astronomical instrument
C3407
concept
An astronomical instrument is a specialized device or tool designed to observe, measure, or analyze celestial objects and phenomena.
All labels observed (59)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| astronomical instrument canonical | 110 |
| radio telescope | 46 |
| space telescope instrument | 41 |
| Hubble Space Telescope instrument | 15 |
| astronomical telescope | 14 |
| astronomical imaging instrument | 8 |
| telescope | 7 |
| gamma-ray telescope | 6 |
| imaging instrument | 6 |
| astronomical camera | 5 |
| coronagraph | 5 |
| single-dish radio telescope | 5 |
| solar telescope instrument | 4 |
| astronomical imaging camera | 3 |
| helioseismology instrument | 3 |
| high-contrast imaging instrument | 3 |
| radio astronomy instrument | 3 |
| solar physics instrument | 3 |
| solar telescope | 3 |
| space telescope camera | 3 |
| space-based solar observatory instrument | 3 |
| Hubble Space Telescope instrument component | 2 |
| SETI instrument | 2 |
| astronomical imager | 2 |
| astronomical instrumentation suite | 2 |
| coronagraphic instrument | 2 |
| infrared space telescope | 2 |
| optical imager | 2 |
| optical telescope instrument | 2 |
| stellar interferometer | 2 |
| Infrared telescope | 1 |
| James Webb Space Telescope instrument | 1 |
| Subaru Telescope instrument | 1 |
| X-ray astronomy instrument | 1 |
| X-ray instrument | 1 |
| X-ray instrumentation | 1 |
| X-ray space telescope instrument | 1 |
| astrometric instrument | 1 |
| astrometry satellite | 1 |
| astronomical instrument interface | 1 |
| astronomical instrument suite | 1 |
| astronomical observatory subsystem | 1 |
| exoplanet imaging instrument | 1 |
| exoplanet-hunting telescope | 1 |
| gnomon-based instrument | 1 |
| ground-based optical telescope | 1 |
| instrument for a ground-based telescope | 1 |
| low-frequency radio astronomy instrument | 1 |
| lunar-based telescope | 1 |
| millimeter-wave telescope | 1 |
| observation instrument | 1 |
| optical telescope array | 1 |
| science instrument on the James Webb Space Telescope | 1 |
| solar imaging instrument | 1 |
| solar observation instrument | 1 |
| solar observatory instrument | 1 |
| space observatory instrument | 1 |
| telescope accessory | 1 |
| zodiacal instrument | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: astronomical instrument
Generated description
An astronomical instrument is a specialized device or tool designed to observe, measure, or analyze celestial objects and phenomena.
Instances (274)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| COMICS | — |
| FMOS | — |
| SCExAO | — |
| CHARIS | — |
| PFS | — |
| MMIRS | astronomical imager |
|
SpeX spectrograph
surface form:
SpeX
|
— |
| NSFCAM2 infrared camera | astronomical imaging instrument |
| IRTF | telescope |
| iSHELL spectrograph | — |
| SCUBA | — |
| HARP | — |
| ACSIS | radio astronomy instrument |
| POL-2 | — |
| Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 | astronomical imaging instrument |
| Advanced Camera for Surveys | — |
| Cosmic Origins Spectrograph | space telescope instrument |
| Wide Field Camera 3 | space telescope instrument |
| Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph | space telescope instrument |
| IRAM 30m telescope | radio telescope |
| Faint Object Camera | Hubble Space Telescope instrument |
| Pluto Discovery Telescope | telescope |
| Clark Refractor | astronomical telescope |
|
Navy Precision Optical Interferometer (partnership)
surface form:
Navy Precision Optical Interferometer
|
stellar interferometer |
| Faint Object Spectrograph | Hubble Space Telescope instrument |
| Parkes radio telescope | radio telescope |
| Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph | space telescope instrument |
| LDSS-2 | — |
| VisAO camera | astronomical imaging instrument |
| Grande lunette de Nice | — |
| Palomar Testbed Interferometer | stellar interferometer |
| Palomar 48-inch Schmidt Telescope | astronomical telescope |
| Palomar 18-inch Schmidt Telescope | astronomical telescope |
| Cassini meridian line | — |
|
Birr Castle
surface form:
Leviathan of Parsonstown
|
telescope |
| Snow solar telescope | solar telescope |
| DSS-14 | radio telescope |
| DSS-26 | radio telescope |
| DSS-27 | radio telescope |
| Caltech Submillimeter Observatory | radio telescope |
| WISPR | space telescope instrument |
| DSS-63 | radio telescope |
| DSS-23 | radio telescope |
| DSS-65 | radio telescope |
| DSS-24 | radio telescope |
| 11-inch Clark refractor | astronomical telescope |
| Pan-STARRS 1 telescope | astronomical telescope |
| NIRCam | — |
| MIRI | — |
| FGS/NIRISS | space telescope instrument |