]> This ontology covers instruments that are commonly used in space based missions. Ontology for DARPA program on F6 space mission clusters. It is part of an ontology that is aggregated by F6_root.owl. Ed Shaya is a member of the team: " F6: A Design Tool for Stably Adaptable Systems." PI - Pamela E. Clark (Catholic University of America) funded by the DARPA F6 program Ed Shaya F6Instrument.owl November 10, 2011 Copyright (c) 2011, Catholic University of America. Developed with the sponsorship of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). 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An instrument designed to register changes in atmospheric pressure accompanying changes in altitude (Source - merriam-webster.com) Angular resolution Antenna Antenna design Antireflection coating Aperture Aperture synthesis Astigmatism Astrographic camera Astronomical optics Atmospheric window Automated telescope Automatic patrol telescope Avalanche photodiode Balloon-borne instrument Bessel photometry Bessel UBVRI photometry Bias calibration Bouwers telescope Broad band photometry Charge-coupled device Charge-injection device Calibration A calorimeter (from Latin calor, meaning heat) is a device used for calorimetry, the science of measuring the heat of chemical reactions or physical changes as well as heat capacity. Differential scanning calorimeters, isothermal microcalorimeters, titration calorimeters and accelerated rate calorimeters are among the most common types. A simple calorimeter just consists of a thermometer attached to a metal container full of water suspended above a combustion chamber. (Source - Wikipedia.org) Camera Television camera Camera lens Cassegrain antenna Cassegrain focus Cassegrain telescope Catadioptric system Catoptric system CCD observation CCD photometry Chromatic aberration Cloud monitor Coelostat Collimation Collimator Color photography Colorimetry A colorimeter is a device used in colorimetry. In scientific fields the word generally refers to the device that measures the absorbance of particular wavelengths of light by a specific solution. This device is most commonly used to determine the concentration of a known solute in a given solution by the application of the Beer-Lambert law, which states that the concentration of a solute is proportional to the absorbance. (Source - Wikipedia.org) Coma Comatic aberration Corrector plate Coude focus Cryostat An apparatus for maintaining a constant low temperature especially below 0°C - Source merriam-webster.com. Dark-current calibration Data acquisition Dead-time calibration Detector array Dichroic mirror Differential image motion monitor Diffraction grating Digital image Digital recorder Dioptric system Dipole antenna Directional antenna Dish antenna Drift scan Earth's field NMR (EFNMR) is Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) using the geomagnetic field to replace the usual strong laboratory magnetic fields. Echelle grating An instrument used to measure voltage, electric current, resistance, power, etc. of an electric circuit. Electronic camera Electronic instrument Electronics Electronographic camera English mounting Equatorial mounting False color photography Fiber optics Field corrector Field curvature Field of view Filter wheel flat field Flexure Focus Fourier transform spectroscopy Gamma-ray spectroscopy Gamma-ray telescope German mounting Global Positioning System Grating response A gravimeter or gravitometer is an instrument used in gravimetry for measuring the local gravitational field of the Earth. A gravimeter is a type of accelerometer, specialized for measuring the constant downward acceleration of gravity, which varies by about 0.5% over the surface of the Earth. Though the essential principle of design is the same as in other accelerometers, gravimeters are typically designed to be much more sensitive in order to measure very tiny fractional changes within the Earth's gravity of 1 g, caused by nearby geologic structures or the shape of the Earth and by temporal tidal variations. (Source - Wikipedia.org) Grazing incidence telescope Gregorian telescope Grism Photoheliograph Heliostat High-resolution spectrosopy Horn antenna Image Infrared telescope InstrumentSpecification Instrumental profile A piece of Equipment designed to make measurements or to aid in precise work. Integration time Interference filter Interference spectrosocopy An instrument used to interfere electromagnetic waves. Interferometric correlation Lens Lens antenna Line profile Linearity calibration Long slit Maksutov telescope a device used to measure or compare physical properties A device used to diagnose or treat diseases or bodily damage. Medium band photometry Microwave antenna Microwave spectroscopy Mills cross antenna Mirror Modulation transfer function Multiple mirror telescope Narrow band photometry Nasmyth focus Neutral density filter Newtonian focus Objective grating Objective prism Observatory Optical aberration Optical component Optical design Optical fiber Optical film Optical filter Optical instrument Optical observation Optical radar Optical scanners Optical spectroscopy Optical surface Optical system Optical telescope Optical testing Optical transfer function Optical transmission window Optical waveguide Optical window Optics Point spread function Parabolic antenna Parabolic mirror Parabolic reflector Pulse counter Phase sensitive detector Phase switching Phased array Photoconductive cell Photoelectronic device Photodiode Photoelectric instrument Photoelectric photometry Photogrammetry Photogrammetry is the practice of determining the geometric properties of objects from photographic images. (Source - Wikipedia.org) Photograph Photographic film Photographic filter Photographic instrument Photographic material Photographic photometry Photographic plate Photography Photometric system Photon counting system Photoresistor Photovoltaic cell Prime focus Prism Quadrant detector Quantum efficiency Quarter wave plate Radar Radar equipment Radar mapping Radar telescope Radio antenna Radio interference radio frequency noise Radio Interferometer Radio observatory Radio telescope Radio transmission window Radio waveguide Radioheliograph Radio spectroscopy Read out noise Reflecting telescope Reflection grating Reflector antenna Refracting telescope Remote control system Remote sensing Resolution Reticle Ritchey-Chretien telescope Rocket-borne instrument Satellite-borne instrument Schmidt telescope a device used to collect scientific data, often electronic in nature Secondary mirror Seeing Seeing monitor Self-calibration method Semiconductor device Sensitivity Array Shaped reflector Shot noise Shutter Sidelobe spurious lobe in a telescope's sensitivity beam Siderostat Silver coating Site testing Slit mask Solar optical telescope Solar radio telescope Solar telescope Space observatory Space probe instrument Space telescope Speckle Spectral band Spectral resolution Spectrograph slit Spectrography Spectroheliograph Spherical aberration Stereophotogrammetry involves estimating the three-dimensional coordinates of points on an object. These are determined by measurements made in two or more photographic images taken from different positions. (Source Wikipedia.org) Streak photography Subreflector Television Telescope Telescope array Telescope design Telescope mirror Telescope mounting Tertiary mirror A thermocouple is a device consisting of two different conductors (usually metal alloys) that produce a voltage proportional to a temperature difference between either end of the pair of conductors. Thermocouples are a widely used type of temperature sensor for measurement and control (Source - Wikipedia.org) Thin film Three-dimensional spectroscopy Time-resolved spectroscopy Tip-tilt mirror Transfer function Transmission grating Two-dimensional spectroscopy VPH grating Ultraviolet camera Ultraviolet filter Ultraviolet photography Ultraviolet telescope Vignetting Waveguide A device used to record aspects of the weather. Wide-angle lens Wide-field telescope X-ray telescope Yagi antenna Yoke mounting