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
  • Interferometer
  • Meridian circle
  • Microchannel plate detector
  • Mural instrument
  • the Nebra sky disk
  • Nocturnal
  • Octant (instrument)
  • Optical spetrometer, a.k.a., Spectrograph
  • Orrery
  • Photographic plate
  • Photometer
  • Planisphere
  • the Prague astronomical clock
  • Quadrant (instrument)
  • Reticle
  • Radio plate
  • Skaphe
  • Sextant
  • Starshade
  • Space telescope
  • Spectrometers
  • Telescope
  • Torquetum
  • Triquetrum (astronomy)
  • Zenith telescope

See also

  • Astronomy
  • Outline of astronomy
  • Surveying instrument
  • Measurement instrument
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