Dataset
Observatory Instrumentation & Detectors Dataset
The instrumentation frontier of ground-based astronomy — the adaptive-optics chain (laser guide stars, wavefront sensors, deformable mirrors), spectrographs, coronagraphs and starshades, and the detectors from CCDs to superconducting MKIDs and bolometers.
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- Version
- 1.0.0
- Entities
- 12
- Last generated
- 2026-06-29
- License
- CC BY-SA 4.0
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- — (published at release)
Sample (12 of 12)
| Name | Type | ID |
|---|---|---|
| Bolometer | Detector technology | detector_technology:bolometer |
| CCD | Detector technology | detector_technology:ccd |
| CMOS Sensor | Detector technology | detector_technology:cmos |
| Coronagraph | Instrumentation technique | instrument_technique:coronagraph |
| Cryogenic Detector | Detector technology | detector_technology:cryogenic-detector |
| Deformable Mirror | Instrumentation technique | instrument_technique:deformable-mirror |
| Echelle Spectrograph | Instrumentation technique | instrument_technique:echelle-spectrograph |
| Integral-Field Spectrograph | Instrumentation technique | instrument_technique:integral-field-spectrograph |
| Laser Guide Star | Instrumentation technique | instrument_technique:laser-guide-star |
| MKID | Detector technology | detector_technology:mkid |
| Starshade | Instrumentation technique | instrument_technique:starshade |
| Wavefront Sensor | Instrumentation technique | instrument_technique:wavefront-sensor |
Source references
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- ESOEuropean Southern Observatory
Southern-hemisphere observatory data and imagery (VLT, ALMA partner).
- NSF NOIRLabNSF National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory
Ground-based optical/infrared observatory data and imagery.