Astronomy: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