List of astronomical instruments

Short description: Devices for observing, measuring or recording astronomical data

An astronomical instrument is a device for observing, measuring or recording astronomical data. They are used in the scientific field of astronomy, a natural science that studies celestial objects and the phenomena that occur in the cosmos, with the object of explaining their origin and evolution over time. Many are also used in navigation and surveying.

Astronomical instruments include:[1]

* Engineering:Alidade
* Astronomy:Armillary sphere

Model of objects in the sky consisting of a framework of rings

* Astronomy:Astrarium

Timepiece and astronomical prediction device

* Astronomy:Astrolabe
* Astronomy:Astronomical clock

Clock displaying astronomical information

* Astronomy:Antikythera mechanism

Ancient Greek analogue astronomical computer

* Astronomy:Blink comparator

Astronomy viewing apparatus

* Physics:Bolometer
* Social:Canterbury Astrolabe Quadrant
* Astronomy:Celatone

Navigational aid reliant on tracking Jupiter's moons in the sky

* Celestial sphere

Imaginary sphere of arbitrarily large radius, concentric with the observer

* Engineering:Charge-coupled device

Device for the movement of electrical charge

* HandWiki:Computers
* Astronomy:Coronagraph
* Astronomy:Cosmolabe
* Astronomy:Dioptra
* Astronomy:Equatorial ring

Instrument to determine the moment of the equinoxes

* Astronomy:Equatorium
* Astronomy:Gnomon
* Engineering:Inclinometer

Instrument used to measure the inclination of a surface relative to local gravity

* Kamal (navigation)
* Astronomy:Meridian circle

Astronomical instrument for timing of the passage of stars

* Organization:Microchannel plate detector

Detection single parties and photons

* Astronomy:Mural instrument

Type of angle measuring device

* Astronomy:Nebra sky disk

Artifact found in Nebra, Germany

* Nocturnal (instrument)
* Octant (instrument)
* Optical spectrometer
* Astronomy:Orrery
* Physics:Photographic plate

Target medium in photography

* Physics:Photometer
* Astronomy:Planisphere
* Quadrant (instrument)
* Astronomy:Reticle
* Organization:Retroreflector
* Astronomy:Scaphe

Sundial said to have been invented by Aristarchus

* Sextant (astronomical)
* Astronomy:Space telescope

Instrument in space to study astronomical objects

* Engineering:Sundial

Device that tells the time of day by the apparent position of the Sun in the sky

* Astronomy:Transit instrument

Small telescope used for precise astrometry

* Astronomy:Telescope
* Engineering:Torquetum
* Astronomy:Volvelle

Paper construct with rotating parts, may be considered a subclass of slide chart or movable book

* Astronomy:Zenith telescope

Type of telescope that points straight up

## See also

* Astronomy
* Outline of astronomy
* Surveying instrument
* Measurement instrument

## Notes

1. ↑ Descriptions here are taken automatically from the linked articles or from items on Wikidata.

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