scientific instrument
equipment specifically designed to facilitate the acquisition of scientific data
Langmuir probe
device used to measure plasma
Wake Shield Facility
science platform carried on three Space Shuttle missions
dividing engine
device to mark graduations on measuring instruments
magnetic tweezers
trap using a magnetic field to trap micrometre-seized ferromagnetic beads
Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument
instrument for conducting a spectrographic survey of distant galaxies
electroscope
early scientific instrument used to detect the presence of electric charge on a body
stroboscope
instrument used to make a cyclically moving object appear to be slow-moving, or stationary
wind tunnel
tool used to study the effects of air moving past solid objects
astronomical instrument
instrument used in astronomy
optical instrument
scientific instrument using light waves for image viewing
microbiology instrument
scientific instrument used for microbiology
Mooney viscometer
Rubber compound testing instrument
Venetia Burney Student Dust Counter
scientific instrument aboard the uncrewed New Horizons space probe
Magdeburg hemispheres
pair of large copper hemispheres designed by Otto von Guericke
Barlow lens
type of optical lens used to increase the focal length of an optical system
electrometer
instrument for measuring electric charge
Integrated Science Investigation of the Sun
instrument aboard the Parker Solar Probe, to measure energetic particles from the Sun
optical telescope
telescope which is used to focus light from the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum
Secchi disk
scientific instrument for measuring turbidity
Herschel wedge
optical prism used in solar observation
optical tweezers
instrument using a highly focused laser to provide an attractive or repulsive force (on the order of piconewtons) to hold and move microscopic dielectric objects similar to tweezers
water tunnel
tool used to investigate the the movement of water past solid objects
Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer
radiometer instrument on board the European Space Agency (ESA)'s Envisat satellite
HOPE
Halley Optical Probe Experiment
Signs Of LIfe Detector
spacecraft instrument to detect biosignatures
dilution refrigerator
cryogenic device for cooling to very low temperatures, with no moving parts in the low-temperature region, whose cooling power is provided by the heat of mixing of helium-3 and helium-4
Schmidt camera
scientific instrument
kymograph
mechanical analog measuring device
Global Ozone Monitoring by Occultation of Stars
instrument on board the European Space Agency (ESA)'s Envisat satellite
Plate reader
laboratory instrument
neutron probe
device used to measure the quantity of water in soil
vector magnetograph
type of scientific device
Magnetometer
scientific instrument on the Juno orbiter
synthetic aperture radar
form of radar which is used to create images of an object
dichroscope
pocket instrument
Visible Multi Object Spectrograph
wide field imager and a multi-object spectrograph installed at the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope
Solar Wind Electrons Alphas and Protons
instrument on the Parker Solar Probe
water sampler
device for field collection of water samples
Galileo and Ulysses Dust Detectors
The Galileo and Ulysses Dust Detectors are almost identical dust instruments on the Galileo and Ulysses missions
Rock Abrasion Tool
scientific instrument model on the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity