radial velocity
Trapezium Cluster: open cluster of stars in Orion Nebula
TRAPPIST: a ground-based automated transiting-planet finding telescope
TRAPPIST telescope

La Silla Observatory: Atacama-desert observatory run by ESO

TRAPPIST-1: red dwarf with exoplanets within the habitable zone
TRAPPIST-1b: see TRAPPIST-1
TRAPPIST-1c: see TRAPPIST-1
TRAPPIST-1d: see TRAPPIST-1
TRAPPIST-1e: see TRAPPIST-1
TRAPPIST-1f: see TRAPPIST-1
TRAPPIST-1g: see TRAPPIST-1
TRAPPIST-1h: see TRAPPIST-1
TRAPPIST-North: see TRAPPIST
TRAPPIST-South: see TRAPPIST
Traverse Gravimeter Experiment

gravimetry: measurement of gravity's strength

TRC: see Hipparcos
treasury: see legacy survey
Treasury Program: see legacy survey
treasury survey: see legacy survey
tree

dendrogram: diagram of a "tree", i.e., of a graph without cycles

tremendously low frequency: presumably electromagnetic radiation, frequency below 3 Hz
TrES (Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey): 2000s exoplanet-search survey using three telescopes
TRGB (tip of the red-giant branch): standard candle consisting of the brightest RGB stars
Tri II (Triangulum II): dwarf galaxy in the Local Group
Triana (DISCOVR): space weather satellite
Triangulum (Triangulum Galaxy): small spiral galaxy in the Local Group
Triangulum Galaxy: small spiral galaxy in the Local Group
Triangulum II: dwarf galaxy in the Local Group
- Milky Way subgroup: the Milky Way and its satellites
Triangulum subgroup

galaxy subgroup: a major galaxy and its satellites

triaxial

spheroid: sphere-like shape that is flattened or elongated

triaxial galaxy

galaxy: gravitationally-bound group of stars
Jeans anisotropic modeling: method of determining stellar kinematics of early type galaxies

trigonometric parallax (parallax): angle due to different lines of sight
triple alpha process: fusion reaction chain turning helium-4 into carbon
- asymptotic giant branch: a second stage of helium burning in some stars
triple bond: see hydrocarbon
triple point

Mars: well-explored planet in the solar system
supercritical fluid: state of matter at sufficient pressure and temperature

triple prism spectrograph: see spectroscopy
triple star: see star system
triple system

black hole merger: two black holes meeting and forming one

TripleSpec: near-infrared spectrograph on the Hale Telescope
TripleSpec: see Hale Telescope
TripleSpec 4.1: see SOAR Telescope
TripleSpec 4.1: see TripleSpec
Triplespec 4.1: see Víctor M. Blanco Telescope
TripleSpec Exoplanet Discovery Instrument: see TripleSpec
TripleSpec Externally Dispersed Interferometry: see TripleSpec
tritium: see deuterium
tritium: see hydrogen
- KATRIN: experiment to measure neutrino mass
- Project 8: experiment in development to measure neutrino mass
Triton: Neptune's one significant moon
Triton: see Neptune
- irregular moon: moon with an atypical orbit, such as retrograde
- moon: a planet's natural satellite, such as Earth's
- Moon formation: process by which the Moon and other moons formed
Trojan: see asteroid belt
- Lagrangian point: points around two orbiting bodies where small objects can sit
Trojan asteroid: see asteroid belt
- Lagrangian point: points around two orbiting bodies where small objects can sit
- Lucy: space probe to observe Jupiter Trojan asteroids
Trojan planet: see Lagrangian point
Trojan point: see Lagrangian point
- Lucy: space probe to observe Jupiter Trojan asteroids
Trojans' Odyssey (Lucy): space probe to observe Jupiter Trojan asteroids
Tropic of Cancer: see circle of latitude
Tropic of Capricorn: see circle of latitude
tropical year: see Julian calendar
tropical year: see sidereal
tropopause: see atmospheric temperature profile
troposphere: see atmospheric temperature profile
true anomaly: see mean anomaly
- orbital element: parameters describing an orbit
true vacuum: see false vacuum
- Big Crunch: theoretical end of universe drawn together by gravity
Trumpler: see rare designator prefixes
TS: see rare designator prefixes
Tsol: see Titan
TSpec (TripleSpec): near-infrared spectrograph on the Hale Telescope
tsunami

mass extinction: event in which many species went extinct

TSUNAMI: few-body code
tSZ: see Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect
tSZE: see Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect
TT (Terrestrial Time): current measure of time for astronomical observations on Earth
TT: see CMB polarization
TT: see time standard
TTCam: see Lucy
TTCam-1: see Lucy
TTCam-2: see Lucy
TTM: see Kvant 1
TTS (T-Tauri star): type of variable pre-main-sequence star
- DM Tau: nearby T-Tauri star
- DQ Tau: young binary star system
- GG Tau: much-studied quadruple star system
- Herbig AeBe star: type of pre-main-sequence star more massive than a T-Tauri star
- HL Tau: much-studied T-Tauri star
- PDS 70: T-Tauri star with protoplanetary disk and protoplanet
- pre-main-sequence star: star not yet with a nuclear reaction
- RXJ1615: protostar with transition disk showing rings
- T association: stellar association with T-Tauri stars
- TW Hydrae: nearest T-Tauri star
TTV (transit timing variations): variations in the timing of the transits of exoplanets and binaries
TTV method: see transit timing variations
Tubingen Ultraviolet Echelle Spectrometer: 1990s UV spectrometer used on two Space Shuttle missions
Tuc-Hor (Tucana Horologium association): nearby stellar association
Tucana Horologium association: nearby stellar association
TUES (Tubingen Ultraviolet Echelle Spectrometer): 1990s UV spectrometer used on two Space Shuttle missions
Tully-Fisher relation: relation between spiral galaxy luminosity and line width
TuMAG: see SUNRISE
tuning fork: see galaxy classification
Tunka Advanced Instrument for cosmic ray physics and Gamma Astronomy (Tunka experiment): Russian Cherenkov detector aimed at cosmic rays and gamma rays
Tunka experiment: Russian Cherenkov detector aimed at cosmic rays and gamma rays
tunnel diode

quantum tunneling: quantum mechanical effect of particles passing through a barrier

tunneling (quantum tunneling): quantum mechanical effect of particles passing through a barrier
turbopause (homopause): level of atmosphere up to which components are mixed
turbulence: irregular flow of a fluid
- Kolmogorov spectrum: energy spectrum of the eddies of different sizes in a turbulent fluid
- Mach number: ratio of flow-speed to sound-speed
- molecular cloud turbulence: observed turbulence in molecular clouds
- Rayleigh number: measure reflecting a fluid system's propensity to convection
- Reynolds number: measure reflecting a fluid system's propensity to turbulence
- seeing: apparent blurring and twinkling of objects seen through atmosphere
- turbulent pressure: pressure component due to the presence of turbulence
turbulence pressure (turbulent pressure): pressure component due to the presence of turbulence
turbulent flow (turbulence): irregular flow of a fluid
turbulent pressure: pressure component due to the presence of turbulence
turn-off (turn-off point): point in H-R diagram of a cluster where stars turn red
turn-off point: point in H-R diagram of a cluster where stars turn red
Turner: see rare designator prefixes
Turtlebeach: radiative transfer code
TVLM: see rare designator prefixes
TW Hya (TW Hydrae): nearest T-Tauri star
TW Hydrae: nearest T-Tauri star
- TW Hydrae association: nearby stellar association
TW Hydrae association: nearby stellar association
TW-1 (Tianwen-1): active Chinese Mars rover/orbiter mission
TWA (TW Hydrae association): nearby stellar association
TWA star: see TW Hydrae association
Twin Astrograph Catalog: see USNO Twin Astrograph
twinkle

point source: celestial object that focuses to a point or single Airy disk

twinkling: blinking, apparent movement and color changes of observed stars
- scintillometry: measuring of twinkling
two dimensional model: see three dimensional model
- subgrid-scale physics: shortcuts handling physics on a smaller scale than a simulation's grid
Two Micron All-sky Survey: near-infrared survey of both hemispheres
- JHK photometric system: system to classify stars according to near-infrared colors
Two Micron Sky Survey: 1969 infrared catalog produced by Caltech
two-body problem: see N-body problem
two-line element set: data format to record the position and motion of a satellite
two-photon emission: see continuum emission
two-stream approximation: approximation of a star's internal EMR's divergence from isotropic
- Eddington approximation: approximation of a star's internal EMR's divergence from isotropic
- Schuster-Schwarzschild model: simplified model of a star's production of absorption lines
twotino: see plutoid
TXFS: see rare designator prefixes
TXS (Texas Survey of Radio Sources at 365 MHz): 1970s/1980s radio survey made with the Texas Interferometer
TXS 0506+056: blazar that is a neutrino source
- neutrino hotspot: region of sky from which significant neutrinos have been detected
TYC: see Hipparcos
TYCHO: stellar evolution code
Tycho Catalog: see Hipparcos
Tycho Input Catalog: see Hipparcos
Tycho Reference Catalog: see Hipparcos
Tycho SNR: see SN 1572
Tycho's Supernova (SN 1572): Type Ia supernova noted in 1572 by Tycho Brahe
Tycho's supernova

Cassiopeia A: supernova remnant visible for 300 years

Tycho-1 Catalog: see Hipparcos
Tycho-2 Catalog: see Hipparcos
Type 1 AGN: see active galactic nucleus
- Seyfert galaxy: visible active galaxy
Type 1 Seyfert galaxy: see Seyfert galaxy
Type 2 AGN: see active galactic nucleus
- Seyfert galaxy: visible active galaxy
Type 2 Seyfert galaxy: see Seyfert galaxy
Type 3 Seyfert galaxy: see Seyfert galaxy
- LINER: galaxy nucleus emitting spectral lines for ionized and neutral atoms
Type A CAI: see CAI
Type B CAI: see CAI
Type C CAI: see CAI
Type I Cepheid: see Cepheid variable
Type I galaxy cluster: see Bautz-Morgan classification
Type I migration: see planetary migration
- corotation resonance: orbit resonant with a nearby high-density portion of a disk
- corotation torque: a torque on a planet from co-orbiting planetary disk material
- magnetorotational instability: instability in the fluid of a disk from MHD effects
Type I SLSN: see superluminous supernova
Type I supernova

supernova: stellar explosion larger than a nova
Type Ia supernova: type of supernova for which distance can be determined

Type I-II galaxy cluster: see Bautz-Morgan classification
Type Ia supernova: type of supernova for which distance can be determined
- alpha-enhanced: metallicity with a high percentage of alpha elements
- SN 185: supernova recorded in China in AD 185
- supernova: stellar explosion larger than a nova
- supernova progenitor: the star or star system that produces a supernova
- T Pyxidis: well-known recurrent nova
- Type Ia supernova problem: lack of fully-convincing Type Ia supernovae triggering model
Type Ia supernova problem: lack of fully-convincing Type Ia supernovae triggering model
Type Ia supernova progenitor: see supernova progenitor
- Type Ia supernova problem: lack of fully-convincing Type Ia supernovae triggering model
Type Ia supernova survey: see supernova survey
Type Ib supernova: see core collapse supernova
Type Ib supernova: see supernova
Type Ic BL supernova

long gamma-ray burst: GRB lasting more than two seconds

Type Ic supernova: see core collapse supernova
Type Ic supernova: see supernova
- superluminous supernova: stellar explosion larger than a supernova
Type II Cepheid: see Cepheid variable
Type II galaxy cluster: see Bautz-Morgan classification
Type II migration: see planetary migration
Type II SLSN: see superluminous supernova
Type II supernova (core collapse supernova): supernova resulting from the collapse of the core of a star
- supernova: stellar explosion larger than a nova
Type II-III galaxy cluster: see Bautz-Morgan classification
Type II-L supernova: see supernova
Type II-P supernova: see supernova
Type IIb: see supernova
Type III galaxy cluster: see Bautz-Morgan classification
Type III migration: see planetary migration
Type IIIE galaxy cluster: see Bautz-Morgan classification
Type IIIS galaxy cluster: see Bautz-Morgan classification
Type IIn supernova: see supernova
- superluminous supernova: stellar explosion larger than a supernova
TZO (Thorne-Żytkow object): giant star with a neutron star at its center

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