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IDENTIFICATION      (Identification)
e.g. Catalog numbers, etc.
 
ILLUMINATION      (Illumination)
ALBEDO ,
BRIGHTNESS ,
INTENSITY ,
PHASE [MOON] ,
RADIATION
Of solar system bodies
 
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IMAGE PROCESSING      (ImageProcessing)
CLEAN METHODS ,
FLAT FIELDS ,
IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION ,
TWO DIMENSIONAL DETECTORS
 
IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION      (ImageReconstruction)
CLEAN METHODS ,
IMAGE PROCESSING
 
IMAGES      (Images)
DIGITAL IMAGES ,
PHOTOGRAPHS
HALATION ,
HARTMANN TEST ,
PHOTOGRAPHY ,
VISION
 
IMAGE TUBES      (ImageTubes)
image converters ,
image intensifiers ,
light amplifiers ,
photoelectric image tubes
MULTICHANNEL DETECTORS ,
PHOTOELECTRIC INSTRUMENTS ,
PHOTOELECTRONIC DEVICES ,
TWO DIMENSIONAL DETECTORS
AMPLIFIERS ,
ELECTRODES ,
ELECTRONIC CAMERAS ,
INSTRUMENTATION ,
PHOSPHORESCENCE ,
PHOSPHORESCENT SCINTILLATION ,
PHOTOCATHODES ,
QUANTUM EFFICIENCY ,
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
 
IMAGING INSTRUMENTS      (ImagingInstruments)
INSTRUMENTATION
Combine with other terms
 
I MAGNITUDE      (IMagnitude)
APPARENT MAGNITUDES INFRARED PHOTOMETRY ,
JOHNSON PHOTOMETRY ,
NEAR INFRARED RADIATION
 
IMPACT CRATERS      (ImpactCraters)
CRATERS METEORITES
 
IMPERSONAL ASTROLABES      (ImpersonalAstrolabes)
ASTROLABES
 
INCLINATION      (Inclination)
ORBITAL ELEMENTS BINARY STARS ,
NODES
 
INDOCHINITES      (Indochinites)
TEKTITES
 
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INERTIAL COORDINATE SYSTEM      (InertialCoordinateSystem)
INERTIAL REFERENCE FRAME ,
RELATIVITY
 
INERTIAL REFERENCE FRAME      (InertialReferenceFrame)
INERTIAL COORDINATE SYSTEM ,
RELATIVITY
 
INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE      (InflationaryUniverse)
COSMOLOGY
 
INFRARED      (Infrared)
INFRARED RADIATION
Combine with other terms
 
INFRARED ASTRONOMY      (InfraredAstronomy)
INFRARED RADIATION ,
INFRARED TELESCOPES ,
SATELLITE BORNE INSTRUMENTS
 
INFRARED DETECTORS      (InfraredDetectors)
DETECTORS PHOTOMETERS
 
INFRARED EMISSION      (InfraredEmission)
THERMAL EMISSION
 
INFRARED GALAXIES      (InfraredGalaxies)
IRAS galaxies GALAXIES ,
INFRARED SOURCES
 
INFRARED OBSERVATORIES      (InfraredObservatories)
OBSERVATORIES AIRPLANE BORNE INSTRUMENTS ,
INFRARED SOURCES ,
ROCKET BORNE INSTRUMENTS ,
SPACE OBSERVATORIES
See OBSERVATORIES for more RTs.
 
INFRARED PHOTOMETRY      (InfraredPhotometry)
BROAD BAND PHOTOMETRY ,
MEDIUM BAND PHOTOMETRY ,
PHOTOMETRY
FAR INFRARED RADIATION ,
H MAGNITUDE ,
I MAGNITUDE ,
J MAGNITUDE ,
K MAGNITUDE ,
L MAGNITUDE ,
M MAGNITUDE ,
N MAGNITUDE ,
NEAR INFRARED RADIATION ,
O MAGNITUDE ,
P MAGNITUDE ,
Q MAGNITUDE
 
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INFRARED RADIATION      (InfraredRadiation)
RADIATION BRACKETT SERIES ,
FAR INFRARED RADIATION ,
NEAR INFRARED RADIATION ,
PFUND SERIES ,
PHILLIPS BANDS
GREENHOUSE EFFECT ,
INFRARED ,
INFRARED ASTRONOMY ,
REMOTE SENSING ,
TERRESTRIAL RADIATION ,
THERMAL RADIATION
 
INFRARED SOURCES      (InfraredSources)
COCOON STARS ,
EXTREME CARBON STARS ,
FLARE STARS ,
FU ORIONIS STARS ,
HERBIG HARO OBJECTS ,
INFRARED GALAXIES ,
OH IR STARS
INFRARED OBSERVATORIES ,
STAR FORMATION
 
INFRARED TELESCOPES      (InfraredTelescopes)
TELESCOPES INFRARED ASTRONOMY
 
INFRARED WINDOWS      (InfraredWindows)
ATMOSPHERIC WINDOWS OPTICAL WINDOWS ,
RADIO WINDOWS
Low absorption in atmosphere.
 
INHOMOGENITIES      (Inhomogenities)
Combine with other terms
 
INITIAL MASS FUNCTION      (InitialMassFunction)
imf MASS ,
MASS RATIOS ,
STAR CLUSTERS ,
STELLAR EVOLUTION
 
INNER CORE      (InnerCore)
HELIUM BURNING ,
HYDROGEN BURNING ,
STELLAR EVOLUTION ,
STELLAR INTERIORS
Central region of stars.
 
INNER PLANETS      (InnerPlanets)
terrestrial planets PLANETS OUTER PLANETS
 
INSTABILITIES      (Instabilities)
RAYLEIGH TAYLOR INSTABILITY
Combine with other terms
 
INSTABILITY STRIP      (InstabilityStrip)
CEPHEIDS ,
GIANT BRANCH ,
HERTZSPRUNG RUSSELL DIAGRAM ,
STELLAR EVOLUTION
 
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INSTRUMENTAL PROFILES      (InstrumentalProfiles)
LINE PROFILES EQUIVALENT WIDTHS ,
LINE BROADENING ,
LINE WIDTHS ,
SPECTRAL LINES
 
INSTRUMENTATION      (Instrumentation)
astronomical instruments ,
instruments
ASTROLABES ,
ASTROMETRIC INSTRUMENTS ,
AUXILIARY INSTRUMENTS ,
BLINK COMPARATORS ,
BOLOMETERS ,
CORONAGRAPHS ,
DETECTORS ,
GUIDE SYSTEMS ,
IMAGING INSTRUMENTS ,
INTERFEROMETERS ,
MAGNETOGRAPHS ,
MAGNETOHELIOGRAPHS ,
QUADRANTS ,
SEXTANTS ,
SPECTROMETERS ,
STROBOSCOPES ,
TELESCOPE INSTRUMENTATION
CALIBRATION ,
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ,
FREQUENCY STANDARDS ,
IMAGE TUBES ,
METROLOGY ,
PERIPHERALS ,
PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBES ,
SUPPORT SYSTEMS
Only the broad classes are shown below. Specific types will be found under these, or from the Hierarchical List.
 
INTEGRATED MAGNITUDE      (IntegratedMagnitude)
total magnitude MAGNITUDES GALAXIES ,
STAR CLUSTERS
 
INTEGRATION TIME      (IntegrationTime)
BRIGHTNESS ,
NOISE ,
SENSITIVITY ,
SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO
 
INTENSITY      (Intensity)
specific intensity APPARENT INTENSITY BRIGHTNESS ,
ILLUMINATION ,
LUMINOSITY ,
MAGNITUDES
Combine with other terms
 
INTENSITY INTERFEROMETERS      (IntensityInterferometers)
INTERFEROMETERS ,
OPTICAL INTERFEROMETERS
MICHELSON INTERFEROMETERS
 
INTERACTING BINARY STARS      (InteractingBinaryStars)
BINARY STARS X RAY BINARY STARS CATACLYSMIC VARIABLE STARS ,
ECLIPSING BINARY STARS ,
ERUPTIVE BINARY STARS ,
ROCHE LOBE ,
TIDAL FRICTION ,
TIDAL INTERACTION ,
X RAY BRIGHT POINTS
 
INTERACTING GALAXIES      (InteractingGalaxies)
GALAXIES ,
PECULIAR GALAXIES
GALAXY ENCOUNTERS ,
GALAXY MERGERS ,
TAILS ,
TIDAL DISTORTION ,
TIDAL FRICTION ,
TIDAL INTERACTION
 
INTERACTIONS      (Interactions)
ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS ,
GRAVITATIONAL INTERACTIONS ,
STRONG INTERACTIONS ,
WEAK INTERACTIONS
NUCLEAR PHYSICS
 
INTERCLOUD GAS      (IntercloudGas)
INTERCLOUD MATTER
 
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INTERCLOUD MATTER      (IntercloudMatter)
INTERSTELLAR MATTER INTERCLOUD GAS
 
INTERFERENCE FILTERS      (InterferenceFilters)
FILTERS ,
OPTICAL COMPONENTS ,
OPTICAL FILTERS
INTERFERENCE [WAVES] ,
OPTICAL FILMS ,
PHOTOMETRY ,
ULTRAVIOLET FILTERS
 
INTERFERENCE FRINGES      (InterferenceFringes)
fringe patterns ,
fringes
INTERFERENCE [WAVES] ,
INTERFEROMETERS ,
INTERFEROMETRY ,
OPTICAL INTERFEROMETRY ,
VISIBILITY FUNCTION
 
INTERFERENCE SPECTROSOCOPY      (InterferenceSpectrosocopy)
SPECTROSCOPY INTERFERENCE [WAVES]
 
INTERFERENCE [WAVES]      (InterferenceWaves)
LIGHT INTERFERENCE DIFFRACTION ,
INTERFERENCE FILTERS ,
INTERFERENCE FRINGES ,
INTERFERENCE SPECTROSOCOPY ,
INTERFEROMETRY ,
OPTICAL INTERFEROMETRY ,
RADIO INTERFEROMETRY ,
SHADOW BANDS ,
WAVE MOTION
 
INTERFEROMETERS      (Interferometers)
INSTRUMENTATION FABRY PEROT INTERFEROMETERS ,
INTENSITY INTERFEROMETERS ,
LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETERS ,
OPTICAL INTERFEROMETERS ,
PHASE SWITCHING INTERFEROMETERS ,
RADIO INTERFEROMETERS ,
VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETERS
ANTENNAS ,
ARRAYS ,
HETERODYNE ,
INTERFERENCE FRINGES ,
RADIO TELESCOPES ,
TELESCOPE ARRAYS ,
VERY LARGE ARRAYS
See also under INTERFEROMETRY
 
INTERFEROMETRY      (Interferometry)
ASTRONOMICAL TECHNIQUES ,
OBSERVING TECHNIQUES
LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY ,
OPTICAL INTERFEROMETRY ,
RADIO INTERFEROMETRY ,
SPECKLE INTERFEROMETRY ,
VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY
ANGULAR DIAMETERS ,
APERTURE SYNTHESIS ,
CORRELATION ,
INTERFERENCE FRINGES ,
INTERFERENCE [WAVES] ,
RADIO ASTROMETRY ,
RESOLUTION ,
VISIBILITY FUNCTION
See also under INTERFEROMETERS
 
INTERGALACTIC ABSORPTION      (IntergalacticAbsorption)
ABSORPTION ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT ,
INTERGALACTIC MATTER ,
INTERGALACTIC SPACE ,
INTERSTELLAR ABSORPTION ,
LYMAN ALPHA FOREST ,
REDDENING
 
INTERGALACTIC CLOUDS      (IntergalacticClouds)
INTERGALACTIC MATTER INTERGALACTIC GAS
 
INTERGALACTIC GAS      (IntergalacticGas)
INTERGALACTIC MATTER INTERGALACTIC CLOUDS
 
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INTERGALACTIC MATTER      (IntergalacticMatter)
DARK MATTER ,
DUST ,
INTERGALACTIC CLOUDS ,
INTERGALACTIC GAS
CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES ,
COSMIC STRINGS ,
INTERGALACTIC ABSORPTION ,
INTERGALACTIC SPACE ,
INTERPLANETARY MATTER ,
INTERSTELLAR MATTER ,
INTRACLUSTER MATTER
 
INTERGALACTIC SPACE      (IntergalacticSpace)
GALAXY VOIDS ,
INTERGALACTIC ABSORPTION ,
INTERGALACTIC MATTER
 
INTERIORS      (Interiors)
PLANETS
Combine with other terms
 
INTERMEDIATE POPULATION STARS      (IntermediatePopulationStars)
POPULATION II STARS ,
STELLAR POPULATIONS
 
INTERMEDIATE TYPE STARS      (IntermediateTypeStars)
F STARS ,
G STARS
 
INTERNAL MOTIONS      (InternalMotions)
MOTION
Combine with other terms
 
INTERPLANETARY DUST      (InterplanetaryDust)
DUST ,
INTERPLANETARY MATTER
METEOROIDS GRAINS ,
INTERPLANETARY GAS
 
INTERPLANETARY GAS      (InterplanetaryGas)
INTERPLANETARY MATTER INTERPLANETARY DUST ,
INTERPLANETARY GRAINS ,
SOLAR WIND
 
INTERPLANETARY GRAINS      (InterplanetaryGrains)
GRAINS ,
INTERPLANETARY MATTER
METEOROIDS ADSORPTION ,
GRAPHITE ,
INTERPLANETARY GAS
 
INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS      (InterplanetaryMagneticFields)
MAGNETIC FIELDS
 
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INTERPLANETARY MATTER      (InterplanetaryMatter)
interplanetary medium INTERPLANETARY DUST ,
INTERPLANETARY GAS ,
INTERPLANETARY GRAINS ,
METEOROIDS ,
SOLAR WIND
CIRCUMSTELLAR MATTER ,
COMETS ,
GEGENSCHEIN ,
HELIOSPHERE ,
INTERGALACTIC MATTER ,
INTERPLANETARY SCINTILLATION ,
INTERSTELLAR MATTER ,
METEORITES ,
MICROMETEORITES ,
MINOR PLANETS ,
ZODIACAL DUST ,
ZODIACAL LIGHT
 
INTERPLANETARY SCINTILLATION      (InterplanetaryScintillation)
SCINTILLATION INTERPLANETARY MATTER ,
INTERSTELLAR SCINTILLATION ,
IONOSPHERIC SCINTILLATION ,
RADIO SOURCES
 
INTERSTELLAR ABSORPTION      (InterstellarAbsorption)
interstellar extinction ABSORPTION OH ABSORPTION ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT ,
GALACTIC WINDOWS ,
INTERGALACTIC ABSORPTION ,
INTERSTELLAR DUST ,
INTERSTELLAR GAS ,
INTERSTELLAR REDDENING ,
LIGHT ABSORPTION ,
RAYLEIGH SCATTERING ,
REDDENED STARS ,
REDDENING ,
WINDOWS ,
WOLF DIAGRAM
 
INTERSTELLAR BUBBLES      (InterstellarBubbles)
bubbles
Combine with other terms
 
INTERSTELLAR COMMUNICATION      (InterstellarCommunication)
EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE ,
SPACE EXPLORATION
 
INTERSTELLAR DUST      (InterstellarDust)
DUST ,
INTERSTELLAR MATTER
ADSORPTION ,
DUST CLOUDS ,
GRAINS ,
GRAPHITE ,
INTERSTELLAR ABSORPTION ,
INTERSTELLAR GAS ,
REDDENING
 
INTERSTELLAR GAS      (InterstellarGas)
INTERSTELLAR MATTER ABSORPTION ,
HELIOSPHERE ,
INTERSTELLAR ABSORPTION ,
INTERSTELLAR DUST ,
INTERSTELLAR WINDS ,
REDDENING
 
INTERSTELLAR MAGNETIC FIELDS      (InterstellarMagneticFields)
MAGNETIC FIELDS SPIRAL ARMS
 
INTERSTELLAR MATTER      (InterstellarMatter)
interstellar medium BOK GLOBULES ,
C II REGIONS ,
DARK CLOUDS ,
DARK MATTER ,
DARK NEBULAE ,
DENSE CLOUDS ,
DENSE MATTER ,
DUST ,
DUST CLOUDS ,
DUST GRAINS ,
DUST NEBULAE ,
FILAMENTS [NEBULAE] ,
GLOBULES ,
GRAINS ,
H I REGIONS ,
H II REGIONS ,
INTERCLOUD MATTER ,
INTERSTELLAR DUST ,
INTERSTELLAR GAS ,
INTERSTELLAR MOLECULES ,
MOLECULAR CLOUDS ,
NEBULAE ,
OH CLOUDS ,
REFLECTION NEBULAE
CIRCUMSTELLAR MATTER ,
CONTENT OF GALAXIES ,
COSMIC STRINGS ,
INTERGALACTIC MATTER ,
INTERPLANETARY MATTER ,
INTERSTELLAR REDDENING ,
INTERSTELLAR SCINTILLATION ,
MASERS ,
RADIO ABSORPTION ,
RADIO WINDOWS ,
SELECTIVE ABSORPTION ,
SiO MASERS ,
SPIRAL ARMS ,
STROMGREN SPHERE ,
TORI
 
INTERSTELLAR MOLECULES      (InterstellarMolecules)
INTERSTELLAR MATTER ,
MOLECULES
AMMONIA ,
CARBON COMPOUNDS ,
CH ,
HYDROXYL RADICAL ,
MOLECULAR HYDROGEN ,
WATER
COSMOCHEMISTRY ,
GIANT MOLECULAR CLOUDS ,
MOLECULAR CLOUDS ,
ORGANIC MOLECULES
Not a complete list of NTs
 
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INTERSTELLAR REDDENING      (InterstellarReddening)
REDDENING COLOR EXCESSES ,
GAS TO DUST RATIO ,
INTERSTELLAR ABSORPTION ,
INTERSTELLAR MATTER ,
LIGHT ABSORPTION ,
LIGHT SCATTERING ,
REDDENED STARS ,
REDDENING LAW ,
SELECTIVE ABSORPTION
 
INTERSTELLAR SCINTILLATION      (InterstellarScintillation)
SCINTILLATION INTERPLANETARY SCINTILLATION ,
INTERSTELLAR MATTER ,
IONOSPHERIC SCINTILLATION ,
RADIO SOURCES
 
INTERSTELLAR WINDS      (InterstellarWinds)
INTERSTELLAR GAS ,
SOLAR WIND ,
STELLAR WINDS
 
INTRACLUSTER MATTER      (IntraclusterMatter)
CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES ,
INTERGALACTIC MATTER ,
SUNYAEV ZELDOVICH EFFECT
 
INTRINSIC COLORS      (IntrinsicColors)
COLOR INDICES ,
PHOTOMETRY ,
REDDENING
 
INTRINSIC VARIABLE STARS      (IntrinsicVariableStars)
unstable stars VARIABLE STARS HERBIG HARO OBJECTS ,
MAGNETIC VARIABLE STARS ,
PULSATING VARIABLE STARS ,
SPECTRUM VARIABLE STARS
 
INVERSE COMPTON EFFECT      (InverseComptonEffect)
COSMIC RAYS ,
ELECTRONS ,
HIGH ENERGY ASTROPHYSICS ,
PHOTONS
 
INVERSE COMPTON SCATTERING      (InverseComptonScattering)
COMPTON SCATTERING ,
ELECTRONS ,
PHOTONS
 
INVERSE MASERS      (InverseMasers)
MASERS
 
ION COMPOSITION      (IonComposition)
IONS
 
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ION DENSITY      (IonDensity)
IONIZATION ,
IONS
 
IONIZATION      (Ionization)
PHOTOIONIZATION CORONAS ,
ION DENSITY ,
IONIZATION EQUILIBRIUM ,
SCHWARZSCHILD METRIC ,
SHOCKS ,
STROMGREN SPHERE
 
IONIZATION EQUILIBRIUM      (IonizationEquilibrium)
IONIZATION
 
IONIZED GASES      (IonizedGases)
GASES COLLISIONAL EXCITATION ,
IONS ,
PLASMAS ,
STROMGREN SPHERE
 
IONIZING SHOCK WAVES      (IonizingShockWaves)
SHOCK WAVES
 
IONOSPHERE      (Ionosphere)
D LAYER ,
E LAYER ,
EARTH ATMOSPHERE ,
EXOSPHERE ,
F LAYER ,
IONOSPHERIC SCINTILLATION ,
MESOPAUSE ,
RADIO ABSORPTION ,
THERMOSPHERE ,
UPPER ATMOSPHERE
 
IONOSPHERIC SCINTILLATION      (IonosphericScintillation)
SCINTILLATION INTERPLANETARY SCINTILLATION ,
INTERSTELLAR SCINTILLATION ,
IONOSPHERE ,
RADIO SOURCES
 
ION PLASMA WAVES      (IonPlasmaWaves)
IONS ,
PLASMA WAVES
 
IONS      (Ions)
charged particles COMPOSITE PARTICLES ,
PARTICLES
HYDROXYL RADICAL COLLISIONAL EXCITATION ,
COLLISIONAL PLASMAS ,
ION COMPOSITION ,
ION DENSITY ,
ION PLASMA WAVES ,
IONIZED GASES ,
PAUL TRAP ,
PLASMA CLOUDS ,
PLASMA JETS ,
PLASMAS ,
POLARIZATION [CHARGE SEPARATION] ,
RADICALS ,
SAHA EQUATION ,
THERMIONIC EMISSION
 
ION TEMPERATURE      (IonTemperature)
TEMPERATURE
 
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IRON METEORITES      (IronMeteorites)
METEORITES
 
IRRADIANCE      (Irradiance)
RADIATION
 
IRREGULAR GALAXIES      (IrregularGalaxies)
GALAXIES MAGELLANIC CLOUDS
 
IRREGULAR VARIABLE STARS      (IrregularVariableStars)
LATE TYPE GIANT STARS ,
PULSATING VARIABLE STARS ,
VARIABLE STARS
DWARF CEPHEIDS ,
GAMMA CASSIOPEIAE STARS ,
MIRA VARIABLE STARS ,
R CORONAE BOREALIS STARS ,
RV TAURI STARS ,
RW AURIGAE STARS ,
T TAURI STARS
LATE TYPE SUPERGIANT STARS ,
SEMIREGULAR VARIABLE STARS ,
SUPERGIANT STARS ,
T ASSOCIATIONS
 
ISOPHOTES      (Isophotes)
CONTOUR MAPS ,
LUMINOSITY DISTRIBUTION ,
SURFACE PHOTOMETRY
 
ISOTOPES      (Isotopes)
CHEMICAL ELEMENTS
 
ISOTOPIC ABUNDANCE      (IsotopicAbundance)
ABUNDANCE ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION
 
ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION      (IsotopicComposition)
ISOTOPIC ABUNDANCE
 
ISOTROPY      (Isotropy)
ANISOTROPY ,
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
 

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