List of astronomical instruments

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Astronomical instruments include:

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 – Astronomical instrument
Astronomy:Astronomical clock – Clock with special mechanisms and dials to display astronomical information
the Antikythera mechanism, an astronomical clock
Astronomy:Antikythera mechanism – Ancient analogue astronomical computer
Astronomy:Blink comparator
Physics:Bolometer – Device for measuring incident electromagnetic radiation
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
Astronomy:Coronagraph
Astronomy:Cosmolabe – Ancient astronomical instrument
Astronomy:Dioptra – Classical surveying instrument from the 3rd century BCE
Astronomy:Equatorial ring – Instrument to determine the moment of the equinoxes
Astronomy:Equatorium – Astronomical calculating instrument
Astronomy:Gnomon
Engineering:Inclinometer – Instrument used to measure the inclination of a surface relative to local gravity
Kamal – Celestial navigation device that determines latitude
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
Octant – Measuring instrument used primarily in navigation; type of reflecting instrument
Organization:Optical spectrometer, also known as Spectrograph – Instrument to measure the properties of visible light
Astronomy:Orrery – Mechanical model of the Solar System
Physics:Photographic plate – Target medium in photography
Physics:Photometer – Instrument to measure light intensity
Astronomy:Planisphere
Quadrant – Navigation instrument
Astronomy:Reticle – Aim markings in optical devices, e.g. crosshairs
Radio plate
Organization:Retroreflector
Astronomy:Scaphe – Sundial said to have been invented by Aristarchus
Sextant
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:Telescope – Instrument that makes distant objects appear magnified
Engineering:Torquetum – Medieval astronomical instrument
Triquetrum – Ancient astronomical instrument
Astronomy:Zenith telescope – Type of telescope that points straight up

List of astronomical instruments

Topic: Astronomy

See also