astronomical instrument

An astronomical instrument is a specialized device or tool designed to observe, measure, or analyze celestial objects and phenomena.

Observed surface forms (22)

• space telescope instrument ×9
• Hubble Space Telescope instrument ×7
• astronomical imaging instrument ×3
• space telescope camera ×3
• SETI instrument ×2
• astronomical camera ×2
• James Webb Space Telescope instrument ×1
• X-ray astronomy instrument ×1
• astronomical imager ×1
• astronomical imaging camera ×1

• astronomical instrumentation suite ×1
• coronagraphic instrument ×1
• exoplanet-hunting telescope ×1
• imaging instrument ×1
• infrared space telescope ×1
• instrument for a ground-based telescope ×1
• optical imager ×1
• optical telescope array ×1
• optical telescope instrument ×1
• radio telescope ×1
• science instrument on the James Webb Space Telescope ×1
• telescope accessory ×1

Instances (37)

• MagE
• Allen Telescope Array via concept surface "SETI instrument"
• Inamori Magellan Areal Camera and Spectrograph
• Magellan telescope instrumentation suite via concept surface "astronomical instrumentation suite"
• 85-foot Howard E. Tatel Radio Telescope via concept surface "radio telescope"
• Very Large Telescope via concept surface "optical telescope array"
• IMACS
• FourStar
• FIRE
• Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 via concept surface "astronomical imaging instrument"
• Advanced Camera for Surveys
• Cosmic Origins Spectrograph via concept surface "space telescope instrument"
• Wide Field Camera 3 via concept surface "space telescope instrument"
• Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph via concept surface "space telescope instrument"
• Faint Object Camera via concept surface "Hubble Space Telescope instrument"
• Faint Object Spectrograph via concept surface "Hubble Space Telescope instrument"
• Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph via concept surface "space telescope instrument"
• NIRCam
• MIRI
• FGS/NIRISS via concept surface "space telescope instrument"
• Fine Guidance Sensor
• NIRSpec
• Mid-Infrared Instrument via concept surface "space telescope instrument"
• Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph via concept surface "space telescope instrument"
• WFI wide field imager via concept surface "astronomical camera"
• Dark Energy Camera via concept surface "astronomical camera"
• NICER Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer via concept surface "X-ray astronomy instrument"
  surface form: NICER
• Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite via concept surface "exoplanet-hunting telescope"
• Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope via concept surface "infrared space telescope"
• IGRINS-2 (Immersion GRating INfrared Spectrometer 2)
  surface form: IGRINS-2
• Zorro (speckle imager)
• Phoenix (infrared spectrograph)
• GMOS-S (Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph South) via concept surface "astronomical imager"
  surface form: GMOS-S
• GSAOI (Gemini South Adaptive Optics Imager)
  surface form: GSAOI
• GeMS (Gemini Multi-conjugate adaptive optics System)
  surface form: GeMS
• Barlow lenses via concept surface "telescope accessory"
  surface form: Barlow lens
• ATA via concept surface "SETI instrument"
  surface form: Allen Telescope Array