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 - Part of a sundial that casts a shadow
* 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 - Class of star chart
* Quadrant - Navigation instrument
* Astronomy:Reticle - Aim markings in optical devices, e.g. crosshairs
* Radio plate
* Organization:Retroreflector - Device to reflect radiation back to its source
* 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

## See also

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

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