List of astronomical instruments
Astronomical instruments include:
- Alidade
- Armillary sphere
- Astrarium
- Astrolabe
- Astronomical clock
- the Antikythera mechanism, an astronomical clock
- Blink comparator
- Bolometer
- the Canterbury Astrolabe Quadrant
- Celatone
- Celestial sphere
- Charge-coupled device
- Computers
- CMOS sensor
- Coronagraph
- Cosmolabe
- Dioptra
- Equatorial ring
- Equatorium
- Gnomon
- Inclinometer
- Interferometer
- Kamal
- Meridian circle
- Microchannel plate detector
- Mural instrument
- Nebra sky disk
- Nocturnal
- Octant
- Optical spectrometer, a.k.a., Spectrograph
- Orrery
- Photographic plate
- Photometer
- Planisphere
- the Prague astronomical clock
- Quadrant
- Reticle
- Scaphe
- Sextant
- Starshade
- Space telescope
- Spectrometers
- Sundial
- Telescope
- Torquetum
- Triquetrum
- Zenith telescope
See also[]
- Astronomy
- Outline of astronomy
- Surveying instrument
- Measurement instrument
Categories:
- Astronomy-related lists
- Astronomical instruments
- Historical scientific instruments