Characters and symbols available as transparent GIFs

For use as super- and subscripts

<IMG alt="^-1" align=top src="./tiny-1.gif"> t^-1

to tiny-9.gif 1 × 10^-9

Also tiny_14.gif and tiny_18.gif are available, as in C^18O and ^14N.

<IMG alt="^2" align=top src="./tiny_2.gif"> cm^2

to tiny_9.gif 2.5 × 10 ^9

The entire alphabet, lower case and capitals, is also available:
tiny_a.gif - tiny_z.gif and tiny_A.gif - tiny_Z.gif, plus a tiny_ital_i.gif.

M^a F _z integrale ^4y dy

In addition, we have provided for both positive and negative exponents, such as r^-3/2.
These are available as:

./tiny-1.5.gif
./tiny-0.75.gif
./tiny-0.5.gif
./tiny-0.25.gif
The positive values can be used by substituting a _ for the -.

The Greek letter set

alpha.gif alpha

beta.gif beta or beta2.gif beta which sits properly on the line (you must set align=middle!).

gamma.gif gamma and Gamma.gif Gamma

delta.gif delta and Delta.gif Delta

epsilon.gif epsilon

zeta.gif zeta or zeta2.gif zeta

eta.gif eta or eta2.gif eta (same as beta2.gif)

theta.gif theta and Theta.gif Theta

iota.gif iota

kappa.gif kappa

lambda.gif lambda and Lambda.gif Lambda

but mu (µ) is made differently! It can be drawn by the client by using &#181;.

nu.gif nu

xi.gif xi or xi2.gif xi and Xi.gif Xi

omicron.gif omicron

pi.gif pi and Pi.gif Pi

rho.gif rho or rho2.gif rho (same as for beta2.gif)

sigma.gif sigma and Sigma.gif Sigma

tau.gif tau

upsilon.gif upsilon and Upsilon.gif Upsilon

phi.gif phi or phi2.gif phi and Phi.gif Phi

chi.gif chi and Chi.gif Chi

psi.gif psi and Psi.gif Psi

omega.gif omega and Omega.gif Omega


Mathematical Symbols

appeq.gif appeq approx.gif approx neq.gif notequal

del.gif del div.gif divid But for \times use &#215; ×

geq.gif geq gg.gif muchgt gtapprox.gif gtapprox

leq.gif leq ll.gif muchlt ltapprox.gif ltapprox

infty.gif inf propto.gif propto integ.gif integral (same as beta2.gif)

plus.gif plus sqrt.gif sqrt sum.gif sum

ident.gif and for ± , use &#177;.

For > use &gt; ; and for < use &lt; .


Special symbols for astronomical use

smsun.gif as in M _sun and L _sun Likewise, smearth.gif as in M _earth

sub_Bol.gif as in L _Bol sub_eff.gif as in T _eff

sub_LSR.gif as in V _LSR and sub_GMC.gif as in M _GMC

mdot.gif Mdot and star.gif as in R _star

Plus The Planets!

mercury.gif mercury venus.gif venus

smearth.gif earth mars.gif mars

jupiter.gif jupiter saturn.gif saturn uranus.gif uranus

neptune.gif neptune pluto.gif pluto

And a few Misc. Symbols with Astronomical Uses

sub_min.gif I _min sub_max.gif I sub_max

sub_wind.gif M _wind sub_disk.gif M _disk

sub_in.gif F _in sub_std.gif (J - K) _std

ell.gif box.gif a box


And a few Other Symbols That Came along for the Ride

hbar.gif hbar ominus.gif ominus

otimes.gif otimes oslash.gif oslash

perp.gif perp. parallel.gif ||

prod.gif product coprod.gif coprod

diamond.gif diamond models.gif models


K. Strom, J. Norman Source: http://donald.phast.umass.edu/kicons/greek.html